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. 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. Walk-in hours are Tuesdays and Wednesdays between 1:00 pm-4:30 pm, but this may vary in the summer. 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. All groups need to schedule ahead. We are closed when the university is closed for major holidays. Phone: (530) 752-0493 Email: bmuseum@ucdavis.edu |
Meet our staff:
Director
Jason Bond, PhD
Museum Director & Professor
jbond@ucdavis.edu | 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.
Outreach
Tabatha Yang
Education and Outreach Coordinator
tabyang@ucdavis.edu
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.
Curator
Brennen Dyer
Curator & Collections Manager
btdyer@ucdavis.edu
I help maintain the collection and handle various projects around the museum. My interests are mainly buprestids (jewel beetles) and equipment design.
Graduate Students
Socrates Letana
Graduate Student
sdletana@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.
Affiliates
Fran Keller, PhD
Museum Scientist & Assistant Professor at Folsom Lake College
mfkeller@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@ucdavis.edu
Jeff is a passionate Lepidopterist and a first class spreader of butterflies and moths.
Tom Zavortink, PhD
Research Associate
bmuseum@ucdavis.edu
I am interested in the systematics and biology associated with mosquitoes and solitary bees.
Emeritus
Lynn Kimsey, PhD
Retired Museum Director & Professor
lskimsey@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
Retired Curator & Collections Manager
bmuseum@ucdavis.edu
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.