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Derek Scott Sikes Curriculum Vitae Curator of Insects, Professor of Entomology University of Alaska Museum Institute of Arctic Biology Department of Biology and Wildlife Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-6960 Phone: (907) 474-6278 fax: (907) 474-5469 e-mail: [email protected] last update: 20 May 2019 Principal Research Interests Systematics: molecular and morphological based phylogenetics, taxonomy, and faunistics of nonmarine arthropods, principally Alaskan. Tertiary Education Ph.D., Systematic Entomology - University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. May, 2003 (Major advisor, C. W. Schaefer). MS, Entomology- Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. December 1994. (Major advisor, M. A. Ivie). BA, Biology- University of California, Santa Cruz, CA. April 1992 (Major advisor, D. K. Letourneau). Positions 2018- Curator of Insects, Professor, University of Alaska Museum, Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 2011-2018 Curator of Insects, Associate Professor, University of Alaska Museum, Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 2006-2011 Curator of Insects, Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Museum, Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 2003-2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB CV highlights - 66 Peer reviewed journal articles since 1993 - 48 Peer reviewed journal articles since starting at UAF in 2006 (3.7 /yr) - $1.734739M total in grants and contracts at UAF (3 NSF) - Google Scholar Metrics: Citations: 1706, h-index: 19 - 30 invited presentations - 6 graduate students graduated, 1 PhD, 5 MS

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Page 1: Derek Scott Sikes - University of Alaska FairbanksDerek Scott Sikes Curriculum Vitae Curator of Insects, Professor of Entomology University of Alaska Museum Institute of Arctic Biology

Derek Scott Sikes

Curriculum Vitae

Curator of Insects, Professor of Entomology University of Alaska Museum

Institute of Arctic Biology Department of Biology and Wildlife

Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-6960 Phone: (907) 474-6278 fax: (907) 474-5469

e-mail: [email protected]

last update: 20 May 2019

Principal Research Interests

Systematics: molecular and morphological based phylogenetics, taxonomy, and faunistics of nonmarine arthropods, principally Alaskan.

Tertiary Education

Ph.D., Systematic Entomology - University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. May, 2003 (Major advisor, C. W. Schaefer).

MS, Entomology- Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. December 1994. (Major advisor, M. A. Ivie).

BA, Biology- University of California, Santa Cruz, CA. April 1992 (Major advisor, D. K. Letourneau).

Positions

2018- Curator of Insects, Professor, University of Alaska Museum, Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK

2011-2018 Curator of Insects, Associate Professor, University of Alaska Museum, Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK

2006-2011 Curator of Insects, Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Museum, Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK

2003-2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

CV highlights

- 66 Peer reviewed journal articles since 1993 - 48 Peer reviewed journal articles since starting at UAF in 2006 (3.7 /yr) - $1.734739M total in grants and contracts at UAF (3 NSF) - Google Scholar Metrics: Citations: 1706, h-index: 19 - 30 invited presentations - 6 graduate students graduated, 1 PhD, 5 MS

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Refereed Publications (* indicate students I have mentored or co-mentored)

