RECENT LAB MEMBERS WHO HAVE CONTINUED IN THE FIELD
(last 15 years)
Kristin D. Cobb
-M.S. thesis (2005): Influence of elevation on development times of a forensically important calliphorid, Phaenicia coeruleiviridis (Diptera), in northwestern South Carolina, USA.-Current Position: Molecular Disease Diagnostics Laboratory Technician, Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine - South (Fort McPherson), Atlanta, GA
Michelle G. Colacicco
-M.S. thesis (2000): Habitat selection and ecology of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in South Carolina grasslands.-Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Dr. Christopher L. Evans
-Ph.D. dissertation (2001): Cytogenetics and systematics of the Leucocytozoon vector Simulium slossonae (Diptera: Simuliidae).-Current Position: Environmental Health Manager, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, SC
Dr. Neusa Hamada
-Ph.D. dissertation (1997): Cytotaxonomy and ecology of four species in the Simulium perflavum group (Diptera: Simuliidae) and associated black flies in Central Amazonia, Brazil.-Current Position: Professor, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia, Manaus, Brazil
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Dr. Sam-Kyu Kim
-Ph.D. dissertation (2005): Ecology and phylogeny of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) and their trichomycete (Zygomycota: Trichomycetes) symbiotes.-Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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Dr. Kathryn E. Ledin
-M.S. thesis (1994): Microsporidian pathogens of North American black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae), with notes on the ecology of southeastern microsporidia.-Current Position: Disease Intervention Specialist, Tri-County Health Department, Greenwood Village, Colorado
Dr. Arlesa Fouts Leopold
-Ph.D. dissertation (2001): Recolonization mechanisms of macroinvertebrates of Barton Creek, Travis Co., Texas.-Current Position: Austin, TX.
Monica A. MacCarroll
-M.S. thesis (2004): Insect colonization and seasonality of madicolous habitats in North Carolina and South Carolina.-Current Position: Research Specialist, Institute of Agriculture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Dr. John W. McCreadie
-Postdoc (1991-1995)-Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
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Dr. John Kevin Moulton
-M.S. thesis (1992): Revision of the Simulium jenningsi group (Insecta: Diptera: Simuliidae)-Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
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Joseph F. Napolitano
-M.S. thesis (1996): The distribution and habitat characteristics of the American sand-burrowing mayfly, Dolania americana (Ephemeroptera: Behningiidae).-Current Position: Teacher, Japan
Eric S. Paysen
-M.S. thesis (1999): Cytogenetics, ecology, and evolution of the black fly Simulium parnassum Malloch (Diptera: Simuliidae).-Ph.D. candidate: Department of Entomology Soils, and Plant Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
-Current Position: Technical Director, Lloyd Pest Control, San Diego, CA
Dr. Will K. Reeves
-Ph.D. dissertation (2003) [M.S. 1999]: Biodiversity and behavior of selected endosymbiotes and hematophagous flies (Diptera) in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA.-Current Position: Research Entomologist, Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Laboratory, USDA, Laramie, WY
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Dr. Stuart R. Reitz
-Ph.D. dissertation (1994): Reproductive biology of Eucelatoria bryani and Eucelatoria rubentis (Diptera: Tachinidae), larval parasitoids of Helicoverpa zea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).-Current Position: Program Co-Director & Research Entomologist, USDA Laboratory, Tallahassee, FL
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Dr. Craig A. Stoops
-Ph.D. dissertation (2003): Potential for resistance to Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis in larval black flies (Diptera: Simulidae) and adult mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae).-Current Position: Assitant Officer in Charge of the Navy Entomology Center for Excellence, Jacksonville, FL.
Dr. Jeffery K. Tomberlin
-M.S. thesis (1996): Insect colonization of rat carrion in submerged and terrestrial environments in Upstate South Carolina.-Current Position: Assistant Professor, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX
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Charles N. Watson
-Laboratory Technician (1990-1994)-Current Position: Macroinvertebrate Taxonomist, SoBran, Inc., Cincinnatti, OH
Dr. Doreen S. Werner
-Postdoc (1997)-Current Position: Instructor, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
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Dr. Marianne B. Willey
-Ph.D. dissertation (1993) [M.S. 1988]: Development, reproductive output, and mating behavior of two New Zealand spiders, Ixeuticus martius and Ixeuticus robustus (Araneae: Desidae): reproductive isolation in two cryptic species.-Current Position: Professor, Millikin University, Decatur, IL.
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Dr. Jennifer A. Zettler
-M.S. thesis (1996): Factors influencing larval color in the Simulium vitattum complex (Diptera: Simuliidae).-Current Position: Assistant Professor, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA
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