Subba Reddy Palli is a Professor, Department Chair, and State Entomologist in the Department of Entomology at the University of Kentucky. He has contributed to numerous journal publications in entomology, and he has participated in nearly 30 patents for technologies in insect and plant gene expressions. Dr. Palli serves on the editorial boards for such publications as the Journal of Insect Physiology, Annual Review of Entomology, Biopesticides International, and Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.