Department of Entomology
The staff of the Department of Entomology is comprised
of research scientists, museum specialists and technicians employed by the Smithsonian Institution as well as those employed by "affiliated" agencies including the USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory, the Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (DOD) and the Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology at Georgia Southern University.
All combined, the Entomology
staff numbers about 80
full-time permanent employees and
about 30 resident research associates, postdoctoral and predoctoral
fellows, students, and volunteers.
Staff in residence at NMNH are listed below. Click on names to enter SI staff pages, click on USDA logo to enter the SEL web site.
| Department Chair: | Ted Schultz | |
| Secretary: | Juanita Hall | |
| Collections Manager: | Dave Furth | |
| Collections Information Manager: | Patricia Gentili-Poole | |
| SI Research Entomologists | ||
| Sean Brady | Hymenoptera | |
| Donald R. Davis | Lepidoptera | |
| Torsten Dikow | Diptera | |
| Terry L. Erwin | Coleoptera | |
| Robert K. Robbins | Lepidoptera | |
| Ted Schultz | Hymenoptera | |
| Pre- and Post-Doctoral Fellows | ||
| Bonnie Blaimer | SI Postdoctoral Fellow: Hymenoptera | |
| Michael Branstetter | NMNH Buck Postdoctoral Fellow: Hymenoptera | |
| Ana Jesovnik | SI Predoctoral Fellow: Hymenoptera | |
| Shelah Morita | NSF Internat'l Research Fellow: Diptera | |
| Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo | NMNH Buck Predoctoral Fellow: Hymenoptera | |
| Emeritus & Other Research Entomologists | ||
| John M. Burns | Lepidoptera (emeritus) | |
| Jonathan A. Coddington | Arachnida & Myriapoda (Associate Director) | |
| Scott E. Miller | Lepidoptera (SI Senior Executive) | |
| Oliver S. Flint, Jr. | Neuropteroids (emeritus) | |
| Wayne Mathis | Diptera (emeritus) | |
| F. Christian Thompson | Diptera (emeritus) | |
| SI Technical Staff: | ||
| Jessica Bird | Data Management | |
| Karie Darrow | Digital Imaging Specialist & Web Site Manager | |
| Dana DeRoche | Arachnida & Myriapoda | |
| Debbie Feher | Museum Registration Systems Coordinator | |
| Brian Harris | Lepidoptera & Hymenoptera | |
| Don Harvey | Lepidoptera | |
| Gary Hevel | Coleoptera (emeritus) | |
| Erin Kolski | Diptera & Neuroptera | |
| Vichai Malikul | Scientific Illustrator | |
| Charyn Micheli | Coleoptera | |
| Cindy Murphy Lancaster | Data Management | |
| Eugenia Okonski | Hymenoptera | |
| Dave Pollock | Lepidoptera | |
| Floyd Shockley | Collections management | |
| Desmond Smith | Collections management | |
| Young Sohn | Scientific Illustrator | |
USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory Staff in Residence at NMNH
| Research Entomologists | ||
| John W. Brown | Lepidoptera | |
| Matthew L. Buffington | Hymenoptera | |
| Michael W. Gates | Hymenoptera | |
| Thomas J. Henry | Hemiptera (& Unit Leader) | |
| Alexander S. Konstantinov | Coleoptera | |
| Robert Kula | Hymenoptera | |
| Steven W. Lingafelter | Coleoptera | |
| Stuart H. McKamey | Homoptera | |
| Allen L. Norrbom | Diptera (& Unit Leader) | |
| Michael G. Pogue | Lepidoptera (& Location Leader) | |
| M. Alma Solis | Lepidoptera (& Research Leader) | |
| Norman E. Woodley | Diptera | |
| Raymond J. Gagne | Diptera (retired) | |
| David R. Smith | Hymenoptera (retired) | |
| Technical Staff | ||
| Elaine B. Jamison | Computer Assistant | |
| Taina Litwak | Scientific Illustrator | |
| Mark A. Metz | Support Scientist: Lepidoptera | |
| Terry P. Nuhn | Museum Specialist: Hymenoptera | |
| Gary Ouellette | Museum Specialist: Diptera | |
| Elisabeth P. Roberts | Museum Technician: Coleoptera | |
| Lucrecia H. Rodriguez | Museum Technician: Diptera | |
| Michele A. Touchet | Museum Technician: Hemiptera | |
| Natalia J. Vandenberg | Entomologist: Coleoptera | |
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