These areas include arthropod pest management, insect behavior, biochemistry, insect biological control, ecology, genetics, morphology, physiology, plant resistance to insects, stored-product insects, molecular systematics, insect toxicology, and veterinary entomology. Various faculty have received national awards for excellence in research, teaching and extension. Others have served as presidents of the Central States Entomological Society and the Kansas State University chapter of the Society of Sigma Xi. Faculty receive competitive research grant awards from the National Science Foundation, and the National Research Initiative Grants Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The goal of the department is to provide students with opportunities for basic and practical experience in research, teaching and extension.
Faculty encourage students to participate in the preparation of extramural-funded grant proposals.
Faculty and students publish in many of the leading scientific journals in the world. The department encourages presentation of student research at professional meetings by offering student travel and research awards. In addition to a seminar series that brings nationally and internationally recognized scientists to the department, faculty and students participate together in journal discussion groups on a variety of entomological topics. The Department of Entomology is housed in Waters Hall. Well-equipped laboratories are available for all described programs.