Scientific Work
Professional Experience
2004-2018 Senior Microbiologist, Northeast Laboratory Services, Winslow, Maine
1998-2004 Adjunct Professor of Human Ecology, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine
1996-97 Associate Professor of Biology & Environmental Studies, Wilson College
1995-97 Director, Major in Environmental Studies, Wilson College
1994-97 Co-chair, Committee for the Center for Sustainable Living, Wilson College
1993-96 Major Area Director, Physical & Life Sciences, Wilson College
1991-95 Director, Program in Environmental Studies, Wilson College
1988-95 Assistant Professor of Biology, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
1987-88 Postdoctoral Research Entomologist, USDA-ARS Research Lab, Fresno, CA
1983-87 Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Entomology, Iowa State University
1980-81 Foreman/Carpenter, Environmental Alternatives Inc., Dover, NH
1978-79 Woodworker/Cabinetmaker, Turner and Cook Inc., Southfield, MA
1976-77 Grad. Teaching Assist., Dept. of Philosophy, Univ. of Notre Dame
1974-76 Carpenter/Woodworker, Restoration and Repair of Antique Buildings, Mystic, CT
Education
1990 Santa Fe Institute Complex Systems Summer School, Santa Fe, NM
1987 PhD. in Systematic Entomology; Dept. of Entomology, Iowa State University
1982-83 Undergraduate courses in calculus, physics, biology; University of Connecticut
1976-77 PhD program; Graduate Department of Philosophy, Univ. of Notre Dame
1974 B.A., Major: Philosophy, Minor: History of Art; Connecticut College, New London
Publications
Theoretical Biology & Ecosystem Modeling
Cheetham, Thomas. 1993. Adaptation on fluctuating fitness landscapes: Speciation and the persistence of lineages. Journal of Theoretical Biology 161: 287-297
_____ 1992a. Juliadot: A Program for the Continuous Time Representation of Julia Set Dynamics. Algorithm 3.2:2, April
_____ 1992b. World: A Simulated Ecosystem (software in "C")
_____ J. Miller, and J. Pullen. Resource heterogeneity and adaptive strategies in a simulated single species habitat. Santa Fe Institute Working Paper. (unpublished ms).
Entomology: Systematics, Morphology and Ultrastructure
Cheetham, Thomas. 1992a. Anatomy and histology of tissues associated with egg deposition in Chrysomela scripta Fabr. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 65(2): 101-114
_____ 1992b. Methyl bromide induces perineural glial cell damage in the ventral nerve cord of the codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 65(1): 53-58
_____ 1990. Pathological alterations in embryos of the codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) induced by methyl bromide. Annals Entomol. Soc. Amer. 83(1): 59-67
_____ 1988. Male genitalia and the phylogeny of the Pulicoidea (Siphonaptera). Theses Zoologicae. Koeltz Scientific Books, Koenigstein, FR Germany. 130 pp., 83 plates.
_____ 1987. A comparative study of the male genitalia in the Pulicoidea. Ph.D Dissertation. Iowa State University. 414 pp. 258 figs.
_____ and R. E. Lewis. 1988. The anatomy of Wagner's Organ in Oropsylla (Ceratophyllidae: Siphonaptera): Preliminary investigations. Entomol. News 99(1): 48-52
_____ and R. E. Lewis. 1987a. Notes on the reproductive system in Ctenophthalmus (Siphonaptera). Entomol. News 98(1): 31-33
_____ and R. E. Lewis. 1987b. Hexagonal substructure in the midgut basal lamina of Bittacidae (Mecoptera). J. Kansas Ent. Soc. 60(1): 147-150
Lewis, R. E. and T. B. Cheetham. 1988. A new species of Pulicella from Tanzania with comments on the genus (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae). J. New York Entomol. Soc. 96: 459-464
Miller, F. D., T. B. Cheetham, R. A. Bastian and E. R. Hart. 1987. Parasites recovered from overwintering Mimosa Webworm, Homadaula anisocentra Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Great Lakes Entomologist 20(3): 143-146
Abstracts and Poster Presentations
1987. Anatomy and development of the male genitalia in Xenopsylla cheopis (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae). (Abstract). In Abstracts of submitted papers, p. 24. Annual Meeting of the North Central Branch of the Entomological Society of America, Des Moines, March 22-25.
1986. Comparative anatomy of the male genitalia in the Pulicoidea. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Reno, Nevada, Dec. 7-11.
1986. Some insect tissues. (Illustrated abstract). pp. 24-25. In Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Electron Microscopy Colloquium, Iowa State University, Ames, May 9-10.
1986. Extracellular microtubule-like structures in the ovary of Chrysomela scripta (Coleoptera). (Abstract). p. 5. In Proceedings of the Iowa Microbeam Society Annual Meeting, Iowa City, Iowa, Sept. 5.
1985. Some ultrastructure of Chrysomela scripta. (Illustrated abstract). pp. 24-25. In Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Electron Microscopy Colloquium, Iowa State University, Ames, May 10-11.
Book Reviews
Cheetham, T. B. 1990. The Fleas of the Pacific Northwest by Lewis, Lewis and Maser (1988). Journal of Medical Entomology, 27(1): 80-81.
_____ 1987. The Ceratophyllidae by Traub, Rothschild and Haddow (1983). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America, 33(3): 197-198.