Education:

• Harvard University. B.A. Biology, 1991.

• University of Connecticut. PhD. Entomology, 1999.

• American Museum of Natural History, EPA Graduate fellow, Dept. of Entomology, 1995-1998.

Appointments and Elected Positions:

• Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of Entomology
  
  • Research Associate, Lepidoptera. 2011-present.
• University of Maryland, Dept. of Entomology
  
  • Research Associate, 2011-present
• Florida Museum of Natural History.
  
  • Assistant Curator of Lepidoptera. 2005-2008.
• University of Florida
  
  • Department. of Entomology & Nematology. Adjunct Assistant Professor. 2005-2008.
  • Department. of Zoology. Adjunct Assistant Professor, 2005-2008.
  • Faculty Senate. Senator, 2006-2008.
  • Presidential Task Force on the Implementation of Shared Governance Structure. 2006-2007.
• Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL
  
  • Division Head, Insects. 2002-2004
  • Assistant Curator, 1999-2004
  • Co-Principal Investigator, Pritzker Laboratory for Molecular Systematics & Evolution, 1999-2004.
  • Research Associate, 2005-present
• University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  
  • Faculty, Committee on Evolutionary Biology. 1999-2004
• Sheriff's Meadow Foundation, Vineyard Haven, MA:
  
  • Board of Directors, 1997-2005.
  • Chair, Property Management Committee, 2001-2003.
  • Land Acquisition and Property Management Committee, 1997-2001.
  • Development Committee, 1997-2001
  • Education Committee, 2000-2002; Website content developer, 2001.
• Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, FL.
  
  • Research Associate, 2005-present.
• Entomological Society of America, Systematics, Evolution, & Biodiversity
  
  • Secretary, 2006
  • Vice Chair, 2007
  • President, 2008.
• Willi Hennig Society
  
  • Fellow, 1999-present.
• North American Pollinator Protection Campaign.
  
  • Delegate, 2001.
• National Research Council
  
  • Committee on the Status of Pollinators in North America, 2006.
• Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  
  • Associate Editor, 2005-2008.

Awards and Grants: Federal & State:

• National Science Foundation:
  • Enhancements for the Genetic Resources of the Florida Museum of Natural History
    [with co-PI's A. Lopez, D. Reed, P. Soltis, N. Williams]. 2006. $263,246
  • Molecular systematics and the evolution of host plant associations and diapause shifts in the Apameini (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). 2003-2008. $210,000.
  • An Applied Biosystems 3730 DNA Analyzer.
    [with co-PI's K. Feldheim, J. Bates, S.Hackett, and J. Wen.]. 2004. $268,775.
  • Graduate Research Training Fellowship, 1994-1995.
  • Doctoral dissertation improvement grant, 1995-97.
• US Fish & Wildlife Service:
  • Evaluating the status, diagnosis, and relationships within the Atrytonopsis hianna complex
    (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) in North Carolina using molecular markers, 2001.
  • Diagnosis, and relationships within the Neonympha mitchellii complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), 2002.
• Environmental Protection Agency:
  • STAR Graduate Fellowship, 1995-98.
• Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program:
  • 1990-1999: (with P. Nothnagle & T. Simmons): Status, autecology, and population biology of the federally endangered tiger beetle Cicindela dorsalis dorsalis in Massachusetts.
  • 1986, 1987, 1989, 1993 (4 grants): Regionally threatened insects in offshore sandplain communities.
  • 1990, 1993 (2 grants): Invertebrates of calcareous fens of Berkshire County, Mass.
  • 1991: Rare and endangered insects at Montague Plain, Mass.

