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Faculty and adjunct curators

  • George Bird

    Professor Emeritus

  • Anthony Cognato

    Professor, Collection Director, and Graduate Advisor
    Insect systematics, biodiversity and evolution
    cognato@msu.edu
    517-432-2369

  • Julie Craves

    Adjunct Curator Odonata
    cravesju@msu.edu

  • Bernice DeMarco

    Adjunct Curator
    Hymenoptera
    demarc10@msu.edu
    517-353-3891

  • Elwin Evans

    Adjunct Curator
    Aquatic insects
    517-353-3891

  • John Fricke

    Adjunct Curator
    Hymenoptera
    frickej5@msu.edu
    517-353-3891

  • Darrin O'Brien

    Adjunct Curator Odonata
    obrie396@msu.edu

  • Gary Parsons

    Emeritus Curator
    Collection management, insect/arthropod identification and outreach
    parsonsg@msu.edu
    517-353-1630

  • Ron Priest

    Adjunct Curator
    Micro-lepidoptera
    priest@msu.edu
    517-353-3891

  • William Ruesink

    Adjunct Curator
    Coleoptera
    ruesink2@msu.edu
    517-353-3891

  • Sarah Smith

    Curator and Collection Manager, insect systematics and taxonomy
    smith462@msu.edu
    517-353-1630

  • Richard Snider

    Professor Emeritus and Curator
    Apterygota and spiders
    snider@msu.edu

  • Franklin West

    Adjunct Curator
    Lepidoptera
    517-353-3891

Research associates

  • Patrick Gorring, Cerambycidae

Graduate students

  • Alexus Bobak, Scolytinae
  • Nate Howder, Blattodea
  • Junkai Wang, Scolytinae

Undergraduate Students

  • J.J. Bird

Database staff

  • Sierra Davis
  • Brenna Jeffs

Research contributors

The following persons through their collecting and research efforts have added a significant number of specimens over time curating parts of the Arthropod Research Center:

  • Martin Andree, Lepidoptera
  • Jason Gibbs, Hymenoptera: Apoidea
  • Mark O’Brien, Odonata
  • William Taft, Lepidoptera: Sesiidae

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College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Entomology

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