The Abbott Lab
Insect Biodiversity and Systematics

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!


Glené Mynhardt: Research Assistant

Research interests: Systematics of Scarabaeidae, in particular the Scarabaeinae (true dung beetles); describing the evolution of behavior in dung beetles, through systematic approaches (morphological and molecular phylogenetics); biogeography, diversity, conservation, and the agricultural applications of dung beetles in pasture ecosystems