{{short description|American entomologist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}}
{{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = Dennis vanEngelsdorp | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = <!--(filename only, i.e. without "File:" prefix)--> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = <!--{{birth date |YYYY|MM|DD}}--> | birth_place = | death_date = <!--{{death date and age |2016|11|15 |YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date)--> | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!--{{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}--> | other_names = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = | workplaces = University of Maryland | patrons = | education = Doctor of Philosophy | alma_mater = Pennsylvania State University University of Guelph | thesis_title = <!--(or | thesis1_title = and | thesis2_title = )--> | thesis_url = <!--(or | thesis1_url = and | thesis2_url = )--> | thesis_year = <!--(or | thesis1_year = and | thesis2_year = )--> | doctoral_advisor = <!--(or | doctoral_advisors = )--> | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = Colony collapse disorder {{!}} Honey bee {{!}} Varroa destructor | influences = | influenced = | awards = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = <!--(or | spouses = )--> | partner = <!--(or | partners = )--> | children = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!--{{www.vanengelsdorpbeelab.com}}--> | footnotes = }}
'''Dennis vanEngelsdorp''' is an associate professor<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://entomology.umd.edu/1/post/2018/05/dennis-vanengelsdorp-promoted-to-associate-professor.html|title=Dennis vanEngelsdorp Promoted to Associate Professor!|website=Department of Entomology|language=en|access-date=2019-05-01}}</ref> of entomology at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is the Chief Scientist for the Bee Informed Partnership and has been involved in a number of studies aimed at understanding colony collapse disorder.<ref>{{cite news |last=Main|first=Douglas|date=13 May 2015|title=U.S. Beekeepers Lose 40 Percent of Hives over Past Year|url=http://www.newsweek.com/us-beekeepers-lose-40-percent-hives-over-last-year-331415|newspaper=Newsweek|access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Borenstein|first=Seth|date=26 February 2016|title=Species of bees and other pollinators are shrinking, UN report warns|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/species-of-bees-and-other-pollinators-are-shrinking-un-report-warns|newspaper=PBS NewsHour|access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=6 January 2016|title=EPA concludes that major pesticide harms bees|url=https://www.foxnews.com/science/epa-concludes-that-major-pesticide-harms-bees|newspaper=Fox News|agency=Associated Press|access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref> VanEngelsdorp was formerly the chief apiarist for Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite news |date=29 May 2015|title=Jay Evans: Searching for answers to the decline in honeybees|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/jay-evans-searching-for-answers-to-the-decline-in-honeybees/2015/05/29/f58185c4-062e-11e5-bc72-f3e16bf50bb6_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref> He was married to H. G. Carrillo, a professor of English at George Washington University, until Carrillo's death of COVID-19 in April 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Duggan|first=Paul|title=Novelist H.G. Carrillo, who explored themes of cultural alienation, dies after developing covid-19|language=en-US|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/cuban-american-author-hg-carrillo-who-explored-themes-of-cultural-alienation-died-after-contracting-covid-19/2020/05/21/35478894-97d8-11ea-91d7-cf4423d47683_story.html|access-date=2021-02-18|issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Secret Life of H.G. Carrillo |url=https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-secret-life-of-h-g-carrillo |access-date=2023-03-04 |website=Pocket |language=en}}</ref>
==Education ==
*2011 - Doctorate of Philosophy. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA *1995 - Master of Science in Environmental Biology. University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada *1992 - Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150214023418/http://www.vanengelsdorpbeelab.com/dr-dennis-vanengelsdorp.html vanEngelsdorp Lab]}}</ref>
== Awards ==
* 2010 Roger A. Morse Outstanding teaching/Extension Service/Regulatory Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://agsci.psu.edu/graduatestudents/news/2010/2010-roger-a.-morse-outstanding-teaching-extension-service-regulatory-award|title=2010 Roger A. Morse Outstanding Teaching/Extension Service/Regulatory Award (Graduate Students)|website=Graduate Students (Penn State College of Ag Sciences)|language=en-us|access-date=2019-05-06}}</ref> * 2009 Fine Fellowship Scholarship for Gigapixel Imagery for Science Outreach<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/27538/|title=Unhealthy Honey Bee Frame|website=www.gigapan.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-06}}</ref>
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