Charles M. MacVean, Ph.D.
Meet Charles M. MacVean
Dr. Charles MacVean was born and educated K-12 in Guatemala and is fully bilingual (English-Spanish). He attended Kalamazoo College, Michigan (Biology) and Colorado State University (M.S. and Ph.D. in Entomology), where he earned the Shepardson Graduate Teaching Award. He worked with the USDA Screwworm sterile-insect program in Chiapas, Mexico. He dedicated the first fifteen years of his university career to research and teaching at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala in tropical entomology and horticulture, advancing to Associate Dean and Dean until 2003. He served as Dean of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at Universidad Rafael Landivar until 2010, Dean of Sciences at St. Francis University (PA) through 2019, and Dean of Engineering, Sciences and Technology at York College of Pennsylvania through 2025. Dr. MacVean will begin as Chair of Environmental Horticulture in fall 2025.
- Entomology, Ph.D.
Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Biology, B.A.
Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo
- Bio Net
- Entomological Society of America
- Latin American Studies Association
- Environmental Teaching and Research Network
- Peruvian origin and global invasions of five continents by the highly damaging agricultural pest Liriomyza huidobrensis (Diptera: Agromyzidae). S. Scheffer, M. Lewis, N. Mujica, C. MacVean, H. Blanco-Metzler, R. Joshi and F. Jacobsen. Evolutionary Applications. 2024; 17:e13702. DOI:101111/eva.13702
- The invasive Liriomyza huidobrensis (Diptera:Agromyzidae): understanding its pest status and management globally. P. Weintraub....and C. MacVean. Journal of Insect Science. 2017: 17(1):28; 1-27 doi:10.1093/jisesa/iew121
- What limits the distribution of Liriomyza hidobrensis and its congener Liriomyza sativae in their native niche: when temperature and competition affect species' distribution range in Guatemala. G. Rodriguez-Castañeda, C. MacVean, C. Cardona and A. Hof. Journal of Insect Science. 2017 17(4):88;1-13. doi:10.1093/jisesa/iex059
- Susceptibility of Bemisia tabaci MEAM1 (Hemiptera:Aleyrodidae) to Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam, Dinotefuran and Flupyradifurone in South Florida. H. Smith, C. Nagle, C. MacVean and C. McKenzie. Insects 2016, 7,57; doi:10.3390/insects7040057
- Adaptive radiation in the tropics: entomology at the U. del Valle de Guatemala. C. MacVean, J. Schuster and E. Cano. American Entomologist 2001, 47(3): 138-144
- Annual Meeting of the ESA. 2017. (Denver, Colorado). What limits the distribution of Liriomyza huidobrensis and its congener L. sativae in their native niche: When temperature and competition affect species’ distribution range in Guatemala. Genoveva Rodriguez-Castaneda, Charles MacVean, Anouschka Hof and Catherine Cardona.
- Frontiers in Science and Technology for Cacao Quality, Productivity and Sustainability. 2016. Lessons from a neighboring crop: the importance of shade management in preventing Coffee Lethal Decline in Central America. Global Symposium at Penn State University, College of Agricultural Sciences.
- Annual Meeting of the ESA. 2014. (Portland, Oregon). Susceptibility of Bemisia tabaci biotype B to Group4 insecticides in Florida. Hugh A. Smith, Curtis Nagle and Charles MacVean.