66. Klimaszewski J, Sikes DS, Brunke A, Bourdon C (2019) Species review of the genus Boreophilia Benick from North America (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Athetini): Systematics, habitat, and distribution. ZooKeys 848: 57–102. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.848.34846 65. Gillespie, M.A.K., Alfredsson, M., Barrio, I.C., Bowden, J. J., Convey, P.,Coulson, S.J., Culler, L. E., Dahl, M. T., Daly, K. M., Koponen, S., Loboda, S., Marusik, Y., Sandström, J.P., Sikes, D.S., Slowik, J., Høye, T.T. 2019. Circumpolar terrestrial arthropod monitoring: A review of ongoing activities, opportunities and challenges, with a focus on spiders. Ambio. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01185-y 64. Gillespie, M.A.K., Alfredsson, M., Barrio, I.C., Bowden, J. J., Convey, P., Culler, L. E., Coulson, S.J., Krogh, P. H., Koltz, A.M., Koponen, S., Loboda, S., Marusik, Y., Sandström, J.P., Sikes, D.S., Høye, T.T. 2019. Status and trends of terrestrial arthropod abundance and diversity in the North Atlantic region of the Arctic. Ambio. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01162-5 63. Sikes, D.S. 2019. Diplura and Protura of Canada. In: Langor DW, Sheffield CS (Eds) The Biota of Canada – A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods. ZooKeys 819: 197–203. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.819.25238 62. Mullen, L. J.*, Campbell, J. M., Sikes, D. S. 2018. Taxonomic revision of the rove beetle genus Phlaeopterus Motschulsky, 1853 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). The Coleopterists Bulletin. Patricia Vaurie Series Monograph 16. 1-54. https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-72.mo4.1 61. Booysen, M.*, Sikes, D., Bowser, M., Andrews, R.* 2018. Earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) of Interior Alaska. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e27427. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e27427 60. Forbes, V., Sikes, D. 2018. A survey of beetles (Coleoptera) from the tundra surrounding the Nunalleq archaeological site, Quinhagak, southwestern Alaska. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e22788. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e22788 59. Sikes, D.S. and Barclay, M. 2017. The type of Nicrophorus chryseus Mazokhin-Porshnyakov, 1953, (Coleoptera: Silphidae) rediscovered, and a commentary on “accidental taxonomy.” The Coleopterists Bulletin 71(4): 721-726. DOI.org/10.1649/0010-065X-71.4.721 58. Sikes, D.S. M. Bowser, K. Daly*, T. T. Høye, S. Meierotto*, L. Mullen*, J. Slowik*, J. Stockbridge* 2017. The value of museums in the production, sharing, and use of entomological data to document hyperdiversity of the changing North. Arctic Science 3: 498-514. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/AS-2016-0038 57. Seltmann, Katja C., Neil S. Cobb, Lawrence F. Gall, Charles R. Bartlett, M. Anne Basham, Isabelle Betancourt, Christy Bills, Benjamin Brandt, Richard L. Brown, Charles Bundy, Michael S. Caterino, Caitlin Chapman, Anthony Cognato, Julia Colby, Stephen P. Cook, Kathryn M. Daly*, Lee A. Dyer, Nico M. Franz, Jon K. Gelhaus, Christopher C. Grinter, Charles E. Harp, Rachel L. Hawkins, Steve L. Heydon, Geena M. Hill, Stacey Huber, Norman Johnson, Akito Y. Kawahara, Lynn S. Kimsey, Boris C. Kondratieff, Frank-Thorsten Krell, Luc Leblanc, Sangmi Lee, Christopher J. Marshall, Lindsie M. Mccabe, Joseph V. Mchugh, Katrina L. Menard, Paul A. Opler, Nicole Palffy-Muhoray, Nick Pardikes, Merrill A. Peterson, Naomi E. Pierce, Andre Poremski, Derek S. Sikes, Jason D. Weintraub, David Wikle, Jennifer M. Zaspel, Gregory Zolnerowich. 2017. LepNet: The Lepidoptera of North America Network. Zootaxa 4247 (1): 073–077 doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.10

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56. Sikes, D.S., M. Bowser, J. M. Morton, C. Bickford*, S. Meierotto*, K. Hildebrandt. 2017. Building a DNA barcode library of Alaska’s non-marine arthropods. Genome 60: 248-259 doi: 10.1139/gen-2015-0203 55. Sikes, D.S, S. T. Trumbo, S.B. Peck. 2016. Cryptic diversity in the New World burying beetle fauna: Nicrophorus hebes Kirby, 1837; new status as a resurrected name (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 74(3): 299-309. Open access: http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/arthropodsystematics/asp_74_3/05_asp_74_3_sikes_299-309.pdf 54. Sikes, D.S., Copas, K., Hirsch, T., Longino, J.T., Schigel, D. 2016. On natural history collections, digitized and not: a response to Ferro and Flick. ZooKeys 618: 145–158. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.618.9986 53. Trumbo, S.T., D. S. Sikes, P. K. B. Philbrick. 2016. Parental care and competition with microbes in carrion beetles: a study of ecological adaptation. Animal Behaviour 118: 47-54 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.06.001

52. Klimaszewski J, Webster RP, Langor DW, Sikes D, Bourdon C, Godin B, Ernst C. 2016. A review of Canadian and Alaskan species of the genus Liogluta Thomson, and descriptions of three new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). In: Webster RP, Bouchard P, Klimaszewski J (Eds) The Coleoptera of New Brunswick and Canada: providing baseline biodiversity and natural history data. ZooKeys 573: 217–256. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.573.7878

