Hojun Song

Hojun Song is Professor in Entomology at Texas A&M University. His research documents biodiversity and evolutionary relationships in Orthoptera (grasshoppers, katydids, crickets) and examines phenotypic plasticity mechanisms using swarming locusts. With over $16M in NSF and USDA funding, he teaches insect systematics, biodiversity, and field entomology in Costa Rica.

As Co-Editor-in-Chief of Insect Systematics & Diversity, he has received the NSF CAREER award (2013), Fulbright Scholarship (2019), and multiple teaching awards. Research includes phylogenomics, locust phase polyphenism, and molecular systematics of Orthoptera.