The Abbott Lab : Summer 2005

The Abbott Lab
Insect Biodiversity and Systematics

	Aaron Smith: BeetleMan Interests: Beetle Systematics, Metal, and Veggies
	Natalie Blum: Volunteer I am a volunteer at the Abbott lab. I have been working on sorting and doing field work for about 3 months now, and soon will actually morph into an insect myself. Over these last few months, I have developed an obsessive fascination with all things insect and am currently completing talks with local plastic surgeons to aid in my total entomo-transformation. I also plan to break the lease at my apartment and move to a place I have selected in the Green Belt where I can properly pupate and possibly overwinter in the soft mud. Over the next few months, I plan on mating as frequently as possible, laying my eggs in a stream, and then dying, of course, with my legs pointed straight in the air.
	Ahmar Hashmi: Ant-Mar the Ant Master a.k.a. Moppy Magoo All unkempt, disorganized formicid collections quiver when they hear my name. Fear my pin! Fear my pointing prowess! I am Ant-Mar, Lord of the Collection, Keeper of the Moppy Hair. Oh, and my greatest love is a toss up between Leonard Cohen and Crematogaster.
	Will Kuhn: Undergraduate Researcher Research Interests: Lepidoptera! Also looking at whether Dyar's Law is a good model for the growth of Culex tarsalis.
	Emily Maloney: Undergraduate Researcher Research interests: Trapping, sorting, and curating insects from two EcoLab properties, as well as from our National Guard base sites. When I'm not busy with those projects, I help out in Dr. Wood's lab doing hypoxia selection on Manduca sexta eggs. Besides insects, I like to do crossword puzzles (Go Team Lexicon), hike, read, go to happy hour, and daydream about my summer trip to Australia/Fiji.
	Marie Medina: Research Assistant/Field Mistress Feel my wrath! All who fail to bow before me shall suffer the pain that is I - The Great Medina! The earth shall drink much blood and the ground shall shake as I take my vengance on the undeserving. Hail, hail, hail!
	Alex Shepherd: Undergraduate Researcher Research Interest: Studying the natural history of two coenagrionid damselfly species, Argia leonorae (Leonora's Dancer) and A. barretti (Comanche Dancer) in the Texas Hill Country.
	Phebe VanDerMeer: Undergraduate Researcher My current research involves describing Erpetogomphis eutainea. In my free time I enjoy crossdressing with an emphasis on old women's clothing, oh, and collecting and learning about insects. My favorite colors include all of those residing on the infra red or ultra violet portions of the spectrum, and as a hidden superpower, I can spit crickets 9+ meters (on a good day, when the wind is at my back)