Awards and Grants: Private:

• Edey Foundation: Martha's Vineyard native bee inventory for conservation, monitoring and management. 2010.
• Museum of Comparative Zoology: Ernst Mayr grant, 1996.
• Sigma Xi: Grant-in-aid of research, 1995
• Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund (American Museum of Natural History): Graduate research grant, 1995.
• Entomological Society of America. President's Prize, Honorable Mention. December, 1997.
• Harvard University: Harvard College Scholarship for academic achievement of high distinction, 1988 Ford Foundation grant for undergraduate research (1988 & 1989)

External Research and Training:

• Research Travel and Field Work
  Australia, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Italy, England, United States, Panama, Russia.
• Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica.
  Tropical Ecology. Jan.-March, 1993 (OTS 93-1).
• The Nature Conservancy
  S-390 Fire behavior certification, 1995.
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
  Tiger Beetle Recovery Team working group, 1998-present.
• Field Museum of Natural History
  Hazardous Materials Shipping certification granted 2004

Teaching and Instructorship:

• University of Florida, Department of Zoology
  • Integrated Principles (graduate)
• University of Florida, Department of Entomology & Nematology
  • Biology of the Lepidoptera (a.k.a. Lepidopteran Systematics; graduate and undergraduate)
• University of Chicago, Committee on Evolutionary Biology
  • Diversity and Evolution of Arthropods (graduate and undergraduate)
  • Evolution: Genes to Groups (undergraduate)
• National Conservation Training Center/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Sheperdstown, W.Va.
  • Applied Conservation Genetics course, October 2002, 2004.
• University of Connecticut (teaching assistant, 1991-1993):
  • Principles of systematics (Instructed by David Wagner)
  • Insect Morphology (Instructed by Charles Henry)

Student Supervision:

• Postdoctoral students: Dr. Zhiwei Liu (Asst. Professor, Northern Illinois, University), Dr. Nick Schizas (Asst. Professor, University of Puerto Rico)
• Doctoral students: Rebecca Rundell (PhD, Univ. of Chicago), James Dunford (PhD, Univ. of Florida)
• Committee membership and service: Mr. Roman Arguello (PhD candidate, University of Chicago); Ms. Sheryl Breedlove (MS Candidate, University of Illinois at Chicago); Ms. Sarah Haggerty (MS, University of Massachusetts)
• Undergraduates supervised:
  • University of Chicago: Ms. Kate Knuth
  • University of Illinois (via Field Museum): Mr. Chris Grinter
  • University of Florida: Mr. Robert Lasley, Ms. Traci Grzmala, Ms. Heather Manley, Ms. Rebecca Sandidge
• Other interns and visiting scientists supervised: Dr. Kathy Schick (University of California, Berkeley), Ms. Astrid Guerra (Art Institue of Chicago), Mr. Michael Montague (New York University)

Publications:

