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Post Doctoral Fellows
Steven Davis, Ph.D.
Graduate Students
Lab Alumni
Kyle Beucke, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Systematics and biogeography of Mycotrupes (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae)
Current Position: Entomologist, California Department of Food and Agriculture
Seth M. Bybee, Ph.D.
Dissertation: The phylogenetics of Odonata and the evolution of the odonate wing - evidence from molecules, morphology and fossils
Current Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, Brigham Young University
Kristin N. Dunn, Ph.D.
Investigating the evolution of firefly light organs through comparative morphology (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Roanoke College
Alicia M. Hodson, M.S.
Firefly systematics (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
Current Position: ITIS Data Development Specialist, Smithsonian Institution
Nickolas T. Homziak, M.S.
M.S. Thesis: Systematics and Phylogenomics of the Erebinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea, Erebidae)
Current Position: PhD student, University of Florida
Oliver Keller, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Studies on Robopus Motschulsky, 1853 and Heterophotinus Olivier, 1894 and Related West Indian Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
Current Position: OPS Biological Scientist III, Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Jessica E. Louton, M.S.
Dragonfly systematics (Odonata)
Current Position: Biological Science Technician, United States Department of Agriculture
Matthew Moore, ABD
Dissertation: (ABD) Systematics of Scarabaeidae
Current Position: Biological Scientist IV-SES, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Eugenio (Gino) Nearns, M.S.
M.S. Thesis: Revision and phylogeny of the tribe Curiini LeConte (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae)
Current Position: National Taxonomist – Coleoptera, National Identification Services (NIS), USDA APHIS PPQ, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Erick Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Larval Morphology and Systematics of the Fruit Fly Genus Anastrepha, Tephritidae
Current Position: Research Scientist – Curator of Diptera, Florida, Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Clare H. Scott Chialvo, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Systematics and evolution of the moth genus Lycomorpha (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Appalachian State University
Bradley Smith, M.S.
M.S. Thesis: Firefly diversity in Colombia: patterns across a dynamic landscape
Current Position: Laboratory Manager, Purdue University
Jennifer M. Zaspel, Ph.D.
Dissertation: Systematics and evolution of the vampire moths and their fruit piercing relatives using morphological and molecular data (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae)
Current Position: Research Curator and Head of Zoology, Milwaukee Public Museum
Undergraduate Students
Krystal Ashman
Tyler Shaw
Katherine Arguez
Jessica Awad
Undergraduate HONORS Program
Pablo Chialvo
Able Chow
Frank Fogarty
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Fellow
Keith Gerber
Spencer Ingley
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Fellow
Lizet Perez
Mary Reed
Visiting Students
Ormaily Madruga Rios (2011)
Lampyridae of Cuba
Gavin Martin, Ph.D. student (2018)
Dissertation Title: Advances in the Systematics and Evolutionary Understanding of Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
Anchana Thancharoen (2006)
Systematics of Lampyridae (Coleoptera)
Visiting Faculty / Sabbatical
Dr. Christopher Heckscher (2020)
Biogeography of North American Lampyridae (Coleoptera)
Dr. Mei-Ying Lin (2017-2018)
Systematics of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera)
Dr. Kee-Jeong Ahn (2008-2009, 2015-2016)
Systematics of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera)
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Informal discussion of Elateroidea Systematics (4+ laboratories represented), ESA Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2018.
Ishwari Gutierrez-Carranza, Marc Branham and Dr. Santiago Zaragoza-Caballero (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), ESA Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 2018.
Lunch with Dr. Alexandr Ponomarenko, Palaeoentomological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 2007.
Marc Branham and Dr. Clare Scott, graduation ceremony.
(front row, l-r) Jennifer Zaspel, Catherine Scipioni, Anchana Thancharoen. (back row, l-r) Kyle Beucke, Gino Nearns, Seth Bybee, Marc Branham
(l-r) Seth Bybee, Gino Nearns, Charles Triplehorn, Marc Branham, and Kyle Beucke (The Ohio State University, November, 2005)
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