Faculty and Researchers

Dina M. Fonseca (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania)
Chair, Department of Entomology
Director, Center for Vector Biology

Professor
Research: Infectious diseases, mosquito control, and evolutionary ecology

Lena B. Brattsten (Ph.D., Illinois)
Research Professor
Research: Insect biochemistry and toxicology, molecular aspects of insect-plant associations

George C. Hamilton (Ph.D., Rutgers)
Extension Specialist in Pest Management
Research: Implementation of alternative methods to control insect pests, influence of flowering plants on the retention of natural enemies, ecology and management of invasive insects, and assessment of the pesticides used by agriculture in New Jersey

Chloe Hawkings (Ph.D, Texas A&M University)
Assistant Professor
Undergraduate Program Director
Advising Information, Requirements for the Major and Minor, and Forms for Research Credits

Albrecht Koppenhöfer (Ph.D., Univ. Giessen)
Extension Specialist in Entomology
Center for Turfgrass Science

Anne L. Nielsen (Ph.D., Rutgers)
Extension Specialist in Entomology

Graduate Program Director
Research: Fruit insect ecology and management

Dana Price (Ph.D., Rutgers)
Assistant Professor  
Research: Mosquito genomics

Cesar Rodriguez-Saona (Ph.D., University of California–Riverside)
Extension Specialist in Entomology
Research: Blueberry and cranberry insect ecology and management

Alvaro Toledo (Ph.D., University of Madrid)
Associate Professor, Department of Entomology
Research: Tick biology ecology and control and Lyme Disease

Changlu Wang (Ph.D., West Virginia)
Extension Specialist in Entomology
Research: Urban pest management