51. Sikes, D.S., Allen, R.T. 2016. First Alaskan records and a significant northern range extension for two species of Diplura (Diplura, Campodeidae). ZooKeys 563: 147-157. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.563.6404

50. Sikes, D. S. and Chaboo, C.S. 2015. Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families. Silphidae. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 88: 184-185. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2317/kent-88-02-184-185.1

49. Klimaszewski, J., Webster, R.P., Sikes, D., Bourdon, C., Labrecque, M. 2015. A review of Canadian and Alaskan species of the genera Clusiota Casey and Atheta Thomson, subgenus Microdota Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) ZooKeys 524: 103-136 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.524.6105

48. Kerr, J. T., Pindar, A., Galpern, P., Packer, L., Potts, S. G., Roberts, S. M., Rasmont, P., Schweiger, O., Colla, S. R., Richardson, L.L., Wagner, D. L., Gall, L. F., Sikes, D. S., Pantoja, A. 2015. Climate change impacts on bumblebees converge across continents. Science 349 (6244): 177-180. doi: 10.1126/science.aaa7031

47. Bartlett, C. R., S. W. Wilson, D. S. Sikes. 2015. First New World record of Paradelphacodes paludosus (Flor 1861) (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea : Delphacidae) in Alaska. Entomological News, 124(5): 370-372. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3157/021.124.0511

46. Pampell, R.*, Sikes, D., Pantoja, A., Holloway, P., Knight, C., Ranft, R. 2015. Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus spp.) of interior Alaska: Species composition, distribution, seasonal biology, and parasites. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5085. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5085

45. Slowik, J.* and Sikes, D. S. 2015. Molecular systematics of the Pardosa groenlandica species complex (Araneae: Lycosidae): Large sample sizes fail to find monophyletic species. The Canadian Entomologist 147:643-664. doi:10.4039/tce.2014.87

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44. Scudder, G.G.E. and Sikes, D. S. 2014. Alaskan Heteroptera (Hemiptera): new records, associated data, and deletions. Zootaxa 3852 (3): 373-381. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3852.3.6

43. Ridling*, S. K., Scudder, G.G.E., Sikes, D. S., LaBounty, K. 2014. Sitka Bioblitz discovery produces first Notonecta (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) recorded in Alaska. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 116(2): 195-196.

42. Pantoja, A., Sikes, D. S., Hagerty, A. M., Emmert, S. Y., Rondon S. 2013(2014). Ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in the Conservation Reserve Program crop rotation systems in interior Alaska. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 110: 6-18.

41. Yoo, I.-S., Sikes, D.S., Ahn, K.-J. 2013. A redescripton of Lyrosoma pallidum (Eschscholtz) and distributional range extension of Lyrosoma Mannerheim (Coleoptera: Agyrtidae). ZooKeys 329: 23–32. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.329.4957

40. Bousquet, Y., Bouchard, P., Davies, A.E., and Sikes, D.S. 2013. Checklist of Beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second Edition. ZooKeys 360: 1–44. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.360.4742 [data paper] (BOOK): Pensoft Series Faunistica No 109, Sofia- Bulgaria, 402 pp. ISSN 1312-0174, ISBN 978-954-642-704-5

39. Slowik, J*. and Sikes, D.S. 2013. Synonymy of four Pardosa species (Araneae: Lycosidae) undiagnosable without geography. Journal of the Arachnological Society. 41: 327-334.

38. Sikes, D. S. and Venables, C*. 2013. Molecular phylogeny of the burying beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69: 552-565. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.07.022

The following papers based analyses in large part on the phylogeny of Sikes & Venables (2013): (4) Benowitz, K.M., Sparks, M.E., McKinney, E.C., Moore, P.J. and Moore, A.J., 2018. Variation in mandible development and its relationship to dependence on parents across burying beetles. Ecology and Evolution. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4713 (3) Engel, K.C., Hwang, W. and Steiger, S., 2018. A pheromone that coordinates parental care is evolutionary conserved among burying beetles (Silphidae: Nicrophorus). Chemoecology, pp.1-9. (2) Jarrett, B.J., Schrader, M., Rebar, D., Houslay, T.M. and Kilner, R.M., 2017. Cooperative interactions within the family enhance the capacity for evolutionary change in body size. Nature ecology & evolution, 1(7), p.0178. (1) Toussaint, E.F. and Condamine, F.L., 2016. To what extent do new fossil discoveries change our understanding of clade evolution? A cautionary tale from burying beetles (Coleoptera: Nicrophorus). Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 117(4), pp.686-704.

