Invertebrate Zoology Staff

CMNH Invertebrate Staff, Research Associates, Graduate Students, Past Interns and Volunteers

Joe B. Keiper, Ph.D. Curator
Director of Science & Curator of Invertebrate Zoology
(216) 231-4600, ext. 3315
jkeiper@cmnh.org

Tom Pucci
Assistant Curator
(216) 231-4600, ext. 3314
tpucci@cmnh.org

Research Associates

Jim Ciha; Lepidoptera

Ferenc A. de Szalay, Ph.D. – Kent State University; Wetland invertebrates

Benjamin A. Foote, Ph.D. – Kent State University; Diptera

Yezid Gutierrez, M.D., Ph.D.; Parasitology

David J. Horn, Ph.D. – Ohio State University; Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Biodiversity

Andrew K. Swanson, Ph.D. – Case Western Reserve University; Ecophysiology

Jerry Wiedmann, Ph.D.; Lepidoptera

Graduate Students

Kurt Broz, M.S. Student – John Carroll University

Christine Cook, M.S. Student – John Carroll University (Completed 2006)
– Thesis: Microhabitat distribution of aquatic invertebrates in Winous Point Marsh Conservancy

Kaloyan Ivanov, Ph.D. Student – Cleveland State University
– Dissertation: Effects of urbanization on ant communities in northeastern Ohio, USA

Trish MacKeigan, M.S. Student – Cleveland State University
– Thesis: Effects of three vegetation management strategies on plant and insect communities in a northeastern Ohio sand barrens

Jen Milligan, Ph.D. Student – Cleveland State University

Past Interns

Leigh Hutchison, 2001 (Invertebrates of newly created vernal pools) – College of Wooster

Elizabeth “Biz” Turnell, 2002 (Invertebrates of newly created vernal pools) – Yale Univ.

Robin AKA “Lenny” Latkovitch, 2003 (Invertebrates of newly created vernal pools)

Lisa Rasbach, 2004 (Mosquito predation by Odonata)

Lindsay Parker, 2004 (Caddisfly biology and illustration) – Cleveland Institute of Art

Duncan Sanford, 2004 (Forensic entomology) – Middlebury College

Kurt Broz, 2005 (Forensic entomology) – Baldwin Wallace College

Jessica Taylor, 2005 (Forensic entomology) – Youngstown State University

Laura Bock, 2006 (Forensic entomology and illustration) – Cleveland Institute of Art

Artemisa Kerci, 2006 (Caddisflies of sand barrens spring seepages) – Baldwin Wallace Coll.

Volunteers

Ruth Chase, Entomology Volunteer

Hans Clebsch, Entomology Volunteer (Hymenoptera, particularly Diapriidae systematics)

Barbara Coleman, Entomology Volunteer (Lepidoptera)

Max Proffitt, Ph.D., Entomology Volunteer

Pete Schrier, Ph.D., Malacology Volunteer (Marine mollusks)