Division of Arthropods
open weekdays 8am - 5pm
visitors welcome by appointment
information for visitors
phone: (505) 277-1360
fax: (505) 277-1351
museum administrator
Personnel of the Division of Arthropods
Faculty and Staff
| Name | Title | Phone | |
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| Kelly B. Miller, PhD | Curator | kbmiller@unm.edu | (505) 277-2496 |
| David C. Lightfoot, PhD | Senior Collection Manager | dlightfo@unm.edu | (505) 277-4225 |
| Jade McLellan | Sevilleta LTER Native Bee Monitoring Study | jmclellan@unm.edu | (505) 277-4225 |
Graduate Students
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Shannon Rollins | Ph.D. Student; sky Island insect parasites | srollins1@unm.edu |
| Simon Donenski | Ph.D. Candidate; butterfly conservation | sdoneski@unm.edu |
| Adalberto Ubinas | Ph.D. Student; pinon pine insects | aubinas@unm.edu |
| Aurelia Valente | Ph.D. Student; arthropod behavior, outreach education | avalente@unm.edu |
| Emily Schmitt | Ph.D. Candidate; grasshopper ecology | emilygrant@unm.edu |
| Manogya Chandar | Ph.D. Student; Sevilleta LTER native bee ecology | |
| Thomas Bulger | M.S. Student; butterfly conservation | tbulger@unm.edu |
| Brandon Kennard | M.S. Student; beetle systematics | brandonddt@unm.edu |
| Parkrit Jain | Ph.D Student; Arachnid systematics | parkritjain@unm.edu |
Undergraduate Students
| Dewey Devivi; Assistant Collection Manager; collection management, tiger beetles, Lepidoptera drdewster@unm.edu | |
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| Melanie Gonzales; Museum Assistant, native bee ecology mgonzales22@unm.edu | |
| Harmony Martinez; Museum Assistant, Sevilleta LTER bee monitoring, MSBA outreach hamartinez127@unm.edu | |
| Daniel Green; Museum Assistant, tiger beetles, aquatic invertebrates dgreen4@unm.edu | |
Division Research Associates and Former Curators
| Name | Title | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Manuel Molles, PhD | Curator Emeritus; Aquatic insect ecology | University of New Mexico, MSB |
| Julie McIntyre, PhD | Research Associate; Insect ecology, conservation | University of New Mexico, MSB |
| Ana Davidson, PhD | Research Associatek; Insect ecology, conservation | Colorado State Univ., Dept. Fish, Wildlife & Conservation |
| Robert Parmenter, PhD | Research Associate; Insect ecology, coleoptera | Valles Caldera National Preserve, Univ. NM, MSB |
| Ernest Valdez, PhD | Research Associate; Insect ecolology | US Geological Survey |
| Steve Cary, MS | Research Associate; Lepidoptera, butterflies | University of New Mexico, MSB |
| Michael Toliver, MS | Research Associate; Lepidoptera | University of New Mexico, MSB |
| Matthew Leister, MS | Research Associate; Arachnid taxonomy/ecology | University of New Mexico, Biology Dept., BEMP |
| Sandra L. Brantley, PhD | Research Associate; Arachnid taxonomy/ecology | University of New Mexico, MSB |
| Quinlyn Baine, PhD | Research Associate; Insect evolution and conservation | Albuquerque BioPark Society |
| Rick Buss, PhD | Research Associate; Coleoptera systematics | University of New Mexico, MSB |
| Elliott Gordon | Research Associate; New Mexico arthropods, Coleoptera: Ripiphoidae | University of New Mexico, MSB |
| David Sandstrom | Research Associate; Tenebrionidae, ecology, physiology, systematics | University of New Mexico, MSB |