David Kerns received his BS, MS and PhD in entomology from Texas A&M University, Oklahoma State University and Auburn University, respectively. He is currently employed with the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center and holds the Jack Hamilton Regents Chair in Cotton Production at the Macon Ridge Research Station in Winnsboro, LA. His research interests focus on IPM in row crops including cotton, soybean, sorghum and corn. Current research includes efficacy and resistance of transgenic Bt technologies in corn and cotton, and management of sugarcane aphids affecting grain sorghum.
