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Faculty

Name
Department

Research Email
Judith Becerra
Entomology 		plant insect interactions and chemical ecology becerra@ag.arizona.edu
Judith L. Bronstein
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology 		evolution and ecology of mutualisms judieb@u.arizona.edu
Danny Brower
Molecular & Cellular Biology 		Molecular basis of integrin function and morphogenesis dbrower@u.arizona.edu
Judith Brown (pdf)
Plant Sciences		 virus-vector-host relations for whitefly transmitted pathogens jbrown@ag.arizona.edu
David N. Byrne
Entomology		 insect migration and dispersal, whitefly biology byrne@ag.arizona.edu
Yves Carrière
Entomology		 insect ecology, resistance to transgenic crops, host-selection behaviors, diapause ycarrier@ag.arizona.edu
Goggy Davidowitz
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology		 ecology and developmental plasticity goggy@email.arizona.edu
Anna Dornhaus
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology 		social insects, ants/honey bees dornhaus@email.arizona.edu

Wulfila Gronenberg
Neurobiology

 movement control, muscle biomechanics, neuroethology wulfi@neurobio.arizona.edu

John G. Hildebrand
Neurobiology

 olfaction, chemical ecology, neuronal and synaptic development, neurochemistry jgh@neurobio.arizona.edu

Martha S. Hunter
Entomology

 ecology and evolutionary biology of parasitoids mhunter@ag.arizona.edu

Richard B. Levine
Neurobiology

 neural development, hormonal modulation of neural circuits rbl@neurobio.arizona.edu

Xianchun Li
Entomology

 molecular ecology /evolution, chemical ecology, functional genomics, gene regulation, signal transduction lxc@ag.arizona.edu

Carlos Machado
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

population genetics, plant-insect evolution, genetic basis of speciation cmachado@email.arizona.edu

David R. Maddison
Entomology

 insect systematics, phylogenetics and evolution, beetles beetle@ag.arizona.edu

Therese Markow
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

speciation, mating system evolution, ecology and population biology of Drosophila tmarkow@arl.arizona.edu

Nancy A. Moran
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

molecular phylogenetics, endosymbioses, life-cycle evolution, phenotypic plasticity nmoran@u.arizona.edu

Lisa M. Nagy
Molecular & Cellular Biology

development and evolution of pattern formation in arthropods lnagy@u.arizona.edu

Alan Nighorn
Neurobiology

 olfaction and neuronal architecture in the insect brain nighorn@neurobio.arizona.edu

Daniel R. Papaj
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

behavioral ecology of tephritid fruit flies, butterflies and parasitoids, plant-insect interactions papaj@u.arizona.edu

Michael Riehle
Entomology

 regulation of mosquito reproduction and longevity by insulin signaling mriehle@ag.arizona.edu

Linda L. Restifo
Neurobiology

 genetic and hormonal control of nervous system and muscle metamorphosis llr@neurobio.arizona.edu

Robert L. Smith
Entomology

 behavioral ecology, reproductive biology of aquatic insects bobsmith@ag.arizona.edu
S. Patricia Stock
Entomology
 nematodes spstock@ag.arizona.edu

Nicholas J. Strausfeld
Neurobiology

 function organization of arthropod central nervous systems, learning and memory flybrain@neurobio.arizona.edu

Bruce Tabashnik
Entomology

 evolution and management of insect resistance to biological and synthetic insecticides brucet@ag.arizona.edu

Leslie P. Tolbert
Neurobiology

 neural development, neuron-glia interactions tolbert@neurobio.arizona.edu

Bruce Walsh
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

interface between genetics and evolution, especially evolution of genome structure and analysis of complex characters, biodiversity of SE Arizona Lepidoptera jbwalsh@u.arizona.edu

Diana E. Wheeler
Entomology

 physiology and evolution of insect sociality, phenotypic plasticity, nutritional regulation of reproduction dewsants@ag.arizona.edu

Elizabeth Willott
Entomology

 insect immunity willott@u.arizona.edu

Joy J. Winzerling
Nutritional Sciences

iron and copper metabolism winzerling@biosci.arizona.edu

Konrad Zinsmaier
Neurobiology

 molecular mechanisms of excitation-dependent neurotransmitter exocytosis at nerve terminals kez@neurobio.arizona.edu