David Hawks

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Staff Research Associate, Sequencer Extrodinaire

As a Staff Research Associate in the laboratory of Dr. John M. Heraty, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside, I am responsible for conducting directed projects involving the systematics of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera), and Scarabaeiodea (Coleoptera), including specimen preparation and curation.  Other duties are to assist with laboratory maintenance, assist with supervision of employees and graduate students, and assist with the preparation of materials for several courses.  Most recently, I have been most active in chalcidoid and scarabaeoid molecular systematics research, and am currently sequencing several genes for the recently-funded NSF Hymenoptera Tree of Life project.  Occasionally, I assist with manuscript preparation, especially in terms of proofreading, producing scanning electron micrographs and other photographs, and other forms of figure preparation.  I assisted in the design and performance of several kinds of field and laboratory experiments involving the systematics and ecology of chalcidoid wasps and scarabaeiod beetles.

 In February 2001, my photography and research on Jewel Scarabs (genus Chrysina) was featured in National Geographic Magazine.  See the following links for information about this project:  www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0102/feature3/

www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0102/feature3/assignment2.html

For more information about my research interests in scarab beetles, go to my page at the site dedicated to worldwide scarab beetle workers: 

www-museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/workers/DHawks.htm

Membership in Scientific Societies: 

                  Entomological Society of America

                  Lepidopterists’ Society

                  Coleopterists Society

                  Xerces Society (for invertebrate conservation)

                  Center for Systematic Entomology

                  Entomology Collections Network

Publications: 

Authored or co-authored several publications in refereed journals on various topics including insect systematics, ecology, specimen preparation methodology, agricultural entomology and urban entomology.