Eldridge Adams
In Memoriam
Research Interests: Dr. Eldrige Adams joined the EEB Department in 1997, and was widely recognized for his theoretical and empirical contributions to social insect population ecology, organization, territoriality, competition and cooperation. He was awarded the UConn Faculty Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award in 2016.
Les Mehrhoff
In Memoriam
Research Interests: Dr. Les Mehrhoff received both M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from UConn and was a collections manager in EEB until his retirement in 2009. He was instrumental in the IPANE project, and was widely regarded as the foremost authority on the plants of New England
Carl Rettenmeyer
In Memoriam
Research Interests: Carl W. Rettenmeyer, founding Director of the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, was a life-long student of Army Ants and their guests, documenting over 350 different kinds of animals that live with a single species of ant
Peter Rich
In Memoriam
Research Interests: Dr. Peter Rich received his Ph.D. at Michigan State University and studied limnology, aquatic ecosystems, and carbon flow and recycling in lakes and estuaries over his 35 year career at UConn.
Carl Schaefer
In Memoriam
Research Interests: Carl W. Schaefer was one of the world's foremost authorities on Hemiptera/Heteroptera, authored more than 240 papers and (co-)edited 7 books, and edited Annals of the Entomological Society of America for 25 years.
James Slater
In Memoriam
Research Interests: James A. Slater was a world authority on the true bug family Lygaeidae; he named numerous new species and genera in hundreds of publications on the group. He was also an authority on milk glass and early New England gravestone carvers
Francis Trainor
In Memoriam
Research Interests: Dr. Francis (Frank) Trainor was a phycologist and member of the EEB Department for more than 40 years, training 19 Ph.D and many M.S. students. He retired in 1997