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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)

Paul Krushelnycky, Ph. D.
Invasive ant ecology and control, conservation biology, invasion biology

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

Helen Spafford, Ph. D.
Conservation of biological control agents, IPM in horticultural systems, ecology and establishment of weed biological control agents

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)

Cerruti R2 Hooks, Ph.D.
Ecological pest management, sustainable agriculture, biological control
(University of Maryland)

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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