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, PhDMuseum 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, PhDCurator & 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 KhouriGraduate Student
zkhouri[at]ucdavis.edu 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, PhDMuseum 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 SmithVolunteer Research Associate
bmuseum[at]ucdavis.edu Jeff is a passionate Lepidopterist and a first class spreader of butterflies and moths. |
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Brennen DyerLab Assistant
btdyer[at]ucdavis.edu I help maintain the collection and handle various projects around the museum. My interests are mainly buprestids (jewel beetles) and equipment design. |