People

The Deans Lab is moving to Penn State in June 2012.

The Deans Lab statement of mutual expectations is available as a Google Doc.

Andy Deans, PI

Assistant Professor in the Department of Entomology and Director of the NCSU Insect Museum. Interests: biodiversity informatics, systematics of Hymenoptera. (andy_deans at ncsu dot edu); CV

Matt Yoder

Researcher on the Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology project, programmer of mx. Interests: systematics of Diapriidae (Hymenoptera), biodiversity informatics, ontologies in taxonomy. (diapriid at gmail dot com)

Bob Blinn

Collection manager for the NCSU Insect Museum. Interests: Systematics of Heteroptera. (bob_blinn at ncsu dot edu)

Matt Bertone

Postdoc for the Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology project. Interests: systematics of Diptera, comparative morphology, ontology alignment. (matthew.bertone at gmail dot com)

Heather Campbell-Melvin

MS student. Interests: systematics and natural history of bees. (hmcampbe at ncsu dot edu)

Kelly Dew

Research assistant, biodiversity data collector, annotator.

Andrew Ernst

MS student. Interests: systematics of Ceraphronoidea, comparative morphology, ontology development.

István Mikó

Research associate on the Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology project. Interests: comparative morphology, systematics of Ceraphronoidea (Hymenoptera). (istvan.miko at gmail dot com)

Trish Mullins

MS student. Interests: systematics of Hymenoptera.

Tanner Stanfield

Museum assistant, GigaPan wizard.


Moved on ... :-(

Lydia Abernethy

Museum assistant, biodiversity data collector.

Amy Bader

Research Assistant. Interests: Parasitic Hymenoptera, collection management, data curation. Moved to the University of Illinois.

Elizabeth MacLeod

Museum assistant, biodiversity data collector. Moved to the Internet Archive.

Rinchhuanawma

MS student. Interests: systematics of Malagasy ensign wasps, conservation biology.

Katja Seltmann

Project manager and programmer for the Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology project. Interests: systematics of Hymenoptera. (katja_seltmann at ncsu dot edu) Moved to the American Museum of Natural History.

Barb Sharanowski

Postdoc for the ensign wasp systematics project. Interests: molecular phylogenetics and phylogenomics of Hymenoptera. (barb.sharanowski at gmail dot com) Now at the University of Manitoba: Sharanowski Lab