The Global Locust Initiative Network
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Directory of locust experts
Chris Adriaansen oversees the mandate of APLC, focusing on monitoring and managing pest locust populations threatening agriculture across several Member States. As CEO, he's responsible for organizational governance, stakeholder management, research direction, and representing APLC to various stakeh
Shoki Al-Dobai leads the team focused on monitoring and managing locusts and plant transboundary pests and diseases at FAO.
John Anderies focuses on the governance of outbreak dynamics, exploring ways to manage and control these dynamics effectively.
Amir Ayali's research interests encompass insect behavior, neural mechanisms for behavior, and bio-inspired technological innovations. Specifically, the focus lies on studying locust collective motion, its development, and dynamics.
Spencer Behmer is a member of the Insect Physiology & Behavior Research Group (IPBRG) and the Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI). His research focuses on nutritional physiology, behavior, and ecology in insects, emphasizing their adaptation to changing environmental conditions.
Retired Chief of the Directorate of Plant Protection Nganda Phytosanitary Basis in Senegal.
Malcolm Burrows, a professor at the University of Cambridge, leads the Insect Neurobiology Group, delving into the neural circuitry and biomechanics of insects like locusts and cockroaches.
Edward Deveson explores the ecological history of locust and grasshopper infestations, focusing on locust forecasting.
Herman Dierick in an Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics. His research interests include aggression in _Drosophila_ and genome editing in insects. He is a member of the Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute.
Olga Dudchenko contributes to the Genome sequencing and assembly of locust genomes as part of the Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute initiative.
Frances Duncan focuses her research on the brown locust's adaptation to arid regions. Her studies encompass the respiratory physiology of gregarious and solitary locusts, examining egg metabolic rates. She investigates the laying patterns of diapause and non-diapause eggs, noting the embryos' abilit
Darron Cullen employs straightforward molecular and behavioral methodologies to decipher the sensory biology of Orthopteran insects. His current research concentrates on investigating the auditory mechanisms in bush crickets and understanding the phase changes in locusts. While his prior work center
Arianne Cease is a sustainability scientist focusing on the ecology and physiology of organisms within social-ecological systems. She directs the Global Locust Initiative (GLI) and researches human-plant-insect interactions' impact on agricultural sustainability.
Anna Childers serves as the Project Lead for the Ag100Pest Initiative, focusing on sequencing the genomes of agricultural arthropod pest species. Her work spans cooperative efforts involving several locust and grasshopper species. Her contributions to projects, such as Schistocerca locust work under
Maria Marta Cigliano is a researcher at the Center for Parasitological and Vector Studies (CEPAVE) in Argentina. Her work revolves around the identification and resources of grasshoppers, systematics, phylogenetics, biodiversity, and biogeography of Neotropical Acridoidea, aiming to contribute to a
Bing Chen received his Ph.D. from the Chinese Academy of Science in 2003 before commencing a faculty position at the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing). He held roles as an assistant professor and later as an associate professor at the Institute until the end of 2018. During
Sory Cisse specializes in desert locust population dynamics, management of locust information, and the application of satellite images and remote sensing in locust control.
Keith Cressman has been operating FAO's global Desert Locust early warning system since 1987, providing analysis, forecasting, advice, and training. He authors bulletins and develops innovative tools for monitoring and forecasting in collaboration with partners.
Carlos Lange focuses on infectious diseases affecting grasshoppers and locusts within the realm of Insect Pathology and Microbial Biological Control.
Marion Le Gall conducts research aiming to comprehend how generalists, such as grasshoppers, manage the challenge of balancing multiple and changing nutrient needs, influencing their behavior and performance. She employs a physiological approach, utilizing the Geometric Framework for Nutrition as a
Michel Lecoq has conducted research primarily centered on the population dynamics and ecology of various pest locust and grasshopper species, such as Desert, Migratory, Red, Italian, and Mato Grosso locusts, along with the Senegalese grasshopper. His work spans 98 scientific publications and 59 book
Erez Lieberman Aiden is an American research scientist active in multiple fields related to applied mathematics. He is an associate professor at the Baylor College of Medicine, and formerly a fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and visiting faculty member at Google. He is an adjunct assistant p
Jeffrey Lockwood delves into the intersections of environmental ethics and global justice as they relate to the conservation and control of grasshoppers and locusts. He also focuses on conveying knowledge about these insects through creative non-fiction.
