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.
![John Foster](https://entomology.unl.edu/styles/faculty_profile_image/public/foster_john.jpg?itok=bMceAPd1)
Dr. John Foster (Emeritus)
Emeritus Extension & Research Entomologist
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Department of Entomology
103 Entomology Hall
Lincoln, NE
68583-0816
Department of Entomology
103 Entomology Hall
Lincoln, NE
68583-0816
![Dr. Bob Wright](https://entomology.unl.edu/styles/faculty_profile_image/public/Bob%20Wright.jpg?itok=ZYOx7ArJ)
Dr. Bob Wright (Emeritus)
Emeritus Professor
Field Crops Entomology Research & Extension
UNL Department of Entomology
213 Entomology Hall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816
213 Entomology Hall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816
![Dr. Julie Peterson](https://entomology.unl.edu/styles/faculty_profile_image/public/Peterson_Julie.jpg?itok=AAqLHn98)
Dr. Julie Peterson
Professor
Insect Ecology, Field Crops Entomology, Integrated Pest Management, Biological Control
West Central Research, Extension and Education Center (WCREEC)
402 West State Farm Road
North Platte, NE 69101
402 West State Farm Road
North Platte, NE 69101
![Dr. Justin McMechan](https://entomology.unl.edu/styles/faculty_profile_image/public/mcmechan.jpeg?itok=nS4hn5ou)
Dr. Justin McMechan
Associate Professor
Crop Protection and Cropping Systems
105B Entomology
University of Nebraska-LIncoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816
and
Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center (ENREEC)
Ithaca, NE
University of Nebraska-LIncoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816
and
Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center (ENREEC)
Ithaca, NE
![Dr. Kyle G. Koch](https://entomology.unl.edu/styles/faculty_profile_image/public/kochkylesm.jpg?itok=6aJ0FoCz)
Dr. Kyle G. Koch
Assistant Extension Educator
Insect Identification, Insect Training and Diagnostics, Arthropod Species, Citizen Science
12BB Entomology Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816
![Dr. Tom Hunt (Emeritus)](https://entomology.unl.edu/styles/faculty_profile_image/public/Tom-Hunt.jpg?itok=8s3XtXKO)
Dr. Tom Hunt (Emeritus)
Emeritus Professor
Integrated Pests Management; Ecology and Management of Arthropods
Haskell Agricultural Laboratory
57905 866 Road
Concord, NE
68728
57905 866 Road
Concord, NE
68728
![Dr. Gary Hein](https://entomology.unl.edu/styles/faculty_profile_image/public/hein.jpg?itok=pLznaPIx)
Dr. Gary Hein (Emeritus)
Emeritus Professor of Entomology; Emeritus Director of Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program
107 ENTO Hall
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816
1700 East Campus Mall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0816
![Gary Brewer](https://entomology.unl.edu/styles/faculty_profile_image/public/brewer.jpg?itok=OTcdqjRM)
Dr. Gary Brewer
Professor
Pest and Pollinator Interaction, Livestock Entomology
![Dr. Jeff Bradshaw](https://entomology.unl.edu/styles/faculty_profile_image/public/Headshot_Bradshaw_0.png?itok=XptIuZIR)
Dr. Jeff Bradshaw
Professor & Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program
Applied Ecology, Host-Plant Resistance, Biological Control
![Dr. Georgina Bingham](https://entomology.unl.edu/styles/faculty_profile_image/public/G%20V%20Bingham%20Headshot.png?itok=ALVwjz48)
Dr. Georgina Bingham
Research Associate Professor
Leading the Stored Product Pest Laboratory