Global Network

The purpose of the Global Locust Network is to connect stakeholders across interests to forge new partnerships that integrate and innovate locust research and management.

With over 200 members, the Global Locust Network has representatives from over 40 countries around the world who contribute expertise in integrated pest management, monitoring and forecasting, grasshopper and locust biology, landscape ecology, food security, social sciences and beyond.

As of the beginning of 2021, the Network moved to an online private professional forum. This new platform allows members to connect directly with other research scientists, entrepreneurs, field technicians, non-profit professionals, students, professors, farmers and officials from intergovernmental organizations.

This online community allows participants to efficiently share events and opportunities, participate in discussions and make new connections for future collaborations.

Representative Network members

Ahmed Abdi

Crop Production Coordinator and Desert Locust Specialist, Bureau of Agriculture and Natural Resource Ethiopia


Mukhtar Abdi

Locust Unit Officer, Ministry of Agricultural Development of Somaliland


Chris Adriaansen

Retired, Former Director, Australian Plague Locust Commission, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Australian Government


Shoki AlDobai

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations


Mamoon Alsarai Alalawi

Executive Secretary, Commission for Controlling the Desert Locust in the Central Region CRC, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations


Marty Anderies

Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures


Erica Anderson

Graduate Research Assistant, South Dakota State University


Michael Angilletta

President’s Professor and Associate Dean, School of Life Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences


Jose Luis Aramayo Bejarano

Profesor e Investigador Asociado, al Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado – UAGRM


David Ardell

Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, School of Natural Resources, University of California-Merced


Amir Ayali

Professor, School of Zoology/Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University


Francisco Azzaro

Responsable Área Protección Vegetal Oficina San Martín de los Andes, Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria SENASA AR


Nathalie Baena-Bejarano

Adjunct Researcher (Investgadora Adjunta), Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute (Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt)


Edward Baker

Scientific Associate, Natural History Museum, University of York


Spencer Behmer

Faculty, The Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI)


Hamid Bensaad

Directeur Général Adjoint, Institut National de la Protection des Végétaux


Kevin Berry

Assistant Professor, Economics, University of Alaska-Anchorage


Susan Bertram

Professor, Department of Biology, Carleton University


Alioune Beye

Retired Chief of the Nganda Phytosanitary Basis, Directorate of Plant Protection


Gerd Bicker

Professor, University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover


Lonnie Black

Biological Science Technician, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture


Amadou Bocar Bal

Docteur Ingénieur, HDR, Maître de Conférences (CAMES), University of Gaston Berger


David Branson

Research Entomologist, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture


Jerome Buhl

Senior Lecturer, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide


Malcolm Burrows

Emeritus Professor, Insect Neurobiology Group, University of Cambridge


Antero Cabrera

Professor, Universidad Nacional de Asunción


Jack Carew

Science Engagement Intern, #intheKNOW live chat, National Council for Science and the Environment


Cecilia Catenaccio

Coordinator, SENASA Argentina


Arianne Cease

Associate Professor, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures


Shantanu Chakrabartty

Clifford W. Murphy Professor, Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University-St. Louis


Bing Chen

Associate Professor, Chinese Academy of Science


Anna Childers

Faculty, The Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI)


ShiNung Ching

Associate Professor, Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University-St. Louis


Maria Cigliano

Head of Orthopteran Section, La Plata University


Sory Cisse

Director, Centre National de Lutte contre le Criquet Pèlerin CNLCP


Emile Coly

Directeur de la Protection des Végétaux, Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development


John Connett

Insectary Manager, Integrated Pest Management Specialist, University of Wyoming Extension


Keith Cressman

Senior Locust Forecasting Officer, Food and Agricultural Organization, United Nations


Darron Cullen

FWO Postdoctoral Fellow, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven


Amlan Das

Assistant Professor, University of Calcutta


Gopal Das

Professor, Entomology, Bangladesh Agricultural University


Edward Deveson

Senior Locust Forecaster, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Australian National University, Australian Government


Herman Dierick

Faculty, The Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI)


Aliou Diongue

Head, United Nation-Word Food Programme (WFP) Maroua/Cameroon


Alistair Drake

Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales


Olga Dudchenko

Faculty, The Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI)


Mohamed Abdellahi (Ould Babah) Ebbe

Director General, Institute of the Sahel INSAH


James Elser

Director, Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance


Ruth Farington

Undergraduate Researcher, Global Locust Initiative


Eli Fenichel

Assistant Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Science, Yale University


Bert Foquet

PhD Student, Texas A&M University


Jorge Frana

Researcher, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria


Fabrizio Gabbiani

Faculty, The Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI)


Joseph Gazing Wolf

Doctoral Research Fellow, Global Locust Initiative, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation


Joleen Hadrich

Associate Professor, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota


Brian Halubanza

PhD Student, University of Zambia


Shuguang Hao

Associate Professor, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences


Jon Harrison

Affiliated Faculty, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation


Manfred Hartbauer

Associate Professor, Institute of Zoology, Karl-Franzens University of Graz


John Hatle

Professor, Department of BIology, University of North Florida


David Hunter

Executive Director, Orthopterists’ Society


Babar Hussain Chang

Research Scholar, Department of Entomology, Sindh Agriculture University


Jaime Ivan Rodriguez Fernandez

Administration Counsel President (Presidente del Consejo de Administración), Bolivian Scientific Cooperative, Bolivian Entomology Society (Cooperativa Cientifica Boliviana, Sociedad Boliviana de Entomologia)


Stefan Jaronski

Retired Insect Pathologist, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture


Larry Jech

Supervisory Entomologist, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture


Anthony Joern

Professor, Division of Biology, Kansas State University


Dan Johnson

Professor, Environmental Science, University of Lethridge


Le Kang

Distinguished Professor, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences


