Swanlund Endowed Chair: May Berenbaum

May Berenbaum is Swanlund Chair and Professor of Entomology.  She received her B.S. from Yale and her Ph.D. from Cornell University.  Professor Berenbaum is Head of the Department of Entomology.  She received the George Mercer and Robert H. MacArthur awards from the Ecological Society of America in recognition of her research on chemical aspects of plant/insect interactions and the Founder’s Award from the Entomological Society of America in acknowledgment of her contributions to the science of entomology.  Professor Berenbaum is currently a fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Entomological Society of America, the American Philosophical Society and she was elected to the National Academy of Science.