Dominic Reisig received a BA from Point Loma Nazarene University in 2002, as a biology major and Spanish minor. He received a MS in Integrated Pest Management at the University of California Davis in 2005, studying cotton thrips and spider mites, and a PhD in Entomology from the University of California of Davis in 2009, studying grass thrips in timothy hay. He joined the faculty of Entomology and Plant Pathology at North Carolina State in 2009 and currently serves as an Associate Professor and Extension Specialist. His Extension program is focused on field crops across the state, primarily cotton, corn, sorghum, soybeans, and wheat. His research program is focused on bollworm and stink bugs, which are pests that have been influenced from the widespread adoption of Bt crops across the state.
