Kim Fondrk in almond orchard. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
People
Faculty and/or Researchers
Eric Mussen, Extension Apiculturist
Neal Williams, Pollination Ecologist ~ Lab
Susan Cobey, Bee Breeder-Geneticist and Manager of the Laidlaw Facility
Michael "Kim" Fondrk, Bee-Breeder-Geneticist
Robbin Thorp, Emeritus Professor and Native Pollinator Specialist
Michelle Flenniken, Häagen-Dazs Postdoctoral Scholar and Insect Virus Researcher
Claire Kremen, Conservation Biologist
Elizabeth Frost, Junior Specialist
Visiting Scientists
Alexandra Klein, University of Gottingen - Agro Ecology Group
John Pollard, Genesafe Technologies, Ltd., Canada
Lora Morandin, Conservation Biologist, Kremen Lab, UC Berkeley
Students
Katharina Ullmann, Neal Williams Lab Group
Administrators
Michael Parrella, Department Chair
Lynn Kimsey, Department Vice Chair
Emeriti Professors
Norman E. Gary
Specialized in honey bee behavior, especially foraging, communication, stinging, reproductive behaviors.
Christine Y.S. Peng
Specialized in honey bee nutrition, digestion, and reproductive physiology
Robert E. Page, Jr. (Now at Arizona State University; Foundation professor and founding director of the School of Life Sciences)
Specializing in evolutionary and behavioral genetics of the honey bee
Founder
Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. (1907-2003)
Father of Honey Bee Genetics