• Goldstein, P.Z. 1997. How many things are there? A reply to Oliver and Beattie, Beattie and Oliver, Oliver and Beattie, and Oliver and Beattie. Conservation Biology 11(2): 571-574.
• Vogler, A.P. and P.Z. Goldstein. 1997. Adaptation, cladogenesis, and the evolution of habitat association in North American Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Pages 353-373 in T. Givnish and K. Sytsma, (eds.), Molecular Evolution and Adaptive Radiation. Cambridge University Press.
• Goldstein, P.Z. 1997. Lepidopteran assemblages and the management of sandplain communities on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Pages 217-236 in P. D. Vickery and P.W. Dunwiddie, eds. Grasslands and Heathlands of Northeastern North America. Lincoln: Massachusetts Audubon Society.
• Goldstein, P.Z. and C.D. Specht. 1998. Pitfalls in phylogenetic analysis of large molecular data sets. Pp. 253-274 in: R. DeSalle, B. Shierwater, and B. Streitand (eds.), Molecular Ecology and Evolution: Approaches and Applications. Birkhauser Verlag, Switzerland.
• Goldstein, P.Z. 1999. Functional ecosystems and biodiversity buzzwords. Conservation Biology 13(2): 247- 255.
• Hunt, J.H., R.J. Brodie, T.P. Carithers, P.Z. Goldstein, and D.H. Janzen. 1999. Dry season migration by Costa Rican lowland paper wasps to high elevation cold dormancy sites. Biotropica 31(1): 192-196.
• Goldstein, P.Z. 1999. Clarifying the role of species in ecosystem management: A Reply. Conservation Biology 13(6): 1515-1517.
• Goldstein, P.Z., R. DeSalle, G. Amato, and A. Vogler. 2000. Conservation genetics at the species boundary Conservation Biology 14: 120-131.
• Goldstein, P.Z. and R. DeSalle. 2000. Phylogenetic species, nested, hierarchies, and character fixation. Cladistics. 16: 364-384.
• Goldstein, P.Z. and A.V.Z. Brower. 2002. Molecular systematics and the origin of species: New syntheses or methodological introgressions? Pp. 147-161 in R. DeSalle, G. Giribet, and W. Wheeler (eds.), Molecular Systematics and Evolution: Theory and Practice. Switzerland: Birkhauser/Verlag.
• Nishiguchi, M.K., P. Doukakis, M. Egan, P.Z. Goldstein, D. Kizirian, A. Phillips, L. Prendini, H.C. Rosenbaum, E. Torres, Y. Wyner, R. DeSalle, P. Planet, M. Rusello, T. Hadrys, and G. Giribet. 2002. DNA isolation procedures. Pp. 249-287 in R. DeSalle, G. Giribet, and W. Wheeler (eds.). Methods and Tools in Biosciences and Medicine. Basel: Birkhauser-Verlag.
• Goldstein, P.Z. and T. Simmons. 2002. A checklist and commentary on the scarabaeid fauna of the Massachusetts offshore islands (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). J. New York Ent. Soc. 110(3-4): 389-401.
• Goldstein, P.Z. and E. Quinter. 2003. Host plant associations of the western species of Papaipema (Noctuidae) with particular reference to the apiaceous plants. J. Lep.. Soc. 57(2): 153-156.
• Goldstein, P.Z. and R. DeSalle. 2003. Calibrating phylogenetic species formation in a threatened species using DNA from historical specimens. Molecular Ecology 12: 1993-1998.
• Schick, K., Z. Liu, and P. Goldstein. 2003. Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and the macroevolution of host use among Diastrophus gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 105(3): 715-2003.
• Goldstein, P.Z. 2004. Systematic collection data in North American invertebrate conservation and monitoring programmes. Applied Ecology 41: 175-180.
• Goldstein, P.Z., Y. Wyner, P. Doukakis, M. Egan, H. Rosenbaum, and R. DeSalle. 2004. Theory and methods for diagnosing species and populations in conservation. Ann. Miss. Bot. Gard. 92(1): 12-27.
• Goldstein, P.Z. and M.F. Fibiger. 2005. Biosystematics and evolution of the Apameini: A global synopsis. Pp. 15-23 in A. Zilli, L. Ronkay, and M. Fibiger Noctuidae Europeae, Vol. 8 Apameini. Soro, Denmark. Entomological Press.
• Metzler, Eric H., John A. Shuey, Leslie A. Ferge, Richard A. Henderson. Henderson, and Paul Z. Goldstein. 2005. Contributions to the Understanding of Tallgrass Prairie-Dependent Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) and their Biogeography in the United States. Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin New Series. 15(1). viii + 143 pages
• Macnamara, P., J.H. Boone, P.Z. Goldstein, C. Grinter, J. Louderman, A.F. Newton, P.P. Parrillo, M.B. Prondzinski, M.K. Thayer, P. Sierwald, D.A. Summers, and J.A. Wagner. 2005. Illinois Insects and Spiders. University of Chicago Press in Association with the Field Museum. Chicago.
• Metzler, E.H., J.A. Shuey, L.A. Fergie, R.A. Henderson, and P.Z. Goldstein. 2006. Adapting a floral biogeography model to prairie-dependent Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the 19th North American Prairie Conference. Part II Prairie Wildlife and Animal Studies.
• Berenbaum, M., P. Bernhardt, S. Buchmann, N. Calderone, P.Z. Goldstein, D.W. Inouye, P. Kevan, C. Kremen, R.A. Medellin, T. Ricketts, G.E. Robinson, A.A, Snow, S.M. Swinton, L.B. Thien, F.C Thompson. 2006. Status of Pollinators in North America. The National Academies Press.
• Fibiger, M. and P.Z. Goldstein. Sesamiina Fibiger and Goldstein, 2006. New Subtribe. P.182 in A. Zilli, L. Ronkay, and M. Fibiger. Noctuidae Europeae, Vol. 8 Apameini. Soro, Denmark. Entomological Press.
• Zilli,, A., L. Ronkay, and P.Z. Goldstein. 2006. Capsula Fibiger, Zilli, Ronkay & Goldstein, New Genus. Pp. 109-112 in A. Zilli, L. Ronkay, and M. Fibiger. Noctuidae Europeae, Vol. 8 Apameini. Soro, Denmark. Entomological Press.
• Zaspel J.M, V. S. Kononenko, and P.Z. Goldstein. 2007.. Another blood-feeder? Experimental feeding of a fruit-piercing moth species on human blood in the Primorye Territory of Far Eastern Russia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Calpinae). J. Insect Behavior. 20: 437-451.
• Goldstein, P.Z. 2008. An overview of Martha's Vineyard Insects. Pp. 36-41 in Keith, A. and S. Spongberg. Island Life: A catalog of the biodiversity on and around Martha's Vineyard. Woods Hole, MA: Allan R. Keith and Marine Biological Laboratories
• Goldstein, P.Z. 2009. Genetic Data and the Interpretation of Restoration Priorities of the Cicindela dorsalis Say Complex (Coleoptera: Carabidae): The Components of Conservation Genetics Revisited. Pp. 96-105 in G. Amato, R. DeSalle, O.A. Ryder and H.C. Rosenbaum (eds.) Conservation Genetics in the Age of Genomics. New York: Columbia University Press.
• Goldstein, P.Z. 2010. Status of the Imperial Moth Eacles imperialis (Drury) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in New England, U.S.A.: Distribution, decline, and nutritional ecology of a relictual islandic population. J. Res. Lepidoptera 42: 34-49.
• Goldstein, P.Z. and R DeSalle. 2011. Integrating DNA barcode data and taxonomic practice: Determination, discovery, and description. Bioessays 33(2): 135-147.

