Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland 

Mike’s degrees include a BS and MS from Rutgers University and a PH.D. from the University of Maryland. He has worked closely with the arboricultural industry for more than 40 years and received a dozen international, national, and regional awards for writing, scholarship, and scientific outreach. Mike is a regular expert guest on television and radio. His “Bug of the Week” website, www.bugoftheweek.com and YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/BugOfTheWeek reach tens of thousands of viewers weekly in more than 200 countries around the world. His most recent book “26 Things that Bug Me” introduces youngsters to the wonders of insects and natural history while “Managing Insect and Mites on Woody Landscape Plants” published by TCIA is a standard for the arboricultural industry.