Entomology

Field Description

Excellent facilities for laboratory and field studies include the outstanding Entomology Library and a renowned insect collection on the Cornell campus. The Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell and the Cornell AgriTech at Geneva are outstanding research facilities.

For doctoral degree candidates, a prescriptive academic review is required and is usually held during the first year. The qualifying examination should be taken by the fifth semester.

Contact Information

Website: https://entomology.cals.cornell.edu/graduate/training-program/
Email: st342@cornell.edu
Phone: 607 255-6198

2134 Comstock Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY  14853

Data and Statistics

• Doctoral Program Statistics

Subject and Degrees

Entomology

• Entomology (M.S.) (Ithaca)
• Entomology (M.S./Ph.D.) (Ithaca)
• Entomology (Ph.D.) (Ithaca)

Concentrations by Subject

Entomology

• acarology
• apiculture
• applied entomology
• aquatic entomology
• biological control
• general entomology (minor)
• insect behavior
• insect biochemistry
• insect ecology
• insect genetics
• insect morphology
• insect pathology
• insect physiology
• insect systematics
• insect toxicology and insecticide chemistry
• integrated pest management
• medical and veterinary entomology

Faculty

Arthur M Agnello

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: applied entomology; insect toxicology and insecticide chemistry; integrated pest management
• Research Interests: integrated pest management; tree-fruit insects; extension entomology

Anurag Agrawal

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: insect behavior; insect ecology
• Research Interests: insect ecology; insect behavior

Gary W Blissard

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: insect biochemistry; insect pathology
• Research Interests: virology; insect pathology; molecular biology

Nicolas S Buchon

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: general entomology; insect genetics; insect physiology; medical and veterinary entomology

Bryan Nicholas Danforth

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: insect behavior; insect ecology; insect morphology; insect systematics
• Research Interests: morphology, molecular systematics and evolution of bees; social evolution; behavioral ecology; pollination biology

Jason Dombroskie

• Campus: Ithaca - (Minor Member)
• Concentrations: Entomology: general entomology; insect morphology; insect systematics
• Research Interests: insect systematics, general entomology, insect morphology

Angela E. Douglas

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: insect biochemistry; insect physiology
• Research Interests: insect symbioses; insect nutrition; insect immunity

Cole Gilbert

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: general entomology; insect behavior; insect physiology
• Research Interests: insect physiology; sensory systems; neural basis of behavior

Ann E Hajek

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: applied entomology; biological control; insect ecology; insect pathology; integrated pest management
• Research Interests: insect pathology; biological control; ecology

Laura C Harrington

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: insect ecology; medical and veterinary entomology
• Research Interests: medical entomology; mosquito biology; vector-borne disease ecology

Michelle L Heck

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: general entomology; insect genetics; integrated pest management
• Research Interests: vector-borne pathogens, vector biology, plant-insect interactions, citrus greening, psyllids, aphids, whiteflies, proteomics, mass spectrometry, protein interactions

Tory Hendry

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: insect genetics; insect pathology; insect physiology
• Research Interests: insect-microbe interactions

Michael P Hoffmann

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: biological control; insect ecology; integrated pest management
• Research Interests: integrated pest management of vegetable crops; sustainable agriculture

Ronald Raymond Hoy

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: general entomology; insect behavior
• Research Interests: animal communication; behavioral genetics; neural development

Brian Paul Lazzaro

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: insect genetics; insect pathology
• Research Interests: insect population genetics; insect immune defenses; molecular evolution; insect pathology

James Kenneth Liebherr

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: insect morphology; insect systematics
• Research Interests: systematics; biogeography; revisionary taxonomy

Gregory M. Loeb

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: applied entomology; biological control; insect ecology; integrated pest management
• Research Interests: ecology; integrated pest management; viticulture

John E Losey

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: applied entomology; biological control; insect behavior; integrated pest management
• Research Interests: applied entomology; biocontrol; insect behavior; insect and ecology; integrated pest management

Scott H. McArt

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: general entomology; insect ecology
• Research Interests: Chemical ecology; Insect-plant interactions; Pollination biology

Lindsey Ryan Milbrath

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: biological control; integrated pest management
• Research Interests: biological control; integrated pest management; biological and integrated control of invasive plants

Corrie Saux Moreau

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: general entomology; insect behavior; insect ecology; insect morphology; insect systematics
• Research Interests: evolution and ecology of insects, molecular systematics and phylogenetics, biogeography, insect associated microbes

Brian A Nault

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: insect ecology; integrated pest management
• Research Interests: landscape ecology; insect-transmitted viruses; population ecology; arthropod pest management in vegetable crops; native pollinators

Jan Peter Nyrop

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: applied entomology; biological control; insect ecology; integrated pest management
• Research Interests: insect population ecology; biological control; computer application in pest management

Patrick Michael O'Grady

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: insect systematics
• Research Interests: phylogeny and taxonomy of Diptera: Drosophilidae; insect evolution

Katja Poveda

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: applied entomology; insect behavior; insect ecology
• Research Interests: landscape ecology; ecology of cropping systems; plant-insect interactions; agroecology

Alison G Power

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: biological control; insect behavior; insect ecology; integrated pest management
• Research Interests: agricultural ecology; ecology of cropping systems; ecology of insect vectors

Robert A. Raguso

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: insect behavior
• Research Interests: chemical communication between flowers and their pollinators; floral chemistry; insect behavior; sensory systems

Linda Susan Rayor

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: insect behavior
• Research Interests: spider and insect behavior; behavioral ecology; arachnology

Robert D. Reed

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: insect genetics; insect morphology
• Research Interests: evolution and development of butterfly wing patterns;strong organismal focus on insects - specifically Lepidoptera;insect biodiversity

John P Sanderson

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: applied entomology; biological control; general entomology; insect ecology; integrated pest management
• Research Interests: floricultural entomology; integrated pest management; biological control

Jeffrey Graham Scott

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: insect biochemistry; insect genetics; insect physiology; insect toxicology and insecticide chemistry
• Research Interests: insecticide resistance and mode of action; population genetics; evolutionary biology; gene regulation

Thomas Dyer Seeley

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: apiculture; insect behavior; insect ecology
• Research Interests: social behavior; behavioral ecology; evolution of social systems

Anthony M Shelton

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: applied entomology; biological control; general entomology; insect ecology; integrated pest management
• Research Interests: biology, ecology, and management of insect pests on vegetable crops

Elson Shields

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: applied entomology; biological control; general entomology; integrated pest management
• Research Interests: integrated pest management; population ecology; computer applications in agriculture; aerobiology

Jennifer S. Thaler

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: insect ecology
• Research Interests: insect ecology

Saskya D. Van Nouhuys

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: biological control; general entomology; insect behavior; insect ecology
• Research Interests: Population ecology, behavioral ecology, multitrophic level interactions, host-parasitoid interactions

John D Vandenberg

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: biological control; insect pathology
• Research Interests: biological control; insect pathology

Ping Wang

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: insect biochemistry; insect genetics; insect pathology; insect physiology
• Research Interests: insect biochemistry and molecular biology; molecular basis of insect-plant and insect-pathogen interactions

Kyle G. Wickings

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: insect ecology
• Research Interests: soil arthropod ecology, turfgrass entomology,soil biogeochemistry, feedbacks between soil arthropod communities and ecosystem processes/services.

Denis S Willett

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: insect ecology
• Research Interests: chemical ecology, sensor technology, digital agriculture

Stephen Paul Wraight

• Campus: Ithaca
• Concentrations: Entomology: biological control; insect pathology; integrated pest management
• Research Interests: insect pathology; biocontrol; integrated pest management