Reviews

• Goldstein, P.Z. 1995. Review of: Fitzgerald, T.D. The Tent Caterpillars. J. New York Ent. Soc. 103(3): 339-343.
• Goldstein, P.Z. 1997. Review of: Tuskes, Tuttle, and Collins. The Wild Silk Moths of North America. J. New York Ent. Soc. 105(1-2): 121-125.
• Goldstein, P.Z. 1997. Phyloconservation. [Review of J. C. Avise and J.L. Hamrick, eds. Conservation Genetics] Conservation Biology 11(2): 582-583.
• Goldstein, P.Z. 2002. How much science is too little? [Review of Glassberg, J. 1999. Butterflies through binoculars: The East. A field guide to the butterflies of Eastern North America.] Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 56(4): 84-88.
• Goldstein, P.Z. 2003. Review of van Eeten, M.J.G. and E. Roe. (2002) Ecology, engineering, and management: reconciling ecosystem rehabilitation and service reliability. Quarterly Review of Biology 78(1): 122-123.

Manuscripts in Preparation

• Goldstein, P.Z., M.A. Metz, and M.A. Solis. Phylogenetic Systematics of Schacontia Dyar with a description of eight new species (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
• Goldstein, P.Z. and J.S. Ascher. The bee fauna of Massachusetts' offshore islands(Hymenoptera: Apoidea)
• Goldstein, P.Z., L. Raleigh, and M. Nelson. The unique lepidopteran fauna of Martha's Vineyard Island, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Historical and empirical insights towards the habitat requirements of threatened moths in southern New England.
• Cover, S. and P.Z. Goldstein. The ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of southeastern Massachusetts offshore islands, with reference to barrens communities.
• Goldstein, P.Z. Inferring the macroevolution of host plant associations in the endophagous moth genus Papaipema (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) based nuclear and mitochondrial phylogenetic data.
• Scott, V. and P.Z. Goldstein. Revisiting the bee fauna of Boulder County, Colorado: Do the available data refute pollinator decline?
• Simmons, T. and P.Z. Goldstein. Life history dynamics of New England's remnant population of Cicindela d. dorsalis (Coleoptera: Carabidae).

