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Personal Information:
Dr. Parajulee obtained his BS in Agriculture from the Institute of Agriculture in Nepal and H.P. Agricultural University in India, and his MS (1991) and PhD (1994) in Entomology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He joined the Texas A&M University System in 1994 as a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Entomology at College Station. He moved to the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in Vernon in 1996 and worked there as a research associate and later as a research scientist/cotton entomologist. In 2001, Parajulee joined the Texas A&M AgriLife Research Cotton Entomology Program in Lubbock where he currently serves as Cotton Entomology Project Leader and Associate Professor (75% research appointment). He holds a joint appointment with Texas Tech University Plant and Soil Science Department (25% teaching appointment). Dr. Parajulee has a strong background in ecology and population dynamics modeling of arthropod pests and natural enemies. His research focuses on developing biologically and ecologically intensive arthropod management approaches for Texas High Plains cotton. Dr. Parajulee has authored or co-authored 65 refereed and 102 non-refereed publications in national and international journals and proceedings. He has organized several national and international invited symposia including at the International Congress of Entomology in Australia (2004) and South Africa (2008) and International Plant Protection Congress in China (2004) and has presented 62 invited and 118 submitted presentations. He has served as keynote speaker (Egypt, 2008) and plenary speaker (India 2009) in international conferences. He teaches two courses, Integrated Pest Management and Advance Insect Ecology, and currently serves as major professor for 8 graduate students.
Research Interests:
Plant-insect interactions/behavior ecology
Quantitative ecology/population dynamics
Integrated crop management
Insect morphometry/molecular taxonomy
Molecular ecology/ecological genetics
Texas Tech University,
Department of Plant and Soil,
Campus Box 42122, Lubbock, TX 79409 
806. 742-2837 