Essential food and forage crops often are threatened by insect and mite pests. Minimizing the impact of these pests is a major research objective of the department, with emphasis on pests of alfalfa, corn, dry beans, sorghum, soybeans, sugar beets, and wheat.

Dr. Shaonpius Mondal
Assistant Professor
Arthropod vector of plant pathogens

Dr. Alisson Da Silva Santana
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Crop Protection, Agriculture & Biodiversity
WCREEC
402 W State Farm Rd.
North Platte, NE 89101-7751
402 W State Farm Rd.
North Platte, NE 89101-7751

Dr. Matheus Ribeiro
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Insecticide Toxicology, Crop Protection and Cropping Systems

Dr. Pritha Kundu
Post Doctoral Research Associate
Molecular Plant-Insect Interactions
312 Entomology Hall
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816

Pragya Gupta
MS Graduate Student
Biotechnology, Integrated Pest Management
Entomology Department
208 ENTO Hall
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816
208 ENTO Hall
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816

Andrea Rilakovíc
Ph.D. Graduate Research Assistant
West Central Research, Extension & Education Center
402 W State Farm Rd
North Platte, NE 69101
402 W State Farm Rd
North Platte, NE 69101

Joshua Villazana
Research Coordinator
Plant-Insect Interactions
Entomology Department
ENTO Hall 12BA
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816
ENTO Hall 12BA
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816

Nicole Luhr
Research Technologist I
Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Ecology of Insects
University of Nebraska Haskell Ag. Lab
57905 866 Rd.
Concord, NE 68728-2828
57905 866 Rd.
Concord, NE 68728-2828

Elliot Knoell
Research Project Coordinator
Crop Protection and Cropping Systems
UNL Entomology Department
12E ENTO Hall
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816
12E ENTO Hall
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816

Dr. Shripat Kamble (Emeritus)
Emeritus Professor
Insecticide application and exposure in field crops, Pest management practices
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Department of Entomology
210 Entomology Hall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816
Department of Entomology
210 Entomology Hall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816