Entomology - Research Overview

The Department of Entomology’s research portfolio consists of basic science that builds on strengths in insect biodiversity, insect-plant interactions, and applied pest management research focused on stakeholder needs and priorities. We work on a range of insect problems using diverse toolsets and varied disciplinary approaches.

Research Areas

• Host Plant-Insect Interactions
• Arthropod Molecular Biology & Genomics
• International Cooperation & Development
• Environmental & Evolutionary Entomology
• Insect Science Education
• Integrated Pest Management
• Forensics

Research Centers

• Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems (CERIS)
• Center for Urban and Industrial Pest Management (CUIPM)
• National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS)
• National Pesticide Information Retrieval System (NPIRS)
• National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN)
• Purdue Entomological Research Collection (PERC)

Signature Research Areas

• Baributsa, Dieudonné - III, VI      dbaribut@purdue.edu
  International IPM, Postharvest Entomology
• Bello-Bravo, Julia - V      mbellobr@purdue.edu
  Science Communication and International Engagement & Development
• Bruner, Robert - V      rfbruner@purdue.edu
  Exotic Forest Pest Outreach and Education
• Buczkowski, Grzegorz - II, VI      gbuczkow@purdue.edu
  Ecology and Evolution of Urban and Invasive Arthropods
• Cameron, Stephen - II, IV      cameros@purdue.edu
  Insect Evolutionary Biology
• Couture, John - I, IV      couture@purdue.edu
  Plant-Insect Chemical Ecology
• Creighton, Curtis - I, IV, V      creighto@purdue.edu
  Evolutionary Ecology and Ecoimmunology
• Decker, Brenna - IV, V      bldecker@purdue.edu
  Pollinator Ecology and Education
• Enders, Laramy - I, II, IV      lenders@purdue.edu
  Plant-Insect-Microbe Interactions, Microbiomes
• Ginzel, Matthew - I, IV       mginzel@purdue.edu
  Forest Entomology and Chemical Ecology
• Hans, Krystal - IV, V, VII      hans3@purdue.edu
  Forensic Sciences
• Harpur, Brock - II, IV      bharpur@purdue.edu
  Evolutionary Biology 
• Hill, Catherine - II, VI      hillca@purdue.edu
  Biology and Control of Arthropod Disease Vectors
• Hill, Mike - VI      mikehill@purdue.edu
  Director, Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems 
• Ingwell, Laura - I, VI      lingwell@purdue.edu
  Horticultural  Entomlogy 
• Johnston, Andrew - IV, V, VI      john3796@purdue.edu
  Insect Diversity and Diagnostics, 4-H Entomology
• Justus, Emily - V      ejustus@purdue.edu
  Outreach Coordinator
• Kaplan, Ian - I, IV, VI      ikaplan@purdue.edu
  Ecology of Herbivores and Natural Enemies
• Kelley, Alicia - IV, VI      ajkelley@purdue.edu
  Indiana State Survey Coordinator, Cooperative Ag Pest Survey (CAPS)
• Krupke, Christian - I, IV, VI      ckrupke@purdue.edu
  Field Crop Pest Management
• Long, Elizabeth- I, IV, VI      long132@purdue.edu
  Horticultural Entomology
• Miles, Lindsay - II, IV, VI      lsmiles@purdue.edu
• Urban Evolutionary Entomology
• Pietri, Jose - II, VI      jpietric@purdue.edu
  Medical and Urban Entomology
• Pittendrigh, Barry - I, II, III, IV, VI       pittendr@purdue.edu
  Insect Genomics/Toxicology/International Development 
• Richmond, Douglas - I, IV, VI      drichmond@purdue.edu
  Soil Insect Ecology, Turfgrass IPM
• Schemerhorn, Brandi - I, II      bschemer@purdue.edu
  Population Genetics
• Smith, Aaron - II, IV      smit3866@purdue.edu
  Insect Systematics 
• Subramanyam, Shubha - I, II      shubha@purdue.edu
  Plant-Insect Interactions
• Wirth, Chris - II, IV, V      wirth3@
  Purdue Entomological Research Collection (PERC) Curator
• Zhang, Lei - I, VI      leizhang@purdue.edu
  Plant-Nematode Interactions