Incoming freshmen and transfer students enrolled in the Entomology major are assigned to a CALS faculty advisor, who helps them plan their academic curriculum. Students are matched with a faculty member whose area of specialization parallels their career interests. The areas of specialized expertise of individual CALS faculty members affiliated with the Entomology major include:
- conservation of rare insect species; insect "services" (e.g., pollinations, pest suppression); agroecology; integrated pest management
- integrated pest management of trees and shrubs; host-plant preferences; ecology and behavior of insect herbivores; invasive species
- quantitative and molecular genetics of ecologically important traits in insect populations
- apiculture; honey bee social behavior
- morphology; phylogeny; systematics; behavior, evolution of primitive bees
- chemical ecology; insect-plant interactions; plant defense; ecology and evolution of swallowtail butterflies
- neurophysiological mechanisms of behavior; sensory guidance; evolution; general entomology
- invertebrate pathology; biology and epizootiology of fungal pathogens affecting insects, and their use for pest control
- medical entomology; mosquito biology; vector-borne disease ecology
- integrated pest management, with an emphasis on biological control
- aquatic entomology; behavior, population, and community ecology of stream insects
- animal behavior; behavioral ecology; social behavior and predation; spider biology; behavioral aspects of chemical ecology
- ecology of insect communities and populations; insect-plant interactions
- biology, ecology, and management of arthropod pests of livestock and poultry; veterinary entomology
- integrated pest management; biological control; agricultural acarology; biology and management of greenhouse-crop pests
- biochemistry; genetics, and evolution of insecticide resistance; gene regulation; insecticide neurotoxicology and metabolism
- pest management; population dynamics; systems ecology
- insect pest management; insect-plant interactions; plant resistance to insects
- insect taxonomy; fungus-beetle associations; taxonomy in biodiversity study and conservation