Chair: Rick Redak • Vice Chair: Christiane Weirauch • ISAC Chair: Kerry Mauck
ISAC Vice Chair: Chow-Yang Lee • Graduate Advisors: Naoki Yamanaka and Jessica Purcell. BSMS Advisor: Erin Wilson Rankin
Select photos to learn more about our faculty:
Michael Adams
Hormonal Regulation
Tel: (951) 827-4746
E-mail: michael.adams@ucr.edu
Hormonal regulation of development and innate behaviors; isolation, characterization and physiological actions of arthropod venom toxins
Contact Info:
Title: Distinguished Professor of Entomology and Neuroscience
Tel: (951) 827-4746
E-mail: michael.adams@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Research Website
Kurt Anderson
Population and Community Ecology
Tel: (951) 827-2499
E-mail: kurt.anderson@ucr.edu
Population and Community Ecology
Contact Info
Title: Associate Professor of Biology and Cooperating Faculty Member
Tel: (951) 827-5253
E-mail: kurt.anderson@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Research Website
Peter Atkinson
Insect Genetics
Tel: (951) 827-4782
E-mail: peter.atkinson@ucr.edu
Insect genetics and transposable elements
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-4782
E-mail: peter.atkinson@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Lab Website
Boris Baer
Evolutionary Processes
Tel: (951) 827-5833
E-mail: boris.bar@ucr.edu
Interested in the study of evolutionary processes such as immune and stress response as well as sexual conflicts on the molecular/protein scale.
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5833
Email: boris.bar@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Research Website
Alan Brelsford
Population Genomics
Tel: (951) 827-5632
E-mail: alan.brelsford@ucr.edu
Population genomics of non-model organisms including amphibians, birds, and insects
Contact Info
Title: Associate Professor in Biology
and Cooperating Faculty Member
Tel: (951) 827-5632
E-mail: alan.brelsford@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Richard Cardullo
Biophysics & Physiology
Tel: (951) 827-6457
E-mail: richard.cardullo@ucr.edu
Biophysics and physiology of fertilization, focusing on molecular interactions between sperm and egg.
Contact Info
Title: Professor in Biology and Cooperating Faculty Member
Tel: (951) 827-6457
E-mail: richard.cardullo@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Bodil Cass
Subtropical IPM
Tel: (951) 827-9274
E-mail: bodilc@ucr.edu
Insect Agroecology, Ecoinformatics, Arthropod-Microbe Symbiosis
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-9274
E-mail: bodilc@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Research Website (coming soon)
Karthikeyan Chandrasegaran
Mosquito Biology
E-mail: karthikeyan.chandrasegaran1@ucr.edu
Mosquito Biology
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor Mosquito Biology/Ecology
E-mail: karthikeyan.chandrasegaran1@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Dong-Hwan Choe
Urban & Structural Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5717
Email: donghwan.choe@ucr.edu
Urban and Structural Entomology
Contact Info
Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist / Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5717
Email: donghwan.choe@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Research Website
Luciano V. Cosme
Mosquito Population Genomics
Tel: (951) 827-8660
E-mail: luciano.cosme@ucr.edu
Natural genetic variation in mosquito populations that transmit significant arboviruses such as dengue, Zika, chikungunya and others.
Contact Info:
Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-8660
E-mail: luciano.cosme@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Matt Daugherty
Applied Population Biology
Tel: (951) 827-2246
E-mail: matt.daugherty@ucr.edu
Invasion biology, plant disease ecology, plant-insect interactions, regulatory entomology, quantitative ecology
Contact Info
Title: Cooperative Extension Specialist
Tel: (951) 827-2246
E-mail: matt.daugherty@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Alec Gerry
Veterinary Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-7054
E-mail: alec.gerry@ucr.edu
Biology, ecology, and management of pest and vector insects associated with animals
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
and Cooperative Extension Specialist
Tel: (951) 827-7054
E-mail: alec.gerry@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Behavioral neuroscience of navigation on insects
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
E-mail: ysabel.giraldo@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Research Website
Allison Hansen
Evolutionary Genomics
Tel: (951) 827-9271
E-mail: allison.hansen@ucr.edu
Evolutionary Genomics of Insect Symbioses
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-9271
E-mail: allison.hansen@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Research Website
John Heraty
Morphological & Molecular Systematics
Tel: (951) 827-6351
E-mail: john.heraty@ucr.edu
Morphological and molecular systematics of parasitic wasps in the Chalcidoidea
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-6351
E-mail: john.heraty@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Research Website
Mark Hoddle
Biological Control & Genetics
Tel: (951) 827-4714
E-mail: mark.hoddle@ucr.edu
Biological control, plant and medical vector population genetics
Contact Info
Title: Extension Specialist
Tel: (951) 827-4714
E-mail: mark.hoddle@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Research Website
Center for Invasive Species Website
Chow-Yang Lee
Urban Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-2626
E-mail: chowyang.lee@ucr.edu
Urban pest management, insecticide resistance, phylogenetics and invasion history of urban insect pests.
