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Daniel Robinson Clark is a Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Mary Liz Jameson at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas, and he is pursing a Masters Degree in Biological Sciences. In 2006, he received a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University-Idaho in Biology. During his time as an undergraduate, he traveled to Costa Rica to participate in the ALAS project’s entomological survey. His primary academic focus includes entomological systematics, evolution, natural history, and biogeography, especially within the order Coleoptera. He also enjoys sharing his love of insects through public and academic education.
In addition to his collegiate work, Daniel has vast experience working in the field of entomology. In the summer of 2006, he assisted in a field study for Dr. Bill Bridgeland’s doctoral project identifying insects. He later worked for the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food’s entomology lab conducting surveys and watching out for introduced species focusing on the families Tortricidae (Lepidoptera), Siricidae (Hymenoptera), and Cerambycidae and Buprestidae (Coleoptera) while paying particular attention to the subfamily Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and existing invasive species within the state, the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) and gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar). He also worked closely with the public dealing with a Japanese beetle infestation in Orem, Utah. While employed at UDAF, he volunteered in the Brigham Young University Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum’s insect collection in sorting, mounting, and preserving specimens. During his volunteer work, he dealt extensively with the identification of carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae), especially those in the genus Nicrophorus. |