37. Walker, L.R. Sikes, D. S., DeGange, A. R., Jewett, S. C., Michaelson, G., Talbot, S. L., Talbot, S. S., Wang, B., and Williams, J. C. 2013(2014). Biological legacies direct early ecosystem recovery and food web reorganization after the eruption of Kasatochi Volcano, Alaska. Ecoscience. 20(3): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.2980/20-3-3603

36. Sikes, D. S. and Stockbridge, J.* 2013. Description of Caurinus tlagu, new species, from Prince of Wales Island, Alaska (Mecoptera, Boreidae, Caurininae). ZooKeys 316:35-53. (http://dx.doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.316.5400)

35. Sikes, D. S. and Mousseau, T*. 2013. Description of Nicrophorus efferens, new species, from Bougainville Island (Coleoptera, Silphidae, Nicrophorinae). ZooKeys 311: 83–93 (http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.311.5141)

34. Sikes, D. S., Draney, M. L. and Fleshman, B*. 2013. Unexpectedly high among–habitat spider faunal diversity (Araneae) from the Arctic Long Term Experimental Research (LTER) field

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station at Toolik Lake, Alaska, United States of America. The Canadian Entomologist 145: 219-226. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/tce.2013.5

33. Ferris, C. D., Kruse, J. J., Lafontaine, J. D., Philip, K. W., Schmidt, B. C., Sikes, D. S. 2012. A checklist of the Moths of Alaska. Zootaxa 3571: 1-25. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/zt03571p025.pdf

32. Shelley, R. M. and D. S. Sikes. 2012. Centipedes and Millipeds (Arthropoda: Diplopoda, Chilopoda) from Saba Island, Lesser Antilles, and a consolidation of major references on the myriapod fauna of “Lesser” Caribbean Islands. Insecta Mundi 0221: 1-9.

31. Slowik. J.*, D. S. Sikes. 2011. Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Saba Island, Lesser Antilles: Unusually high species richness indicates the Caribbean Biodiversity Hotspot is woefully undersampled. Insecta Mundi 0177: 1-9.

30. Mousseau, T.*, D. S. Sikes. 2011. Almost but not quite a subspecies: A case of genetic but not morphological diagnosibility in Nicrophorus (Coleoptera: Silphidae). The Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 102: 311-333. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01568.x

29. Hagelin, J. C., M. L. Perry, B. S. Ewen-Campen, D. S. Sikes, S. Sharbaugh. 2010. Habitat type is related to nest mass and fledging success of Arctic Warblers. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 122(4): 699-705. [all above and including this were published after 1 July 2010]

28. Smith, D. R., H. Goulet, D. S. Sikes. 2010. A new Pseudodineura Konow (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from Kasatochi Island, Alaska. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 112(3): 439-443.

27. Sikes, D. S., Slowik, J.* 2010. Terrestrial arthropods of pre- and post-eruption Kasatochi Island, Alaska, 2008-2009: A shift from a plant-based to a necromass-based food web. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research. 42: 297-305. http://dx.doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-42.3.297

26. Triebenbach, A. N.*, S. J. Vogl, L. Lotspeich-Col*, D. S. Sikes, G. M. Happ, and K. Hueffer. 2010. Detection of Francisella tularensis in Alaskan mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) and assessment of a laboratory model for transmission. Journal of Medical Entomology. 47: 639-648.

25. Majka, C. and D. S. Sikes. 2009. Thomas L. Casey and Rhode Island's precinctive beetles: Taxonomic lessons and the utility of distributional checklists. ZooKeys. 22: 267-283. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.22.93

24. Demain, J.G., Gessner, B.D., McLaughlin, J.B., Sikes, D.S., Foote, J.T. 2009. Increasing insect reactions in Alaska: Is this related to changing climate? Allergy & Asthma Proceedings 30: 238-243. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19549424

23. Nishikawa, M. and D. S. Sikes. 2008. New records and range extensions of Asian Silphidae (Coleoptera). Taichius Special Publication of the Japan Coleopterological Society, 2: 127-143.

