EAB Media Contacts

Information

Robin Usborne
EAB Communications Manager
310 Agriculture Hall
Michigan State University
Phone: 517-432-1555 x 222
Email: robinu1@msu.edu
Expertise: EAB Communications & outreach for MSU

Sharon Lucik
Public Affairs Specialist
United States Department of Agriculture
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service
5936 Ford Court, Ste. 200
Brighton, MI 48116-8511
Phone: 810-844-2713
Email: Sharon.E.Lucik@aphis.usda.gov

John Bedford
Michigan Department of Agriculture
Phone: 517-373-4350
Fax: 517-335-4540
Email: bedfordj@michigan.gov

Marty Benson
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
Phone: 317-233-3853
Email: mbenson@dnr.in.gov

Tim Deppen
Ohio Department of Agriculture
Phone: 614-728-6404
Email: tdeppen@agri.ohio.gov

Jeff Squibb
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Phone: 217-558-1546
Email: Jeff.Squibb@Illinois.gov

Julianne A. Oberg
Maryland Department of Agriculture
Phone: 410-841-5888
Email: obergja@mda.state.md.us

Kristi Rooker
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Phone: 717-787-5085
Email: KBrooker@state.pa.us

Research

Dr. Deb McCullough
Dept. of Entomology & Dept. of Forestry
Michigan State University
Phone: 517-355-7445
Email: mccullo6@msu.edu
Expertise: Ecology of exotic forest insects, EAB eradication strategy, EAB biology, control options, dispersal, damage & impacts

Dr. Dave Smitley
Dept. of Entomology
Michigan State University
Phone: 517-355-3385
Email: smitley@msu.edu
Expertise: Insecticides for EAB control

Dr. Dan Herms
Dept. of Entomology
Ohio State University (Wooster, OH)
Phone: 330-202-3506
Email: herms2@osu.edu
Expertise: EAB impacts, insecticides for EAB control

Dr. Therese Poland
USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station, Michigan State University
Michigan State University campus
Phone: 517-355-7740, ext. 17
Email: tpoland@fs.fed.us
Expertise: Research on lures & traps for EAB adults, insecticides, EAB biology and dispersal

Dr. Leah Bauer
USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station, Michigan State University
Phone: 517-355-7740, ext. 103
Email: lsbauer@fs.fed.us
Expertise: Asian wasps for EAB biocontrol, insect pathogens to control EAB

Dr. Julie Gould
USDA APHIS
Otis, MA
Phone: 508-563-9303
Email: juli.r.gould@aphis.usda.gov
Expertise: Asian wasps for EAB biocontrol