ENTOMOLOGY - Key Persons


Alan Henn

Job Titles:
  • Extension Professor / Fruit / Ornamental Pathogens

Angus L. Catchot Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, MAFES
  • Extension Associate I

Anthony Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Technician

Ashli Brown

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President, DAFVM

Audrey Sheridan

Job Titles:
  • Extension / Research Associate III

Beverly Catchot

Job Titles:
  • Extension Associate II

Beverly Keasler

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator

Brady Dunaway

Job Titles:
  • Lab Technician

Brandi Brown

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Associate

Brett Farmer

Job Titles:
  • Extension Associate I

Brian Baldwin

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Carrie Vance

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Cassidy Jenkins

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Technician / Illustrator

Chang Liu

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Charles Ray

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Technician

Clarissa Balbalian

Job Titles:
  • Diagnostic Lab Manager

Corn Molecular


Darrell Sparks

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean, CALS / Associate Professor

David Cross

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate II

Donald Cook

Job Titles:
  • Associate Research Professor

Dr. Aswathy Rai

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Teaching Professor
  • Undergraduate Coordinator

Dr. Daniel Peterson

Job Titles:
  • Interim Head / Director, IGBB
  • Professor and Department Head

Dr. Natraj Krishnan

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Graduate Coordinator

Dung Bao

Job Titles:
  • Extension Associate II

Emma Willis

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Technician

Erdogan Memili

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Erika Womack

Job Titles:
  • Director, Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory

Esmaeil Amiri

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Federico Hoffmann

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Florencia Meyer

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Forest Entomology


Fred R. Musser

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Galen Collins

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Gene Merkl

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Gerald Baker

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Harry Jones

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Technician

J. Santos

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Extension Professor

Jason Ruffin

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate II

Jeffrey Gore

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Head, Delta Research and Extension Center

Jeffrey Harris

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate Extension / Research Professor

Jenna Mason

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician

Jennifer Seltzer

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Associate

Jerome Goddard

Job Titles:
  • Extension Professor / Medical / Veterinary

Jiaxu Li

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

John J. Riggins

Job Titles:
  • Professor

John Thomason

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician

Johnie N. Jenkins

Job Titles:
  • Research Geneticist

Jon Fisher

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate II

JoVonn Hill

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
  • Director

Karen Coats

Job Titles:
  • Extension Associate I

Kate Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate I

Kathy Beatty

Job Titles:
  • Office Associate

Kenneth Willeford

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Lauren Catchot

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate I

Lauren Sanders

Job Titles:
  • Extension Program Associate

M. Blake Layton Jr.

Job Titles:
  • Extension Professor
  • Professor

Maria Tomaso-Peterson

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emerita

Megan Gaulke

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician

Michael A. Caprio

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Nancy Reichert

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Nina J Aboughanem

Job Titles:
  • Associate Research Professor

Phillip Barlow

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Technician

Plum Henson

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Technician

Priyadarshini Chakrabarti Basu

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Rebecca Melanson

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate Extension Professor

Rice Molecular


Richard E. Baird

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Richard L. Brown

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus

Robin Pigg

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager

Row Crop Entomology


Row Crop Pathogens


Samuel F. Ward

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Sara Scott

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Technician

Scott T. Willard

Job Titles:
  • Dean, CALS / Director, MAFES

Sead Sabanadzovic

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Seung-Joon Ahn

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Shannon Oswald


Sharon Vaughan

Job Titles:
  • Business Coordinator

Shelby Grice

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Technician

Sherry McMullin

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant I

Shien Lu

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Sonya Baird

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Facilities and Research

Swayze Hollenhead

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Terence Schiefer

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Associate

Tessie Wilkerson

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Research Professor

Tom W. Allen

Job Titles:
  • Extension / Research Professor
  • Research Professor

Urban Entomology


W. Paul Williams

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor

Whitney Crow

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Xin Ye

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate I

Xueyan Shan

Job Titles:
  • Associate Research Professor

Zach Brown

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate I

Zhaohua Peng

Job Titles:
  • Professor