22. Sikes, D. S., S. M. Vamosi, S. T. Trumbo, M. Ricketts*, C. Venables*. 2008. Molecular systematics and biogeography of Nicrophorus in part – The investigator

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species group (Coleoptera: Silphidae) using mixture model MCMC. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48: 646-666. [doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.04.034]

21. Zhang, A. B., D. S. Sikes, C. Muster, S. Q. Li. 2008. Inferring species membership via DNA barcoding with back-propagation neural networks. Systematic Biology, 57: 202-215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10635150802032982

20. Smith, G.*, S. T. Trumbo, D. S. Sikes, M. P. Scott and R. L. Smith. 2007. Host shift by the burying beetle, Nicrophorus pustulatus, a parasitoid of snake eggs. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 20: 2359-2399. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01404.x

19. Sikes, D. S., R. B. Madge and S. T. Trumbo. 2006. Revision of Nicrophorus in part: New species and inferred phylogeny of the nepalensis group based on evidence from morphology and mitochondrial DNA (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae). Invertebrate Systematics 20: 305-365. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS05020

18. Sikes, D. S. 2005. Silphidae. pp. 288-296 in: Handbook of Zoology, Volume IV Arthropoda: Insecta Part 38 (Kristensen, N. P. & Beutel, R. G. eds.), Coleoptera, Beetles Volume I: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemmata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim) (Beutel, R. G. & Leschen, R. A. B. eds.). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York xi + 567 pp. [Sikes, D. S. 2016. Silphidae. pp. 386-394 in : Handbook of Zoology, Arthropoda: Insecta (Beutel, R. G. & Kristensen, N. P. eds.), Coleoptera, Beetles Volume I: Morphology and Systematics (Archostemmata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim) 2nd edition (Beutel, R. G. & Leschen, R. A. B. eds.). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, New York xvii + 684 pp.] 17. Sikes, D. S., and R. P. Webster. 2005. Bioinventory of Rhode Island Coleoptera: 45 new records. Coleopterists Bulletin. 59(3):311-327. 16. Sikes, D. S. 2004. The Beetle Fauna of Rhode Island: An annotated checklist. Volume 3 of The Biota of Rhode Island. Rhode Island Natural History Survey, Kingston. 328 pp. (BOOK)

15. Sikes, D. S. 2003. The beetle fauna of the state of Rhode Island, USA (Coleoptera): 656 new state records. Zootaxa. 340: 1-38. 14. Růžička, J., J. Schneider, D. S. Sikes, J. Hava. 2003 ("2002"). Distribution records of carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) from China, Part II. Klapalekiana 38: 227-253. 13. Sikes D. S. 2002. Beetles of Block Island: Rare species that once occurred on the mainland. Chapter 11, pp. 183-191 in Paton, P. W., Gould, L. L., August, P. V. and Frost, A. O. (eds) The Ecology of Block Island: Proceedings of the Rhode Island Natural History Survey Conference, October 28, 2000. Rhode Island Natural History Survey, Kingston, RI. vii + 235 pp. 12. Sikes, D. S., R. B. Madge, A. F. Newton. 2002. A catalog of the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the world. Zootaxa 65: 1-304. (BOOK) 11. Sikes, D. S. and C. Raithel. 2002. A review of hypotheses of decline of the endangered American burying beetle (Silphidae: Nicrophorus americanus Olivier). Journal of Insect Conservation. 6: 103-113.

10. Sikes, D. S. 2002. Lessons in digital taxonomy: Software review of two digital catalogs. American Entomologist. 48(2): 76-81.

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9. Trumbo, S. T., M. Kon, & D. S. Sikes. 2001. The reproductive biology of Ptomascopus morio, a brood parasite of Nicrophorus. Journal of Zoology, 255(4): 543-560.

8. Trumbo, S. T. & D. S. Sikes. 2000. Intersexual selection on leg morphology in burying beetles. Entomological Science 3: 585-589.

7. Szalanski, A., D. S. Sikes, R. Bischof, M. Fritz. 2000. Population genetics and phylogenetics of the endangered American Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus americanus (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 93: 589-594.

6. Sikes, D. S. & S. B. Peck. 2000. Description of Nicrophorus hispaniola, new species, from Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Silphidae) and a key to the species of Nicrophorus of the New World. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 93:391-397. http://dx.doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2000)093[0391:DONHNS]2.0.CO;2

5. Sikes, D. S. and M. A. Ivie. 1998. Descriptions of Micromyrmex darlingtoni n. sp. from Jamaica and Micromyrmex spatulata n. sp. from Hispaniola (Curculionidae: Otidocephalina). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 100(1) 154-159.

