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Entomology

Graduate Faculty

J. Kenneth Grace, Ph.D.
Department Chair
Termite biology and control, insect behavior

Alberto Bressan, Ph.D.
Insect vectors of plant pathogens

Arnold H. Hara, Ph.D.
Horticultural entomology, post-harvest insect control, regulatory entomology
(Beaumont Agricultural Research Center)

Cerruti R2 Hooks, Ph.D.
Sustainable agriculture, ecological pest management, biological control, vector ecology

Ronald F. L. Mau, Ph. D.
Agricultural entomology, extension entomology, insect biology

Russell H. Messing, Ph.D.
Fruit fly ecology and management, biological control
(Kauai Agricultural Research Center)

Daniel Rubinoff, Ph.D.
Director of UH Insect Museum
Insect systematics, invasive species, conservation biology, evolution of ecological traits

Josef Seifert, Ph.D.
Biochemical toxicology

Mark G. Wright, Ph.D.
Associate of the UH Insect Museum
Integrated pest management, tropical fruits and nuts, insect ecology, biological control

Julian R. Yates III, Ph.D.
Graduate Chair forEntomology
Urban pest management, termite biology and control


Cooperating Graduate Faculty

Lorna Arita-Tsutsumi, Ph.D.
Insect behavior, honeybee ecology
(Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, UH -  Hilo)

Kenneth Y. Kaneshiro, Ph.D.
Associate of the UH Insect Museum
Evolutionary biology
(Zoology Department, PBRC)


Affiliate Graduate Faculty

Jack W. Armstrong, Ph.D.
Commodity quarantine treatments, fruit fly control
USDA-ARS, Hilo

Neal Evenhuis, Ph.D.
Systematics of Diptera
Bishop Museum

Peter A. Follett, Ph.D.
Commodity quarantine treatments, tropical tree fruit IPM
USDA-ARS, Hilo

M. Lee Goff, Ph.D.
Forensic entomology
Chaminade University, Honolulu

Ernest J. Harris, Ph.D.
Ecology and control of fruit flies
USDA-ARS

Francis G. Howarth, Ph.D.
Systematics
Bishop Museum

Eric B. Jang, Ph.D.
Insect physiology, fruit fly control
USDA-ARS, Hilo

Susan D. McCombs, Ph.D.
Biotechnology, genetics
USDA-APHIS

Don O. McInnis, Ph.D.
Insect genetics
USDA-ARS

Neil J. Reimer, Ph.D.
Ant biology and control, biological control of weeds
Hawaii Department of Agriculture

G. Allan Samuelson, Ph.D.
Systematics
Bishop Museum

Roger I. Vargas, Ph.D.
Ecology, mass-rearing techniques
USDA-ARS, Hilo



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