Technical Reports

• Goldstein, P.Z. 1991. Lepidopteran survey in calcareous fens of Berkshire County, Mass. Prepared for the Massachusetts Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program (MNHESP).
• Goldstein, P.Z. 1992a. Survey for Lepidoptera and Formicidae at Manuel F. Correllus State Forest and nearby areas, Dukes County, Mass. Prepared for MNHESP.
• Goldstein, P.Z. 1992b. Informative occurrences of insects in the Manuel F. Corellus State Forest, Martha's Vineyard Island, Massachusetts: Comments and management recommendations. Prepared for MNHESP.
• Nothnagle, P., T. Simmons, and P. Z. Goldstein. 1993. Cicindela dorsalis dorsalis: Population and habitat conditions on Martha's Vineyard, 1990-1992. Prepared for MNHESP.
• Goldstein, P.Z. 1994. Update of rare insect occurrences in the Manuel F. Corellus State Forest and vicinity, Martha’s Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Documentation of regionally rare insects and management recommendations. Prepared for MNHESP.
• Goldstein, P.Z. and D.L. Wagner. 1994. Calcareous fen insect assemblages: Insect occurrences at Schenob Brook Fen and Jug End Fen, Berkshire County, Mass. Prepared for MNHESP.
• Nothnagle, P. J., T. Simmons, and P. Z. Goldstein. 1995. Cicindela dorsalis: Population and habitat conditions on Martha's Vineyard, 1990-1994. Prepared for MNHESP.
• Goldstein, P.Z. 1997. A preliminary inventory of rare insect occurrences on Nashawena Island: Historical perspective and implications for ecological management priorities. Prepared for The Trustees of Reservations. Beverly, MA.
• Goldstein, P.Z. 1999. Reintroduction strategy for the Imperial Moth Eacles imperialis to mainland Massachusetts. Prepared for MNHESP.
• Goldstein, P.Z. and T. Simmons. 1997. An evaluation of the draft ecosystem management plan for the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest: Priorities, strategies, and recommendations revisited. Prepared for MNHESP.
• Nothnagle, P. J., P. Z. Goldstein, and T. Simmons. 1997. Cicindela dorsalis population and habitat conditions on Martha's Vineyard: 1996. Prepared for MNHESP.
• Nothnagle, P.J., T. Simmons and P. Z. Goldstein. 1998. Monitoring adults, larvae, and habitat conditions of the Northeastern Beach tiger beetle, Cicindela dorsalis on Martha's Vineyard in 1998. Prepared for MNHESP.
• Goldstein, P.Z. 1999. Designing a reintroduction strategy for the Imperial Moth Eacles imperialis to mainland Massachusetts. Prepared for MNHESP.
• Nothnagle, P., T. Simmons, and P. Goldstein. 2000. Monitoring of the Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle Cicindela d. dorsalis in Massachusetts in 1999. Prepared for MNHESP and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Division 6, Hanover, NH.
• Goldstein, P.Z., S. Hall, B. Hart, S. Roble, J. Shuey. 2004. Evaluation of Relationships and Conservation Status within the Neonympha mitchellii Complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). U.S.F.W.S., Raleigh, N.C.
• Goldstein, P.Z. 2011. Targeted Lepidopteran Inventories at Long Point Wildlife Refuge and Wasque Reservation 2010. Final report submitted to The Trustees of Reservations. 9 January, 2011. 38pp., 3 tables.
• Goldstein, P.Z. 2011. Targeted inventories of state-listed moths at four properties managed by The Nature Conservancy on Martha's Vineyard, MA. Final report submitted to The Nature Conservancy, Massachusetts Islands Office. 10 January 2011. 31pp., 3 tables.
• Goldstein, P.Z. 2012. Targeted inventories of state-listed moths at four properties managed by The Nature Conservancy on Martha's Vineyard, MA: 2011 Final report submitted to The Nature Conservancy, Massachusetts Islands Office. 14 February 2012. 25pp., 3 tables.