4. Sikes, D. S. 1996. The natural history of Nicrophorus nigrita, a western nearctic species. (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 72: 70-81.

3. Ivie, M. A. and D. S. Sikes. 1995. Description of Micromyrmex asclepia, new species, with a redefinition of the genus and life history notes. Coleopterists Bulletin. 49:235-248.

2. Sikes, D. S. and M. A. Ivie. 1995. Predation of Anetia briarea Godart (Nymphalidae: Danainae) at aggregation sites: A potential threat to the survival of a rare montane butterfly in the Dominican Republic. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 49:223-233.

1. Sikes, D. S. 1993. The black burying beetle, Nicrophorus nigrita Mannerheim, displays red maculations. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 47:231-232.

Work in Progress

4. Sikes, D. S. and R. B. Madge. World key to adults of extant species of the subfamily Nicrophorinae and description of a new genus and species (Coleoptera: Silphidae). to be submitted to Zookeys.

3. Fleshman, B*., Draney, M. and D. S. Sikes. An update to the Alaska Spider Checklist. to be submitted to Zootaxa.

2. Ruzicka, J., D. S. Sikes, M. Nishikawa. A taxonomic revision of the genus Diamesus (Coleoptera: Silphidae), with description of larva of D. osculans. to be submitted to Zootaxa.

1. Sikes, D. S., C. J. Raithel, R. W. Enser, D. L. Wagner, N. B. Webster*. Tiger beetles of Connecticut and Rhode Island (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindela): Conservation Status. to be submitted to Northeastern Naturalist.

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Editor Reviewed Publications

30. Sikes, D. S., Moss, J., Daly, K., Williamson, J., Nowicki, R., Sikes, N. K. 2019. KWP Lepidoptera Collection. UAF eCampus Website https://kenphilipcollection.alaska.edu/

29. Sikes, D.S. 2019. Arthropods potentially associated with spruce (Picea spp.) in Interior Alaska. Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society 12(1): 2-5 doi:10.7299/X7RR1ZJT

28. Stone, J., D. S. Sikes. 2018. Larger insect collection specimens are not more likely to show evidence of apparent feeding damage by dermestids (Coleoptera: Dermestidae). Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society 11(1): 5-8. http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2018_n1_a02.pdf

27. Sikes, D. S. 2017. DNA barcoding Alaska’s butterflies. Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society 10(1): 9-16 https://doi.org/10.7299/X7JD4X02

26. McHugh, M*., D. S. Sikes. 2016. Bombus occidentalis in Alaska and the need for future study (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society 9(1): 2-5. http://akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2016_n1_a02.pdf

25. Sikes, D.S., D. Bogan, C. Bickford*, J. Slowik*, S. Peek. 2016. Non-marine invertebrates of the St. Matthew Islands, Bering Sea, Alaska. Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society 9(1): 11-20. http://akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2016_n1_a05.pdf

24. Haberski*, A., M. McHugh*, J. Hagelin, D. S. Sikes. 2016. An overview of ongoing research: Arthropod abundance and diversity at Olive-sided Flycatcher nest sites in interior Alaska. Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society 9(1): 29-31. http://akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2016_n1_a11.pdf

23. Philip, K.W., Ferris, C.D., [Bowser, M.I.,* Daly, K.M.,* Sikes, D.S.*] 2015. Butterflies of Alaska: A Field Guide. Alaska Entomological Society. 104 pp. ISBN 978-1-944242-71-8. [* not authors with ISBN registration, produced maps for the guide]

Philip, K.W., Ferris, C.D., [Bowser, M.I.,* Daly, K.M.,* Sikes, D.S.*] 2016. Butterflies of Alaska: A Field Guide. 2nd ed. Alaska Entomological Society. 110 pp. ISBN 978-1-945170-60-7. [* not authors with ISBN registration, produced maps for the guide]

22. Kerr, J. T., Pindar, A., Galpern, P., Packer, L., Potts, S. G., Roberts, S. M., Rasmont, P., Schweiger, O., Colla, S. R., Richardson, L.L., Wagner, D. L., Gall, L. F., Sikes, D. S., Pantoja, A. 2015. Relocation risky for bumblebee colonies—Response. Science 16 Oct 2015; 350 (6258): 287. DOI: 10.1126/science.350.6258.287

