Faculty and staff

Learn about the Department of Entomology team.

Department head

  • Dr. Jason Gibbs

    Department Head
    Associate Professor
    Curator, Roughley Museum of Entomology
    Diversity of wild pollinators, systematics, molecular phylogenetics, integrative taxonomy, revisions of halictid bees, behaviour and social evolution, pollinator ecology, native bee conservation

Academic staff

  • Jordan Bannerman

    Instructor II
    Insect ecology and Biological control of agricultural pests

  • Dr. Kyle Bobiwash

    Assistant Professor, Indigenous Scholar
    Beneficial insect ecology in agro-ecosystems and the greater landscape

  • Dr. Alejandro Costamagna

    Professor
    Processes that regulate insect populations at multiple scales in landscapes with mixed agricultural and natural habitats

  • Dr. Yang Liu

    Assistant Professor
    Specializaton in taxonomy, pest control and the structure of insect movement

  • Dr. Nuria Morfin

    Assistant Professor
    Honeybee biology and apiculture: Effects of stressors on honey bee health and behaviour; behavioural immunity; selective breeding; honey bee pathology; and sustainable practices for managed pollinators.

  • Dr. Kateryn Rochon

    Associate Professor
    Vector ecology, arthropod-livestock interactions, arthropod-microbe interactions, emerging and re-emerging arthropod-borne diseases

Support staff

Technical staff

Professors emeritus and senior scholars

Adjunct professors

Professional, research associates, post doctoral fellows

Chaminda Weeraddana, post doctoral fellow

Contact Us

Department of Entomology
214 Animal Science/Entomology Building
12 Dafoe Road
University of Manitoba (Fort Garry campus)
Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6 Canada

entomology@umanitoba.ca
204-474-9257
204-474-7628