Speaker

Dr. Kevin Steffey

Kevin Steffey is a native Hoosier (Shelbyville, Indiana) who received his B.S. in Entomology from Purdue University in 1972, his M.S. in Entomology from the University of Missouri in 1975, and his Ph.D. in Entomology from Iowa State University in 1979. From 1979 to 2009, Dr. Steffey was an extension entomologist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), where he focused his educational and applied research programs on management of insect pests in corn, soybeans, and alfalfa. In mid-May 2009, he retired from UIUC and started a second career as a technology transfer leader in insect management for Dow AgroSciences, leveraging his experience, skills, and knowledge to initiate training within the company and to develop informative and educational materials and activities. Kevin retired from Dow AgroSciences at the end of May 2016. Over the course of his career, Kevin has also been (and still is) active within the Entomological Society of America (ESA), continuing his role as co-editor-in-chief (with Marlin Rice) of the ESA’s first online-only, open-access publication, the Journal of Integrated Pest Management, which publishes extension-oriented articles intended for both the general public and scientific peers.