People

Faculty

Name Title Specialization Phone Email
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 Email
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