Staff:

Richard Brown, moth@ra.msstate.edu-Professor of Entomology and Director of Mississippi Entomological Museum -- Lepidoptera, especially Tortricidae.

Terence L. Schiefer, tschiefer@entomology.msstate.edu-Curator of Mississippi Entomological Museum -- Coleoptera taxonomy, especially Cerambycidae.

Joe A. MacGown, jmacgown@entomology.msstate.edu-Research Technician/Scientific Illustrator -- Formicidae of Mississippi, and illustration of select groups, especially Hydrophilidae, Nitidulidae, and Scarabaeidae.

JoVonn Hill, jgh4@entomology.msstate.edu-Research Associate-- Formicidae and Acrididae.

SangMi Lee, microlepi@hotmail.com-post doctoral researcher working with Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera).

Graduate Students:

Ray Iglay, ri14@msstate.edu-Ph.D. student working with Carabidae and wildlife conservation.

Edda Martinez-Calez, elm110@msstate.edu -Ph.D. student working on revision of the genus Donacaula (Lepidoptera: Crambidae).

Beverly Smith, bsmith@entomology.msstate.edu-M.S .student working with native bees of the Black Belt Prairie.

Museum Associates:

John A. Barone, barone_john@colstate.edu -Professor at Columbus State University, Columbus, GA--History and ecology of prairies in the southeastern states, and plant-herbivore interactions and the structure of tropical montane plant communities.

Clarence C. Collison, ccollison@entomology.msstate.edu -Professor and Head of Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Mississippi State University--Administration, Nitidulidae of Mississippi, apiculture, pollination and veterinary entomology with emphasis on poultry ectoparasites. 

Drew Hildebrandt, dhildebrandt@surgery.umsmed.edu or dhilde4016@aol.com - University of Mississippi Medical Center - Systematics and ecology of carabid beetles worldwide, especially in MS and the southcentral U.S. Current projects include working out the life cycle of the endemic Black Belt Prairie carabid beetle Cyclotrachelus hypherpiformis, mapping the distribution of the genus Bembidion in MS, and cataloguing the carabid fauna of the barrier islands.

Jerome Goddard, jgoddard@MSDH.state.ms.us-Arthropods of medical importance, but specifically ecology of ticks and tick-borne diseases. State Medical Entomologist, Mississippi Department of Health. Also, Clinical Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical School.

Paul K. Lago, plago@olemiss.edu- Professor of Biology at the University of Mississippi--Entomology, insect taxonomy, primarily of the Coleoptera (Scarabaeidae and Carabidae), Trichoptera (Curvipalpia) and Neuroptera, faunistic studies of freshwater insects of Mississippi, insect - plant associations.

Ricky Patterson, rpatte42@aol.com - 400 Winona Road,Vicksburg, MS 39180, phone-(601)638-6848. Lepidoptera of Mississippi, especially Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae, and state coordinator for the USGS Butterflies of North America database.

Nantasak Pinkaew, pnantasak@yahoo.com-taxonomy of Olethreutinae (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).