Staff and other Personnel

Curator

Kelly B. Miller, PhD, Associate Proffesor: kbmiller(AT)unm.edu Note:(AT) = @

Research: Beetle (Dytiscidae, Hydradephaga, Cucujoidea), web-spinner (Embiidina),

and grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) phylogeny and systematics.

Senior Collection Managers

Sandra L. Brantley, PhD, Research Associate Professor: sbrantle(AT)unm.edu

Research: Spider ecology, systematics.

David C. Lightfoot, PhD, Research Associate Professor: dlightfo(AT)unm.edu

Research: Grasshopper, cricket, katydid systematics, ecology.

Graduate Student Museum Assistant

Rachael Mallis, doctoral student (systematics of spiders).

Emeritus Curators

Manuel Molles, PhD (Rio Grande bosque ecology, carabid beetle and aquatic insect systematics).

Museum Research Associates

Gavin J. Svenson, PhD, Museum Research Associate (Mantid systematics).

Jean-Luc Cartron, PhD, Museum Research Associate (Rio Grande bosque ecology).

Ana Davidson, PhD, Museum Research Associate (Chihuahuan Desert grassland ecology).

Eric Metzler, PhD, Museum Research Associate (moth (Lepidoptera) systematics).

Robert Parmenter, PhD, Museum Research Associate (disease, restoration ecology).

Ernest Valdez, PhD, Museum Research Associate (insects and bats).

Michele Price, PhD, Museum Research Associate (sap beetle (Nitidulidae) systematics).

Graduate Students

Grey Gustafson doctoral student, (systematics of Gyrinidae water beetles).

Heidi Hopkins, PhD candidate, (systematics and behavior of cockroaches).

Nathan Lord, PhD candidate, (systematics of bothriderid beetles (Bothrideridae)).

Rachael Mallis, doctoral student, (systematics of the jumping spider genus Pellenes).

Mike Medrano, PhD candidate, (systematics of millipedes).

Eugenio Nearns, PhD candidate, (systematics of longhorned beetles (Cerambycidae)).

Karen Wright, PhD candidate, (systematics and ecology of Southwestern native bees).

Undergraduate Museum Technicians

Stephen Baca, Museum Technician, Coleoptera.

Nicholas Homziak, Museum Technician, Lepidoptera.

Sarah Jogi, Museum Technician.

Matthew Leister, Museum Technician, Arachnids.

Emily Schmeltzer, Museum Technician.

Museum Volunteers

Sharyn Davidson, Museum Technician.