Student
Graduate Student
Nicholas Poulos
PhD student currently developing his research on drywood termites.
Tobias Moyneur
PhD student currently working on Argentine ant biology and management.
Undergraduate Student
Daniel Dar
Chan Im
Postdoc / Staff
Postdoctoral Researcher
Jorge Bustamante Jr.
Dr. Bustamante works on bed bug behavior, exploring novel methods of bed bug control / monitoring.
Research Staff Associate
Kathleen Campbell
A general laboratory manager. Kathleen also coordinates our annual UCR Urban Pest Management Conference.
Contact information
Tel: 951-827-5729
Hoeun "Joyce" Park
Joyce works on yellowjacket and ant projects. She splits her time between Choe lab, Lee lab, and Michael Rust lab.
Alumni
Graduate Program
Korie Merrill (MS 2015)
Regional Preserve Manager in Center for Natural Lands Management.
Kevin Welzel (PhD 2017)
Sr. Associate in Entomology at SC Johnson.
Daniel Perry (MS 2019)
Entomologist at Procter & Gamble.
Mark Dery (PhD 2021)
Scientific Program Director at Kern County Mosquito & Vector Control District.
Benning Le (MS 2022)
Undergraduate Program
Brandon Rogers
Jordan Jew
Christine Than
Kasumi Tsai
Carlos Lopez
Carlos Aguero
Amy Nonaka
Christopher An Doan Thie Nguyen
Jazmin Tamias
Augustine De Villa
Eric Chai
Claudia Vo
Jacob Tarango
Fabian Vazquez
Mary Ellen Nguyen
Steven Truong
Shao Hung (Dennis) Lee
Michelle Sen
Hoeun (Joyce) Park
Benning Le
Diana Oliva Sierra
Sakshi Gangodkar
Erika Pelayo
Qian Lu
Cebrina Nolan
Maddux Le
Ludymar Cester (Six Legs program, undergraduate intern, Summer 2021)
Andrew Staviski
Xing-Wei (David) Feng
Christian Viduya
Clarence Cole
Jacob Hans
Ludymar Cester
Sydney Mun
Staff / Postdoc Alumni
Jazzae Puyol (Staff Research Associate)
Brian Dinh (Laboratory Assistant)
Kevin Giloni (Laboratory Assistant, 2023-2024)
Jia-Wei Tay (Postdoctoral researcher, 2015-2018)
Currently Assistant Professor at University of Hawaii at Manoa.