Fred Musser was raised on a farm in Pennsylvania and graduated from Penn State with a BS in Agronomy. He then worked in agricultural extension in Haiti, soil conservation in Pennsylvania, agricultural research in Bangladesh and crop consulting in Pennsylvania before going to graduate school. Fred received his PhD in Entomology from Cornell University in 2003 and has been on the faculty at Mississippi State University since 2004. He studies insect pest management in agronomic crops and teaches Principles of Insect Pest Management and Field Crop Insects each year. His research focuses on insect sampling, thresholds, and insecticide resistance.
