Michigan State University
Faculty and Staff

Anthony Cognato
Anthony Cognato
Assistant Professor
Collection Director
Curator Coleoptera

Gary Parsons
Gary Parsons
Academic Specialist
Collection Manager
Curator Coleoptera

George Bird
Professor Emeritus-Curator
Nematodes
Bernice DeMarco
Adjunct Curator
Hymenoptera
Elwin Evans
Adjunct Curator
Aquatic Insects
Mogens Nielsen
Adjunct Curator
Lepidoptera
Ronald Priest
Adjunct Curator
Micro-lepidoptera
Richard Snider
Professor – Curator
Apterygota and Spiders
Fred Stehr
Professor Emeritus - Curator
Immature Insects
Oscar Taboada
Professor Emeritus - Curator
Leafhoppers

 

Graduate Students
Stephanie Dole
Scolytinae
Jiri Hulcr
Scolytinae
Aaron Smith
Tenebrionidae
Sarah Smith
Scolytinae

 

Student Workers
Thomas Michael Kates Emily Maher

 

Research Contributors
The following persons through their collecting and research efforts have added a significant number of specimens or time curating parts of the ARC:
Martin Andree
Lepidoptera
Jeffrey Heuther
Coleoptera
Robert Kriegel
Lepidoptera
Eric Metzler
Lepidoptera
Mark O’Brien
Odonata
Owen Perkins
Lepidoptera
Michael Philip
Coleoptera: Curculionidae
William Taft
Lepidoptera: Sesiidae
John Wilterding
Lepidoptera
James Zablotney
Coleoptera