I am not working directly with locusts and grasshoppers in terms of research, but I have been involved on government actions and matters related with locusts and grasshoppers outbreaks in my country.
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Lucile Marescot serves as a research scientist at CBGP-CIRAD of Montpellier since February. Her primary project objective is to introduce innovative methodologies for managing the grasshopper Oedaleus senegalensis in Senegal. Given the tendency of grasshoppers to form large swarms and migrate over l
Graham Matthews, an Emeritus Professor at Imperial College London, specializes in pest management, particularly in locust control, and advises the UK government on locust pesticide use.
Hector Medina, as the Coordinator of the National Grasshopper and Locust Program at the National Food Safety and Quality Service (SENASA) in Argentina, brings over 25 years of experience to the field. His expertise lies in locust and grasshopper monitoring, control strategies, and early warning syst
Wim C. Mullié worked as a researcher in environmental toxicology for FAO from 1989 to 2007, studying the side-effects of chemical and biological acridid control in Western, Central, and Northern Africa. Since 2007, he has mainly worked on biological control with Metarhizium acridum as a private cons
Esther Ngumbi's research revolves around comprehending the influence of plant nutritional quality on insect growth and performance.
Rick Overson's current research aims to understand variations in locust behavioral and nutritional ecology. As Co-director of the Global Locust Initiative, he collaborates with global stakeholders to manage grasshopper and locust outbreaks sustainably, striving to enhance stakeholder representation,
Brittany Peterson investigates locust-microbe associations, exploring their various implications—ranging from beneficial aspects to their role in biocontrol strategies.
Cyril Piou leads the Cirad locust team dedicated to addressing problems caused by locusts, primarily in the African tropics, Near East, Asia, and Latin America. Since September 2013, their research, based at CBGP (Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations) in Montpellier, France, is aimed a
Barani Raman's laboratory studies the sensory systems of invertebrates like locusts and fruit flies, aiming to understand their design and computing principles.
Chris Reuter works at the USDA-APHIS-PPQ-Science & Technology-Insect Management and Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory (Phoenix Station)
Stephen Richards specializes in genomics and comparative genomics, focusing on these areas within his research endeavors.
Brian Robinson specializes in livelihoods, environment, and development.
Hojun Song is the director of ASU Biocollections, heads the Song Laboratory of Insect Systematics and Evolution, and is co-director of the Global Locust Initiative which investigates Orthopteran systematics and evolution with a focus on locust phase polyphenism, phenotypic plasticity, and locust bio
Gregory Sword, a Regents Professor and Charles R. Parencia Endowed Chair in Entomology at Texas A&M University, conducts interdisciplinary research spanning ecology, evolution, genomics, nutrition, microbiology, and pest management.
Clara Therville, a social geographer, focuses on environmental governance, including issues related to biodiversity conservation, adaptation to global change, and locust management using interdisciplinary approaches.
**Dr. Mamour TOURE** is a senegalese Full Assistant Professor specializing in animal biology and entomology, with particular expertise in the biological control of agricultural pests. He is based at Gaston Berger University of Saint-Louis (UGB), Senegal He holds several degrees in natural sciences f
Eduardo Trumper, an agricultural engineer and researcher in Argentina, specializes in integrated pest management and biological control of crop pests.
Cathy Waters specializes in rangelands, focusing on grazing management and policy development.
Derek Woller was a part of the USDA-APHIS-PPQ-Science & Technology Phoenix Lab Rangeland Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket Management Team. He focused on safeguarding the health of rangelands across the 17 contiguous western states of the U.S.A. against cyclic outbreaks of native grasshoppers and Mormo
As project coordinator for the Global Locust Initiative, Mira's role is to collaborate with stakeholders and Network Members to develop and activate projects, events, and research. Mira is an alumnus of GLI Labs and did her graduate work in Senegal where she studied plant-soil-insect-farmer interact
Stephen Young, formerly an Orthoptera Specialist for USDA, focused on identifying and researching grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids at US Ports of Entry.
Zong joined Baylor in 2013, bringing with him expertise in single cell analyses for tumorigenesis and stem cell differentiation as well as a background in the interface between novel single cell technologies and quantitative biology. His lab focuses on pancreatic cancer in particular but his work ha