In accordance with UC Davis's current policies, we are temporarily closed to the public until further notice. Please contact us via email.

Get in touch:
Mailing address:
Bohart Museum of Entomology
c/o Department of Entomology & Nematology
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616 ​
​General information, identification and research: (530) 752-0493
To schedule educational tours or borrow educational displays: (530) 754-0722
Email:  bmuseum@ucdavis.edu
Meet our staff:

Lynn Kimsey, PhD

Museum Director & Professor
lskimsey[at]ucdavis.edu

My research focuses on the systematics and biodiversity of aculeate wasps, particularly in the families Chrysididae, Tiphiidae, Sphecidae and Crabronidae. I also work on urban and forensic entomology.

Steve Heydon, PhD

Curator & Collections Manager
slheydon[at]ucdavis.edu

I oversee the day to day operations of the museum, by taking care of loans, supervising student employees and volunteers, specimen curation, and handling routine inquiries from the public. My research interest is the systematics of parasitic Hymenoptera and the Pteromalidae in particular.

Ziad Khouri

Graduate Student
zkhouri[at]ucdavis.edu
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I am an international graduate student from Lebanon. My research interests include the systematics of aculeate wasps, particularly scoliids and bees. I also have an amateur interest in centipede biology.

Charlotte Herbert Alberts

Graduate Student
cherbert[at]ucdavis.edu

I am  a Graduate Student working on assassin flies (Diptera: Asilidae). My research interests include Asilidae systematics,  ecology, and venom. I am also currently revising the asilid genera   Ablautus and Saropogon.
Socrates Letana
Graduate Student
sdletana[at]ucdavis.edu

​I am working on the evolution and diversification of endoparasitic bot flies (Oestridae). My research interests include biology, taxonomy, systematics & biogeography of Diptera, and Southeast Asian biodiversity.

Fran Keller, PhD

Museum Scientist & Assistant Professor at Folsom Lake College
​mfkeller[at]ucdavis.edu

Works on morphology and insect systematics specifically Tenebrionidae: Asidini. Also researches Bahamian insect diversity and the effects of isolation on   Borrichia  in the Bahamas.

Jeff Smith

Volunteer Research Associate
​bmuseum[at]ucdavis.edu
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Jeff is a passionate Lepidopterist and a first class spreader of butterflies and moths.

Robbin Thorp, PhD

Robbin passed away in the spring of 2019.
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Biodiversity and systematics of bees (Apoidea).  Status and declines in bumble bee populations, especially Franklin’s Bumble Bee.  Biodiversity of bees in agricultural landscapes and urban gardens.  Systematics and pollen host specificity of bees in vernal pool ecosystems.

Tom Zavortink, PhD

Research Associate
​bmuseum[at]ucdavis.edu

I am interested in the systematics and biology associated with mosquitoes and solitary bees.

Tabatha Yang

Education and Outreach Coordinator
​tabyang[at]ucdavis.edu
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I coordinate museum tours, classroom visits, special weekend hours,  summer camp program,  and all our other outreach- anything that  brings the public and science/scientists together. I collaborate with interns, undergraduates, staff, graduate students and faculty to accomplish all of this.

Brennen Dyer

Lab Assistant
btdyer[at]ucdavis.edu
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I help maintain the collection and handle various projects around the museum. My interests are mainly buprestids (jewel beetles) and equipment design.