Graduate Education

About 50 graduate students are regularly in residence at the Biodiversity Institute, which includes Entomology. Entomology is affiliated with the degree-granting Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, which offers M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in three areas: Plant Biology, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, and Entomology. Entomology curators are also faculty members in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, advising students, serving on their M.A. and Ph.D. committees and including them in research expeditions. Interested students are encouraged to contact Entomology curators with complementary research interests.

Contact Info:
Michael Engel, Curator in Charge
(785) 864-2319
msengel@ku.edu

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Entomology at a Glance

(Insects)
Established: 1870
Collection Strengths: 4.7 million specimens
Research Strengths:
Global bee diversity, fossil insects and Midwestern, Mexican, and tropical insects.
Curator in Charge:
Michael Engel 785.864.2319
Curator(s):
Caroline Chaboo 785.864.5173
Andrew Short 785.864.2323
Collection Manager(s):
Zachary Falin 785.864.3034
Jennifer Thomas 785.864.2234