Tyler Towles is an assistant professor of entomology at the Scott Research and Extension Center at the Louisiana State University (LSU) AgCenter in Winnsboro. His responsibilities are 80% research and 20% Extension. His research at the AgCenter includes a wide range of pest issues in corn, cotton, soybean, and grain sorghum. Towles has a bachelor’s degree in agricultural science with focuses in agricultural informational sciences and integrated pest management from Mississippi State University (MSU). He received a doctorate in entomology from MSU in May 2020; his dissertation focused on cotton bollworm emergence from various corn refugia strategies.
