Stephen Lapointe

Bio: Dr. Lapointe received a Ph.D. in Entomology, Plant Pathology and Botany from Cornell University in 1986 where he worked on insect-plant interactions in the context of potato glandular trichomes and insect-vectored viruses. From 1986 through 1993, he was Senior Scientist, Entomologist, at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) stationed in Cali, Colombia working on host resistance and ecology of Cercopidae and leaf-cutting ants. He was stationed in Bahia, Brazil from 1993 to 1997 where he conducted research and coördinated a multi-national effort in cassava IPM in northeastern Brazil and west Africa. From 1997 through 2018, he was employed as a Research Entomologist for USDA-ARS in Florida working on pests of citrus with emphasis on the chemical ecology of citrus pests. Of particular interest is the use of multivariate and geometric designs with response surface modeling to optimize pheromone blends for mating disruption. He is now working as an independent consultant from his home in North Carolina.

Email: SLL13@cornell.edu