Contact Info
Title: Professor and Endowed Chair in Urban Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-2626
E-mail: chow-yang.lee@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Research Website
Kerry Mauck
Insect Behavior & Plant Pathogen Interactions
Tel: (951) 827-5444
E-mail: kerry.mauck@ucr.edu
Insect vector behavior, plant-pathogen interactions, chemical ecology, integrated disease management.
Contact Info
Title: Associate Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5444
E-mail: kerry.mauck@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Research Website
Quinn McFrederick
Insect Conservation
Tel: (951) 827-5817
E-mail: quinn.mcfrederick@ucr.edu
Insect conservation (mostly wild bee pollinators) through the study of symbioses.
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5817
E-mail: quinn.mcfrederick@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Research Website
Amy Murillo
Veterinary Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5741
E-mail: amy.murillo@ucr.edu
Host-parasite interactions and management of arthropod pests of animals
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5741
E-mail: amy.murillo@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Research Website
Ikju Park
Biological Control of Invasive Insects and Weeds
Tel: (951) 827-0450
E-mail: ikju.park@ucr.edu
Agent and target selection; efficacy and environmental safety of agents; post-release monitoring; sensory ecology
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-0450
E-mail: ikju.park@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Jessica Purcell
Social Organization of Arthropods
Tel: (951) 827-7258
E-mail: jessica.purcell@ucr.edu
I seek the proximate and ultimate drivers of social organization in arthropods.
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-7258
E-mail: jessica.purcell@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Research Website
Alexander Raikhel
Molecular Genetics, Reproduction & Immunity
Tel: (951)827-2129
E-mail: alexander.raikhel@ucr.edu
Molecular genetics of arthropod vectors of human diseases; reproduction and immunity in mosquitoes
Contact Info
Title: Distinguished Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951)827-2129
E-mail: alexander.raikhel@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Research Website
Erin Wilson Rankin
Invasive Species and Community Ecology
Tel: (951) 827-5735
E-mail: erin.rankin@ucr.edu
Invasive species, food webs and trophic dynamics, community ecology
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5735
E-mail: erin.rankin@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Research Website
Rick Redak
Plant-Insect Interactions
Tel: (951) 827-7250
E-mail: richard.redak@ucr.edu
Plant-insect interactions, conservation biology, community ecology, pest management of commercial floricultural and ornamental plants
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology and Department Chair
Tel: (951) 827-7250
E-mail: richard.redak@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Marko Spasojevic
Plant Community Ecologist
Tel: (951) 827-5941
E-mail: marko.spasojevic@ucr.edu
Ecology, Biogeography & Conservation
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Professor, Dept. of EEOB and Cooperating Faculty Member
Tel: (951) 827-5941
E-mail: marko.spasojevic@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Research Website
Linda Walling
Botany and Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4687
E-mail: linda.walling@ucr.edu
Botany, Plant Sciences & Genomics
Contact Info
Title: Professor and Geneticist, Cooperating Faculty Member
Tel: (951) 827-4687
E-mail: linda.walling@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Christiane Weirauch
Morphological and Molecular Systematics of Heteroptera
Tel: (951) 827-5707
E-mail: christiane.weirauch@ucr.edu
Morphological and molecular systematics of Heteroptera with an emphasis on assassin bugs (Reduviidae) and plant bugs (Miridae), evolutionary biology, biological control
Contact Info
Title: Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5707
E-mail: christiane.weirauch@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Research Website
Houston Wilson
Integrated Pest Management
Tel: (559) 646-6519
E-mail: houston.wilson@ucr.edu
Agricultural entomology, biological control and integrated pest management (IPM) in tree crops
Contact Info
Title: Assistant Specialist in Cooperative Extension
Tel: (559) 646-6519
E-mail: houston.wilson@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Hollis Woodard
Bee Nutritional Ecology and Feeding Biology
Tel: (951) 827-5761
E-mail: hollis.woodard@ucr.edu
Ecology, evolution, and conservation of native bees, with a focus on bee nutritional ecology and feeding biology
Contact Info
Title: Associate Professor of Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-5761
E-mail: hollis.woodard@ucr.edu
Faculty Website
Research Website
Naoki Yamanaka