Australian eumenine at water
I teach in several courses in the Division of Zoology, as well as in the Biological Sciences core and in the Division of Ecology.
I also offer a field course in Insect Biodiversity (ECOLOGY/ZOOLOGY 507.89) during August at the Barrier Lake site of the Kananaskis Field Stations of the University of Calgary.
Students are welcome to contact me for information on these courses involving independent study and research. It is a good idea to approach any advisor for an independent studies course in the term prior to that in which you hope to do the work (e.g. Winter 2000 for Fall 2000).
I am interested in insect behaviour and systematics, in particular the behaviour and systematics of wasps of the family Vespidae, a family which includes the familiar yellowjackets, paper wasps and hornets, as well as a much larger number of solitary and subsocial species. Projects currently underway include male dimorphism and mating systems in solitary wasps of the genus Synagris, a catalogue of Afrotropical eumenine wasps, diversity of Vespidae in Alberta and western North America and studies of insect diversity in altered habitats.
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