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selected publications academic article Description of the Larva and Pupa of Phileurus Truncatus (Palisot De Beauvois, 1806) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini) With a Key to Described Third Instars of New World Phileurini. Zootaxa. 4363:272-280. 2017 Total Evidence Phylogeny and the Evolution of Adult Bioluminescence in Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution. 107:564-575. 2017 Review of the Firefly Visual System (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) and Evolution of the Opsin Genes Underlying Color Vision 2015 Life On the Fly: Phylogenetics and Evolution of the Helicopter Damselflies (Odonata, Pseudostigmatidae). Zoologica Scripta. 41:637-650. 2012-11-01 A Preliminary Phylogeny of the Lichen Moth Tribe Lithosiini (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae) Based On Morphological Characters. Insect Systematics and Evolution. 43:321-369. 2012-01-01 The Terrestrial Bioluminescent Animals of Japan. Zoological Science. 28:771-789. 2011-11-01 A Comparative Survey of Proboscis Morphology and Associated Structures in Fruit-Piercing, Tear-Feeding, and Blood-Feeding Moths in Calpinae (Lepidoptera: Erebidae). Zoomorphology. 130:203-225. 2011-09-01 Effect of Organic Mulches On Soil Surface Insects and Other Arthropods. Florida Entomologist. 94:226-232. 2011-06-01 A Second Species of Oculogryphus (Coleoptera, Lampyridae), With Notes On the Phylogenetic Affinities of the Genus 2011-01-01 Are Molecular Data Supplanting Morphological Data in Modern Phylogenetic Studies?. Systematic Entomology. 35:2-5. 2010-01-01 Molecules, Morphology and Fossils: a Comprehensive Approach To Odonate Phylogeny and the Evolution of the Odonate Wing. Cladistics. 24:477-514. 2008-08-01 Additional Notes On Aposematic Insects At Archbold Biological Station, Florida, With Comments On the Arrival of the Invasive Lovebug, Plecia Nearctica (Diptera : Bibionidae). Journal of Entomological Science. 43:337-343. 2008-07-01 Aggregation of Calopteron Discrepans (Coleoptera : Lycidae) Larvae Prior To Pupation. Florida Entomologist. 91:124-125. 2008-03-01
principal investigator on Marc Branham IPA Assignment With NSF awarded by National Science Foundation 2011 - 2012 Preliminary Survey of the Macrolepidopteran Moth Diversity of Big Cypress National Preserve awarded by US Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management 2007 - 2008 Dissertation Research Winging It! Phylogeny and Evolution of the Hekicopter Damselflies awarded by National Science Foundation Dissertation Research: Systematics and Evolution of the Vampire Moths and Their Fruit-Piercing Relatives Using...... awarded by National Science Foundation
keywords phylogenetic reconstructions to explore the evolution of sexual communication in fireflies Lampyridae, bioluminescent signals, biogeography of the Caribbean firefly fauna, insect phylogenetic systematic
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education and training Ph.D. in Entomology, Ohio State University School of Natural Resources 2002 M.S. in Entomology, University of Kansas 1995 B.S. in Organismal Biology, University of Kansas 1992
awards and honors 2003 Snodgrass Memorial Research Award, Entomological Society of America, 2003 2002 Theodore Roosevelt Post Doctoral Research Fellowship, 2002 2002 W. Fred Hink Research Award, 2002 2001 Mary Ellen Clay Teaching Award, Entomology, 2001 2001 Hennig Award, Best Student Presentation, 2001 2001 Presidential Fellowship Ohio State, 2001 1998 The General Biology Teaching Excellence Award, 1998