Innovation in plant health and pest management
Our research scientists focus on microbial and arthropod diversity and diagnostics, disease and insect management, applied biotechnology, insect toxicology, physiology and chemical ecology, and plant responses to pests and stress.
Below are our faculty and their areas of work:
- Dr. Anthony Abbate: pollinator ecology, biodiversity and conservation
- Dr. Arthur Appel: termites, cockroaches, urban structural IPM, respirometry, physiology, toxicology
- Dr. John Beckmann: pests of livestock and poultry, mosquitoes, biotechnology, sterile insect technique
- Dr. Kira Bowen: epidemiology, field crops plant pathology
- Dr. Selina Bruckner: beekeeping and honey bee IPM
- Dr. Jeffrey J. Coleman: fungal diseases and biological control
- Dr. Leonardo De La Fuente: bacterial pathogens (Xylella fastidiosa)
- Dr. Paulo Gimenez Cremonez: pests of fruit and vegetable crops, insecticide resistance management, organic crops IPM
- Dr. Scott Graham: field crops entomology, toxicology, plant-incorporated protectants
- Dr. Nate Hardy: insect biodiversity, plant-insect interactions, invasive species
- Dr. David Held: lawn and landscape pests, pests of nursery and sod production, state IPM coordinator
- Dr. Xing Ping Hu: termites, cockroaches, urban structural IPM
- Dr. Alana Jacobson: insect-virus interactions, pests of field crops, invasive species
- Dr. Kathy Lawrence: field crops plant pathology and nematology
- Dr. Nannan Liu: molecular entomology, toxicology, physiology, chemical ecology
- Dr. Kate Martin: field crops entomology, function of viruses within insects and plants
- Dr. Nobuaki Mizumoto: termites, behavioral ecology
- Dr. Zachary Noel: microbial diversity and communities, beneficial microbes
- Dr. Sang Wook Park: molecular plant pathology, defense signaling, host response to environmental stress
- Dr. Clint Penick: urban insect ecology, insect physiology, biodiversity
- Dr. Neha Potnis: bacterial diversity, microbial communities, omics applications in plant pathology
- Dr. Edward J. Sikora: IPM for diseases of soybeans, vegetable, fruit and nut crops, and corn
- Dr. Amanda Strayer-Scherer: IPM for diseases of peanuts, cotton, turf grass, and ornamental crops
- Dr. Geoff Williams: honey bee toxicology, physiology, director of AU Bee Center
Campus Experience
Getting their hands dirty
Senior ag comm major Claire Hamilton takes a look at five hands-on majors in the Auburn University College of Agriculture.
Research and Innovation
Auburn researchers look at crape myrtle management
Auburn researchers are looking for answers to protect the treasured tree and provide management strategies.
Research and Innovation
Interesting bee-havior
At the Auburn University Bee Center, researchers and students are digging deeper into the complexities of the sociality of bees.