Juan Pablo Karnatz

Producer and Treasurer, Confederaciones Rurales Argentinas


Michael Kearney

Professor, University of Melbourne


Kenneth Kemucie Mwangi

Remote Sensing and Geo-Information Analyst, IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre


Scott Kirkton

Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Union College


Sunil Kumar

Agriculturist/Quantitative Risk Analyst, US Department of Agriculture


Alice Veronica Lamwaka

Global Partnership and Engagements Officer, Gulu University


Carlos Lange

Researcher, Commission of Scientific Research, La Plata University


Alexandre Latchininsky

Associate Professor, University of Wyoming


Douglas Lawton

Postdoctoral Researcher, North Carolina State University


John Hatle

Professor, Department of Biology, University of North Florida


Mohammed Lazar

Doctor of Agronomy, National Institute of Plant Protection


John Hatle

Professor, Department of BIology, University of North Florida


Marion Le Gall

Supervisory Entomologist | M3 Agriculture Technologies


Michel Lecoq

Former Director, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD)


Marcos Gonçalves Lhano

Professor, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos


Jeffrey Lockwood

Professor of Natural Sciences and Humanities, University of Wyoming


Marcelo Lopes da Silva

Researcher, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation


Koutaro Ould Maeno

Researcher, Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Services


Idrissa Maiga

Entomologist, Agrhymet Regional Center


Hadya Mamoudou Sow

Head, Environmental and Health Monitoring Department, Centre National de Lutte contre le Criquet Pèlerin CNLCP


Lucile Marescot

Researcher, Centre de Cooperation International en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement (CIRAD)


Tom Matheson

Reader in Neurobiology, Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, University of Leicester


Hector Medina

Coordinator, National Grasshopper and Locust Program, SENASA, Argentina


Rob Melnick

Director, International Programs, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures


Biswarup Mitra

Student, University of Calcutti


Annie Monard

Retired Senior Officer and Team Leader, Locusts and Transboundary Plant Pests and Diseases, Food and Agriculture Organization


Nathan Moses-Gonzales

Executive Partner and Chief Executive Officer, M3 Consulting Group


Esther Ngumbi

Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign


John Oroko

CEO, Selina Wamucii/KUzi


Swidbert Ott

Reader in Animal Biology, Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, University of Leicester


Rick Overson

Research Scientist, School of Sustainability, College of Global Futures


Brittany Peterson

Faculty, The Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI)


Cyril Piou

Scientist, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD)


Martina Pocco

Researcher, Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores


Mario Poot-Pech

Local Control Coordinator, Yucatán State Plant Protection Committee


Barani Raman

Faculty, The Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI)


Wilda Ramirez

Director, SENASA Argentina


Chris Reuter

Biological Science Technician, Center for Plant Health Science and Technology, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, US Department of Agriculture


Stephen Richards

Faculty, The Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI)


Brian Robinson

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, McGill University


Monica Roca

Head of Local Delegation, La Rioja, SENASA Argentina


Stephen Rogers

Research Scientist, University of Cambridge


Ximena Rojo Brizuela

Regional Coordinator, Cámara de Sanidad Agropecuaria y Fertilizantes CASAFE


Elhadj Bocar Lemine Sakho

Chef Division Information acridienne, Centre National de Lutte Antiacridienne


Ahmed Ali Samejo

Researcher, Entomology and Bio-Control Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Sindh


Daniela Santos Silva

Doctor of Entomology


Scott Schell

Extension Entomology Specialist, University of Wyoming Extension


Matan Shelomi

Assistant Professor and Head, Insect Microbiology Laboratory, Taiwan


Fariborz Shohrati

Locust Officer, Iran Plant Protection Organization


Stephen Simpson

Academic Director, Charles Perkins Centre Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney


Hojun Song

Faculty, The Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI)


Riffat Sultana

Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Sindh


Gregory Sword

Faculty, The Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI)


Stav Talal

Postdoctoral Researcher, Global Locust Initiative, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation

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Dror Tamir

Co-founder and CEO, Hargol FooTech


Sandra Torrusio

Head, Technological Liasson, Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales CONAE


Baldwyn Torto

Principal Scientist and Head of Behavioural and Chemical Ecology, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology


Mamour Toure

Assistant Professor, Gaston Berger University-St. Louis


Sergi Tres

Project Manager, HEMAV


Eduardo Trumper

Senior Researcher, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria


Frank van Steenbergen

Director, MetaMeta


Jozef Vanden Broeck

Professor, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology Section of the Biology Department, University of Leuven


Reinier Veldman

Coordinator, SMART Centres and Flood-based Livelihood Network


Rik Verdonck

Postdoctoral Researcher, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven


Heleen Verlinden

Postdoctoral Researcher, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven


Waqas Wakil

Assistant Professor, Entomology, University of Agriculture Faisalabad


Haikou Wang

Locust Forecaster, Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources


Cathy Waters

Senior Research Scientist, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries


Derek Woller

Entomologist, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture


Mira Word Ries

Project Coordinator, Global Locust Initiative, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation


Andrea Wullenweber

Program Manager Research, Global Locust Initiative, School of Sustainability


Yoram Yerushalmi

Senior Lecturer, Technion Israel


Stephen Young

Entomologist, National Veterinary Services Laboratory


Jacob Youngblood

Department of Biology, Southern Oregon University


Gustavo Zagaglia

Reference and Supervisor of the National Program of Locusts and Grasshoppers in the Provinces of Salta and Jujuy, SENASA Argentina


Long Zhang

Professor, Department of Entomology, Chinese Agricultural University


Andrey Zhivykh

Head of Department of Plant Protection, Russian Agricultural Center


Chuck Zong

Faculty, The Behavioral Plasticity Research Institute (BPRI)