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. Ana Paula Santana Lima](https://entomology.unl.edu/styles/faculty_profile_image/public/Santana_Ana_Paula.jpg?itok=NNQVXwcK)
Dr. Ana Paula Santana Lima
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Crop Protection, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Biological Control
West Central Research, Extension & Education Center (WCREEC)
402 West State Farm Road
North Platte, NE 69101
402 West State Farm Road
North Platte, NE 69101
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Dr. Pin-Chu Lai
Assistant Professor
Applied Ecology, Integrated Pest Management
Panhandle Research, Extension, and Education Center (PHREEC)
4502 Avenue I
Scottsbluff, NE 69361-4939
4502 Avenue I
Scottsbluff, NE 69361-4939
![Dr. Shaonpius Mondal](https://entomology.unl.edu/styles/faculty_profile_image/public/Mondal_3.png?itok=_23CWYPq)
Dr. Shaonpius Mondal
Assistant Professor of Entomology
Arthropod Vector of Plant Pathogens
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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. Pritha Kundu](https://entomology.unl.edu/styles/faculty_profile_image/public/Kundu_Pritha.png?itok=I_Ctq0Lx)
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
![Andrea Rilakovíc](https://entomology.unl.edu/styles/faculty_profile_image/public/Andrea%20Rilakovic.png?itok=5HNW4QHw)
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
![Nikki Luhr](https://entomology.unl.edu/styles/faculty_profile_image/public/Luhr_Nicole.png?itok=JzkuJETK)
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
![Eliott Knoell](https://entomology.unl.edu/styles/faculty_profile_image/public/Knoell_Elliot.jpg?itok=o4sqT7TW)
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](https://entomology.unl.edu/styles/faculty_profile_image/public/kamble_shripat.jpg?itok=QCchl8qP)
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
![Dr. E.A. Heinrichs](https://entomology.unl.edu/styles/faculty_profile_image/public/heinrichs_short.jpg?itok=RjaYk8Zj)
Dr. E.A. "Short" Heinrichs (Emeritus)
Emeritus Professor
Integrated Pest Management (IPM), International agriculture