Contact us at vegentlab@gmail.com
Meet our Principal Investigators

Zsofia Szendrei
Professor, Project Director
Department of Entomology
Michigan State University
Area of expertise: entomology

Dave Douches
Professor, Co-Project Director
Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Michigan State University
Area of expertise: potato breeding

Russ Groves
Professor, Department Chair
Department of Entomology
University of Wisconsin
Area of expertise: entomology

Dave Crowder
Professor
Department of Entomology
Washington State University
Area of expertise: entomology

Brian Nault
Professor
Department of Entomology
Cornell University
Area of expertise: entomology

Tim Waters
Extension Educator
WSU Extension
Washington State University
Area of expertise: entomology

Paul Mitchell
Professor, Department of
Agricultural and Applied Economics
University of Wisconsin
Area of expertise: economics

Jessica Goldberger
Professor
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Washington State University
Area of expertise: social science

Punya Nachappa
Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural Biology
Colorado State University
Area of expertise: entomology

Katie Dentzman
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Iowa State University
Area of expertise: social science

Andrei Alyokhin
Professor
School of Biology and Ecology
University of Maine
Area of expertise: entomology

Gina Angelella
Research Entomologist
USDA-ARS
Wapato, WA
Area of expertise: entomology

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