Immediate research questions focus on stakeholder needs for information for effective management of emerging pests or arthropods of local and regional importance. Consequently, hypothesis-driven projects focus on ways to use pest biology and cultural practices to manage arthropods; such projects are primarily funded through commodity organizations.

Through existing collaborations and networks,my research program has expanded to include the development of novel, area-wide management strategies. Increased demands in biofuel production in conjunction with volatile commodity prices will require a broader understanding of landscape-level changes (increased acreage or introduction of new crops) on beneficial communities and sustainability of current management practices in general.

The future of effective and efficient biosecurity surveillance programs, and pest management in general, will require a higher level of automation and technical sophistication and an increased dependence on affordable technologies.