Andrew Smith
Since 2001, I have been collaborating with David Hawks and John Heraty on a large- scale molecular phylogenetics project focusing on scarab beetles. During this time, I have visited and worked in the Heraty molecular lab at UCR on numerous occasions. To date, we have compiled enormous datasets for taxa ranging across the superfamily Scarabaeoidea. A preliminary overview of this work was published recently (Smith et al. 2006) and several detailed more technical papers will follow soon. Through this collaboration, we are also in a partnership with the Beetle Tree of Life (BToL) project to reconstruct the higher-level phylogeny of the Coleoptera.

Contact information:                               
Research Division                      
Canadian Museum of Nature    
P.O. Box 3443, Station D
Ottawa, ON, K1P 6P4
Canada
Tel: (613) 364-4070
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A recent introductory paper on the molecular phylogenetics of scarabs can be found here

Further information about my research and professional experience can be found here

More information about the Beetle Tree of Life project can be found here

Up close and personal with Chiasognathus grantii in Chile