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Tharina Bird
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Robert A. Wharton
Department of
Entomology Education: B.S., Biological Sciences, 1969, Calif. State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo; M.S., Zoology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1971; Ph.D., Entomology, University of California, Berkeley, 1976 Appointments: Postdoctoral Fellow, Namib Desert Res. Station, Namibia (Invertebrate Ecology), 11/1978–2/1980; Postdoctoral Fellow, Texas A&M Univ. (Medfly Biological Control), 5/1980–11/1981; Assistant Professor, Dept. Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, 11/1981–3/1987; Associate Professor, Dept. Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, 4/1987–8/1993; Professor, Dept. Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, 9/1993–. Research Interests: My primary research interests are in the taxonomy and systematics of the hymenopteran family, Braconidae. However, I did extensive research in the mid- to late-1980’s on the taxonomy, systematics, diversity, and behavior of Namibian Solifugae and am excited by the prospect of rejuvenating a research program on African solifuges. |
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