Get in touch:
Mailing address: Bohart Museum of Entomology c/o Department of Entomology & Nematology University of California One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616 | Walk-in hours are Tuesdays and Wednesdays between 1 pm-4:30 pm. Visitors will have access to displays, live animals and there will be someone ( a staff member, an intern or a graduate student) as a greeter, but the research collections are not open for exploration at this time. Regardless, it is a good idea to call ahead as we are sometimes not able to host public hours. All groups need to schedule ahead. Research and university business are typically conducted Monday-Friday from 9:00 am-Noon and 1:00-5:00 pm. Please contact us in advance if you need to access the collections. We are closed when the university is closed for major holidays. Phone: (530) 752-0493 Email: [email protected] |
Meet our staff:
Director
Jason Bond, PhD
Museum Director & Professor
[email protected] | Bond Lab website
I am a professor in the Department of Entomology and Nematology, who specializes the evolutionary diversification of terrestrial arthropods (spiders, millipedes, and tenebrionid beetles). Prior to joining the UC Davis faculty in 2018, I served as the Director of the Auburn University Museum of Natural History and Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at Auburn University.
Curator
Brennen Dyer
Curator & Collections Manager
[email protected]
I help maintain the collection and handle various projects around the museum. My interests are mainly buprestids (jewel beetles) and equipment design.
Outreach
Tabatha Yang
Education and Outreach Coordinator
[email protected]
I coordinate museum tours, classroom visits, special weekend hours, a summer camp program, and all our other outreach- anything that brings the public and science/scientists together. I manage interns, camp instructors and collaborate with staff, graduate students and faculty across campus to accomplish all of this.
Graduate Students
Socrates Letana
Graduate Student
[email protected]
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.
Affiliates
Fran Keller, PhD
Museum Scientist & Assistant Professor at Folsom Lake College
[email protected]
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
[email protected]
Jeff is a passionate Lepidopterist and a first class spreader of butterflies and moths.
Tom Zavortink, PhD
Research Associate
[email protected]
I am interested in the systematics and biology associated with mosquitoes and solitary bees.
Emeritus
Lynn Kimsey, PhD
Retired Museum Director & Professor
[email protected]
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
Retired Curator & Collections Manager
[email protected]
My research interest is the systematics of parasitic Hymenoptera and the Pteromalidae in particular.
Robbin Thorp, PhD
Robbin passed away in the spring of 2019.
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.