Department of Entomology
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 Faculty
Boetel, Mark A. Associate Professor

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 Integrated pest management, sugar beet insect pest management
Foster, Stephen P. Professor

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 Insect physiology and biochemistry
Harris, Marion O. Professor

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 Insect behavior, sensory ecology, insect-plant interactions, resistance of plants to insects
Knodel, Janet J. Assistant Professor

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 Field crops extension entomology, integrated pest management
Ode, Paul Assistant Professor

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 Parasitoid behavioral ecology, tritrophic interactions
Rider, David A. Interim Chair & Professor

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 Insect systematics, biodiversity
 Adjunct Faculty
Charlet, Laurence D.

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 USDA-Agricultural Research Service; Fargo, ND.  Sunflower integrated pest mgmt.  
Gordon, Robert

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 Systematic Entomology Laboratory of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, retired.  Studies Coccinellidae and Aphodiinae of North America. 
Jaronski, Stefan T.

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 USDA-Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory; Sidney, MT.  Insect Pathology.
Johnson, Paul

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 South Dakota State University; Brookings, SD.  Systematics of click beetles and related families.
Leopold, Roger

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 USDA-Agricultural Research Service; Fargo, ND.  Research involves short- and long-range projects of basic and applied research examining the cryobiology, cryogenics of insects used in biological control and sterile release programs.
MacRae, Ian V.

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 Northwest Research and Extension Center; Crookston, MN.  Population dynamics and Int. Pest Mgmt. (IPM), Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and computer app. in entomology; landscape ecology and insect behavior, spatial aspects of pesticide resistance.
Olson, Denise

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 Iowa Department of Agriculture and Landscape Stewardship; Ankeny, IA.  Biological control.
Polhemus, John

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 Colorado Entomological Museum.  Aquatic Heteroptera.  Organized the Amphibicorizae, adding numerous secondary types, voucher material and other specimens of world (especially Neotropical) genera and species
Rinehart, Joseph

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 USDA-Agricultural Research Service; Fargo, ND.  Over-wintering physiology of insects.
Roehrdanz, Richard

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 USDA-Agricultural Research Service; Fargo, ND.  Research focuses on the molecular genetics of insect populations and molecular systemataics of insects to support control programs that reduce the environmental load of pesticides. 
Roughley, Robert

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 University of Manitoba; Winnipeg, CANADA.  Prairie insect ecology.
Tilmon, Kelley

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 South Dakota State University; Brookings, SD.  Biological control and ecology.
Yocum, George

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 USDA-Agricultural Research Service; Fargo, ND.  Investigates the uses of diapause as a storage method for beneficial insects used in control programs.  Current studies: examining environmental factors involved in the induction and termination of diapause, isolating genes regulating diapause in Perillus bioculatus and Leptinotarsa decimlineata and the molecular biology of cold tolerance.
             
 Postdoctoral Scientists
Chen, Wenlong E-mail Insect genetics and biochemistry research  
Yu, Guotai E-mail Plant genetics and plant molecular biology/biochemistry  
     

Research Specialists

Graduate Students
Anderson, Kirk

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Beauzay, Patrick

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Carey, Don

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Dregseth, Robert

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Fauske, Gerald

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Johnson, Chris

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Schmidt, Warren

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Schroeder, Allen

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  Ganeihiarachchi, Saddha

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 Office Staff Ghising, Kiran

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Pennington, Diane

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Walker, Danelle

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Lampert, Evan

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  Mueller, Anne

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State Department of Agriculture Stenehjem, Jackie

 

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Mars, Gwen

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   Tobias, Loida

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 Entomology Home
Department of Entomology, 202 Hultz Hall
  North Dakota State University, Fargo ND

 Dr. David Rider, Interim Chair
 Phone: 701-231-7582

 updated 08 May, 2008