Current Lab Members
John M. Heraty
Professor of Entomology
Research Interests: Morphological and molecular systematics of Chalcidoidea, cladistic methodology; biological control, evolutionary biology.
john.heraty [at] ucr.edu
Roger A. Burks
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Interests: Systematics of parasitoid Hymenoptera, with focus on identification and phylogenetics
burks.roger [at] gmail.com
Austin Baker
Graduate Student
Research Interests: Hymenopteran systematics, ant parasitism, next-generation sequencing
bakerau73 [at] gmail.com
Krissy Dominguez
Graduate Student
Research Interests: Systematics of Mymaridae
cdomi009 [at] ucr.edu
Robert Luke Kresslein
Graduate Student
Research Interests: Systematics of Encarsia and other Aphelinidae
rkres001 [at] ucr.edu
Ryan Perry
Graduate Student
Research Interests: Systematics and biology of Eulophidae, with focus on the tribe Cirrospilini
r13perry [at] ucr.edu
Tiffany Domer
Student
Research Interests: Systematics and biology of Tetrastichinae and fossil Eulophidae
tdome001 [at] ucr.edu
Alumni
Astrid Cruaud
Research associate (CR2, INRA)
Research Interests: I am an evolutionary biologist interested in phylogenetics and biogeography of insects especially pests and their natural enemies
cruaud [at] supagro.inra.fr
John Hash
Natural History Museum, Washington, DC/p>
Research Interests: Systematics and natural history of phorid flies, parasitoid/host interactions, alpha taxonomy, phylogenetics methods, morphology
jhash001 [at] ucr.edu
Scott Heacox
CNAS Center for Conservation Biology
Research Interests: Desert Ecology
sheac001 [at] ucr.edu
Judith Herreid
PhD student University of Wyoming
Research Interests: Hymenopteran systematics, Parasitoid behavior and ecology, Extrafloral nectary insect interactions
jherr019 [at] ucr.edu
Johan Liljeblad
Taxonomist, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research Interests: Systematics and morphology of Hymenoptera, especially Cynipoidea and Chalcidoidea
cynips_zoo [at] hotmail.com
Jason L. Mottern
United States Department of Agriculture APHIS Molecular Systematics Laboratory
Research Interests: Taxonomy and systematics of chalcidoid wasps, with particular interest in the families Aphelinidae and Eucharitidae
jmott002 [at] ucr.edu
James Munro
Bioinformatics Analyst, Institute for Genome Science, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Research Interests: Bioinformatics and computational biology, phylogenetics, transcriptomics, differential gene expression
jbmunro [at] gmail.com
Elizabeth Murray
Assistant Professor, Washington State University
Research Interests: Systematics of Eucharitidae and Chrysidoidea
emurr001 [at] ucr.edu
Junxia Zhang
Associate Professor Hebei University, China
Molecular systematics of Chalcidoidea, ants and spiders
jxzhang1976 [at] 163.com
