January: Andrew leaves for Brazil for the first 9 weeks of his Fulbright Fellowship
December 2017: Marianna successfully defends her Dissertation! Congrats Marianna!!
October 2017: Andrew's review of water beetle systematics is out, along with a virtual issue on water beetles in Systematic Entomology:
October 2017: Grey's research featured in KU news:
September 2017: Stephen is featured in a spot on Disney Junior!:
June 2017: Andrew visits Brazil to work with colleagues on future collaborations
March 2017: Andrew and Stephen travel to Suriname for a month of fieldwork
March 2017: Jennifer wins first place for her talk at the EEB Grad student symposium, congrats!
March 2017: Stephen is profiled by KU News!
March 2017: A little press about our Suriname work:
March 2017: Andrew is featured in an article in Smithsonian Magazine:
January 2017: Andrew is selected as a Fulbright Scholar to Brazil for 2017-2018.
December 2016: Stephen's paper on the phylogeny and classification of Noteridae is out!
October 2016: Andrew is named Distinguished Young Alumnus by the University of Delaware, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
September 2016: The lab attends the International Congress of Entomology in Orlando, and Andrew organizes a symposium on water beetles.
September 2016: Crystal successfully defends her dissertation, congrats Dr. Maier!
May 2016: Grey Gustafson has been awarded a 3-year KU IRACDA postdoctoral fellowship and will based in our lab starting in August!
May 2016: Marianna is awarded the Coleopterists Society Graduate Research Award for continuing her molecular work on leaf beetles!
May 2016: Alex Kohlenberg receives a KU Undergraduate Research Travel grant to visit the Smithsonian Institution in June
March 2016: Jennifer, Manu and Andrew lead a KU study abroad class in biodiversity in Suriname.
January 2016: The lab receives a $6600 REU supplement to support Alex Kohlenberg's undergraduate research over the summer--congrats Alex!
August 2015: Andrew is elected to the leadership of the Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity section of the Entomological Society of America!
August 2015: Jennifer Giron joins the lab as a new PhD student from Colombia!
August 2015: Andrew teaches a water beetle workshop at Utah State University in Logan
July 2015: Andrew travels to Brazil for Bruno Clarkson's PhD Defense.
June 2015: Stephen Baca successfully defends his MS Thesis! Congrats Stephen!
June 2015: Marianna conducts fieldwork in the Dominican Republic for Chrysomelidae
April 2015: Martin Fikacek from the Czech National Museum visits the lab for a week to work on collaborative beetle projects
March 2015: Andrew is promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure!
March 2015: Andrew travels to Gainesville to assist with an iDigBio "Field to Database" workshop.
March 2015: Andrew's NSF CAREER grant officially starts! "Teaching Modern Biodiversity Science from Fieldwork to Phylogeny: Diversity, Systematics, & Evolution of Ecologically Promiscuous Aquatic Beetles".
January 2015: Emmanuel Toussaint arrives from Paris to start a postdoctoral position in our group.
January 2015: Crystal Maier has accepted a job at the Field Museum as Collection Manager for Insects! Congrats Crystal!! Well deserved!
November 2014: You can watch a recording of Andrew and Marianna's ECN talks here:
Andrew: http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p6bz5hapor9/ (Andrew's talk starts at the 50:03 mark)
Marianna:http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p53b9vodz90/ (Marianna's talk starts as the 1:02:35 mark)
November 2014: Marianna passes her PhD qualifying exam! Congrats Marianna!
November 2014: Andrew, Marianna, Stephen, Taro, Crystal and Sarah travel to Portland for the ECN/ESA meetings.
October 2014: Marianna is awarded a Doctoral Research Fund Grant by the Graduate School!
October 2014: Stephen & Jacob present their research at the 2014 SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) meeting!
September 2014: Andrew is in Guyana for WWF's third Biodiversity Assessment Team expedition of the Upper Berbice!
May 2014: Andrew co-authors piece in Science on the importance of making modern specimen collections. KU Press release here: http://news.ku.edu/2014/05/22/scientific-collections-play-vital-role-conservation-biology
May 2014: Summer REU student Jacob Dixon joins the lab. Welcome Jacob!
April 2014: Andrew is profiled on the Discovery Channel Show Daily Planet:
http://www.discovery.ca/dp/videos/?clipid=1081703
April 2014: Dan Rabosky visits the lab from U Michigan.
April 2014: Andrew visits Cornell University to give a Jugatae Seminar.
April 2014: Stephen Baca is awarded a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Congrats Stephen!
March 2014: Taro Eldredge and Crystal Maier both awarded Doctoral Research Fund Grants by the graduate School! Way to go Taro and Crystal!
March 2014: Andrew and Stephen head to Guyana to collaborate with WWF on a survey of the Upper Potaro plateau.
February 2014: Kelly Miller visits the lab for an intense water beetle ID session.