Invited presentations and seminars

May, 1991: Rocky Hill, CT. Southern New England's Rare & Endangered Invertebrates Symposium.
May, 1992: Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA. Southern New England's Rare & Endangered Invert. Symp.
August, 1993: Vineyard Haven, MA. Wakeman Conservation Center environmental lecture series.
October, 1993: Yale University, New Haven, CT. Connecticut Entomological Society.
March, 1994: Newport, R.I. Entomological Society of America, Eastern Branch Meeting.
April, 1994: University of Massachusetts. Native Grasslands and Heathlands of the Northeast Conference
August, 1994: Vineyard Haven, MA. Wakeman Conservation Center Environmental Lecture Series.
March, 1995: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Cambridge Entomological Society.
December, 1995: Las Vegas, NV. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting
February, 1996: Melbourne, Australia. Symposium on Setting Conservation Priorities
June, 1996: Smithsonian Institution/U.S.D.A., Washington, D.C.
December, 1998: Field Museum, Chicago, IL.
February, 1999: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
November, 1999: Chicago, IL. University of Chicago.
December, 1999: Atlanta, GA. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting.
July, 2000: University of Reading, U.K. [Keynote lecture, Natural Environment Research Council Conference]
October, 2000. University of Maryland, College Park.
April, 2001: American Museum of Natural History. Conservation Genetics in the Age of Genomics conference.
November, 2001: University of Wisconsin, Parkside.
March, 2002: Turners Falls, MA. Pine barrens invertebrate conservation symposium.
December, 2002: University of Minnesota, St. Paul.
March 2003: New England Invertebrate Conservation Symposium (co-coordinator). Turner's Falls, MA.
March, 2003: University of California, Berkeley.
April, 2004: University of Florida, Gainesville.
July, 2005: Lepidopterists’ Society Annual Meeting, Sierra Vista, AZ
September, 2005: Dept. of Entomology & Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
November, 2005: Dept. of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
October, 2006. Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville.
November, 2006. Budapest, Hungary. Noctuidological Conference.
October, 2007. The Wildlife Society, New England Chapter. Hadley, MA.
October, 2009. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
December, 2009. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN.
April, 2012. Entomological Society of Washington, Washington, DC
May, 2012. Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative, Nantucket, MA [keynote]

Other Professional Presentations

August, 1990: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. Xerces Society Annual Meeting.
July, 1993: University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Lepidopterists’ Society Annual Meeting.
July, 1993: University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Lepidopterists' Society Annual Meeting. [2 presentations]
October, 1993: University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. Population Biologists of New England Annual Meeting
December, 1993: Indianapolis, IN. Entomological Society of America national meeting.
December, 1997: Nashville, TN. Entomological Society of America national meeting.
August, 1999: Sierra Vista, AZ. Lepidopterists' Society Annual Meeting.
September, 1999: Gottingen, Germany. Willi Hennig Society Annual Meeting. [2 presentations]
November, 2002: Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Entomological Society of America national meeting.
July, 2003. New York, N.Y. Willi Hennig Society Annual Meeting.
October, 2003: Cincinnati, OH. Entomology Collections Network.
October, 2003: Cincinnati, OH. Entomological Society of America national meeting.
July, 2004. University of Maryland. Lepidopterists' Society Annual Meeting.
October, 2004. Chicago, IL. Natural Areas Conference Annual Meeting.
November, 2004. Salt Lake City, UT. Entomological Society of America national meeting.
July, 2005. Sierra Vista, AZ. Lepidopterists' Society Annual Meeting.
June, 2006. Gainesville, FL. Lepidopterists' Society Annual Meeting.
December, 2006. Indianapolis, IN. Entomological Society of America national meeting.
December, 2007. San Diego, CA. Entomological Society of America national meeting.
December, 2010. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
November, 2011. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Reno, NV

Exhibition Development

2004. Curator and content specialist, "Night Visions: The Secret Designs of Moths." Field Museum of Natural History.
2001. Curator and content specialist, "Living Colors: A Butterfly Garden." Field Museum of Natural History.
2000. Consultant, "Rupturing Beauty." Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago.

Miscellaneous Service

Entomological Society of America

• Co-organizer, Richard Vane-Wright Symposium, 2004.
• Organizer, Invertebrate conservation symposium. Eastern branch, 1995.

• Co-Chair, 2005 Annual Meeting, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• Symposium co-coordinator (“Technical standards for the collection, extraction, vouchering and archiving of insect tissues and DNA for molecular systematics studies”), Cincinatti, 2003.

Society Membership

Entomology Society of America, Lepidopterists' Society, New York Entomological Society, Society for Conservation Biology, Society for Systematic Biology, The Wildlife Society (New England Chapter), Willi Hennig Society.