SCIENTIFIC MEMBERSHIPS & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Academy of Forensic Sciences; American Registry of Professional Entomologists (Board Certified Entomologist); North American Forensic Entomology Association; Entomological Society of America; The New York Entomological Society, Inc. (Life Member, Treasurer); American Tarantula Society (Editorial Board); Arachnological Institute of Korea; Arachnological Society of Japan; Australasian Arachnological Society; American Arachnological Society (Life Member); British Arachnological Society; British Tarantula Society; International Society of Arachnology; National Institute of Building Sciences (Wood Protection Council); New York State Pest Management Association, Inc.; National Pest Management Association, Inc.; New York Conservation Foundation, Inc. (Board of Directors); New York Regional Association for Conservation; New York Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides; Biointegral Resource Center; Pest Management Working Group (museumpests.net); Textile Conservation Group; National Pediculosis Association (Scientific Advisory Board); Emerging Pathogens Advisory Group of The Department of Health, The City of New York; Chinese Longhorned Beetle Advisory Group of The Office of the Mayor, The City of New York; Bed Bug IPM Advisory Group.

Who We Are

Our chief entomologist, Louis N. Sorkin, BCE, shown with one of his jars of bed bugs, is often contacted by printed and digital media, newspapers, magazines, publishers plus radio, television, and online digital content when news items involve insects.  Online interviews can be found by general internet searching.  He is an advisor to some of the specialized online entomology blogs.