# Dennis vanEngelsdorp

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{{short description|American entomologist}}
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| known_for = [Colony collapse disorder](/source/Colony_collapse_disorder) {{!}} [Honey bee](/source/Honey_bee) {{!}} [Varroa destructor](/source/Varroa_destructor)
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'''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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Fox_News)|agency=[Associated Press](/source/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](/source/The_Washington_Post)|access-date=11 April 2016}}</ref> He was married to [H. G. Carrillo](/source/H._G._Carrillo), a professor of English at [George Washington University](/source/George_Washington_University), until Carrillo's death of [COVID-19](/source/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](/source/Pennsylvania_State_University), University Park, PA, USA
*1995 - Master of Science in Environmental Biology. [University of Guelph](/source/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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