People
Faculty
| Name | Title | Specialization | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Stout | Professor, Department Head | Host-Plant Resistance, Forage Crops, IPM | 225-578-1837 | mstout@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Aaron Ashbrook | Assistant Professor | Arthropod Pests of Urban; Peri-Urban Entomology |
269-369-8436 | aashbrook@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Stephen Baca | Assistant Professor & Director of the LA State Arthropod Museum | Systematics of water beetles | 225-578-0425 | SBaca@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Christopher E. Carlton | Emeritus Professor | Diagnostic Services, Curatorial Support | 225-578-0425 | CCarlton@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Jeffrey Davis | Austin C. Thompson Distinguished Endowed Professor in Entomology | Soybean IPM | 225-572258-5618 | jeffdavis@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Rodrigo Diaz | Associate Professor | Invasive Species Ecology | 225-578-1835 | rdiaz@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Honglin Feng | Assistant Professor | Insect Physiology & Symbiosis | 225-578-1832 | hfeng@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Lane Foil | Pennington Chair for Wildlife Epidemiology | Veterinary Insects | 225-578-1825 | lfoil@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Abner M. Hammond, Jr. | Emeritus Professor | Chemical Ecology | 225-578-1828 | AHammond@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Kristen Healy | Associate Professor | Medical Entomology; Public Health Entomology | 225-578-7836 | khealy@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Gregg Henderson | Emeritus Professor | Urban Entomology/Formosan Subterranean Termite | 225-578-1831 | GRHenderson@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Fangneng Huang | L.D. Newsom Professor of IPM | Grain Crop Pest Management | 225-578-0111 | fhuang@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Claudia Husseneder | Paul K. Adams Professor of Urban Entomology | Population Genetics; Molecular Biology of Insects and Symbionts | 225-578-1819 | chusseneder@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Seth J. Johnson | Emeritus Professor | Biological Control and Moth Migration | 225-578-1826 | sjohnson@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Todd Johnson | Assistant Professor | Forest Entomology | N/A | toddjohnson@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Billy R. Leonard | Emeritus Professor | Pest Management | 225-578-1634 | rleonard@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| James Ottea | John Benjamin Holton Alumni Professor | Insecticide Toxicology | 225-578-1841 | jottea@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Gadi Reddy | WAE - Gratis | Chemical Ecology and Pest Management | 225-578-1634 | GReddy@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Timothy D. Schowalter | Emeritus Professor | Forest and Insect Ecology; Bark Beetles | 225-578-1827 | TSchowalter@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Qian "Karen" Sun | Associate Professor | Urban Entomology | 225-578-1831 | qsun@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| James Villegas | Assistant Professor | Field Crops IPM | 225-578-1634 | jvillegas@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Blake Wilson | Associate Professor | Sugarcane and Rice Entomology | 985-373-6193 | bwilson@agcenter.lsu.edu |
Research Associates & Post Docs
| Name | Title | Specialization | PI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria Bayless | Research Associate | Curator, LA State Arthropod Museum | Stephen Baca | vbayless@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Dinesh Erram | Post Doc | Ecology, Surveillance, and Control of Arthropods/Vector-Borne Diseases Affecting Human and Animal Health | Lane Foil | derram@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Christine Gambino |
Extension Associate
|
Plant Insect Interactions |
Michael Stout & Blake Wilson |
cgambino@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Elise Grossman | Research Associate | Forest Entomology |
Todd Johnson |
egrossman@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Logan Herbert | Research Associate | Biological Control | Rodrigo Diaz | lherbert@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Forest Huval | Research Associate | Effects of Invasive Ants on Louisiana Sugarcane | Michael Stout | fhuval@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Tao Jin | Research Associate | Molecular Biology of Insects & their Symbionts | Claudia Husseneder | jtao@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Flaminia Mariani | Post Doc | Biological control of aquatic invasive plants | Rodrigo Diaz | fmariani@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Mark Murray | Research Associate | IPM of Soybean and Sweet Potato | Jeff Davis | mmurray@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Tyler Ray T. Musgrove | Research Associate | Soybean IPM | Blake Wilson | tmusgrove@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Sara Navarro | Research Associate | Sweet Potato IPM | Jeff Davis | snavarro@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Berenice Romero | Post Doc | Sweet Potato IPM | Jeff Davis | |
| Dane D. Shackelford | Research Associate | Giant Salvinia | Rodrigo Diaz | dshackelford@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Tiago Silva | Research Associate | Soybean IPM | Fangneng Huang | TSilva@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Josh Snook | Research Associate | Invasive Insect Management for Coastal Restoration | Rodrigo Diaz | jsnook@agcenter.lsu.edu |
| Carlos Wiggins | Research Associate | Biological Control | Blake Wilson | cwiggins@agcenter.lsu.edu |