21. Meierotto*, S., Sikes, D.S. 2015. The DNA barcoding UAMU Project: Testing the insect identification power of DNA barcoding technology. Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society 8(1): 14-17. http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2015_I.pdf

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20. Sikes, D.S. 2015. What is a specimen? What should we count and report when managing an entomology collection? Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society 8(1):3-8. http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2015_I.pdf

19. Sikes, D. S., L. Mullen*, and C. Bickford*. 2014. Regional Inventory of Terrestrial Arthropods: Comparison of two Malaise trap samples from Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska, processed by the University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection. Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society 7(1): 6-17 http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2014_I.pdf

18. Sikes, D. S. and C. Bickford*. 2013. St. Matthew Arthropods 2012: Preliminary Report. Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society 6(1): 18-20. http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2013_I.pdf

17. Høye, T. T. and D. S. Sikes. 2013. Arctic entomology in the 21st century. Canadian Entomologist 145: 125-130. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/tce.2013.14

16. Pampell*, R., A. Pantoja, D. S. Sikes, P. Holloway & C. Knight. 2012. A guide to bumblebees of the Interior: A taxonomic key and notes on Bombus species. Agroborealis 42(1): 56 – 67.

15. Sikes, D. S. 2012. Leggy! Live Spiders and their Relatives—a special exhibit in the University of Alaska Museum of the North, January 14 through May 5, 2012. Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society 5(1): 6-9. http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2012_I.pdf

14. Sikes, D. S. 2011. Comparison of current ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and spider (Arachnida: Araneae) faunas in the Aleutians, Alaska, with samples made pre-1965. Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society 4(1): 3-9. { http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2011_I.pdf}

13. Sikes, D. S. 2009. The birth of the University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection. Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) 28(2):57-62.

12. Sikes, D. S. 2009. Book review of: Hanley, G. A., and D. L. Cuthrell. 2008. The carrion beetles of North Dakota, including species descriptions and identification keys for the entire North American silphid fauna. The Coleopterists Bulletin. 64: 516-518.

11. Sikes, D. S. 2008. Carrion Beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Capinera, J.L. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Entomology, 2nd ed. Springer Press. pp 749-758.

10. Sikes, D. S. 2008. Outbreaks of the grass fly Thaumatomyia annulata (Walker) (Diptera: Chloropidae) in Alaska. Newsletter of the Alaska Entomological Society 2(1): 2-4. {http://www.akentsoc.org/doc/AKES_newsletter_2008_I.pdf}

9. Sikes, D. S. 2008. Book review of “Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity” by S. A. Marshall. American Entomologist. 54 (1): 57.

8. Trumbo, S.T., Smith, G. and Sikes D.S. 2005. Number vs. body size of offspring in biparental burying beetles. In: Learning the Skills of Research: Animal Behavior Exercises in the Laboratory and Field (eds. Jakob, E,M, & Hodge, M.), Sinauer.

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7. Sikes, D. S. 2005. Book review of “Ground Beetles of Connecticut (Coleoptera: Carabidae, excluding Cicindelini): An annotated checklist.” American Entomologist 51(2): 116-117.

6. Sikes, D. S. 2004. Case 3293: Nicrophorus olidus Matthews 1888 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed precedence over Nicrophorus quadricollis Gistel, 1848. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 61(2): 95-97.

5. Sikes, D. S. 2004. Case 3288: Nicrophorus tomentosus Weber 1801 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation of the specific name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 61(2): 92-94.

4. Sikes, D. S. 2003. Book review of “A Field Guide and Identification Manual for Florida and Eastern U.S. Tiger Beetles.” American Entomologist 49(4): 250-251.

3. Sikes, D. S. 1999. The Rhode Island Beetle Fauna: Past, Present and Future. RINHewS: The Newsletter of the Rhode Island Natural History Survey, 6:8-10.

2. Sikes, D. S. 1998. Rare and endemic Rhode Island beetles. RINHewS: The Newsletter of the Rhode Island Natural History Survey, 5(1):6-7.

1. Sikes, D. S. 1998. Hidden Biodiversity: The benefits of large rotting carcasses to beetles and other species. Yellowstone Science, 6(1): 10-14.

Theses

Sikes, D. S. 2003. Systematic revision of the subfamily Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Connecticut.

Sikes, D. S. 1994. Influences of ungulate carcasses on Coleopteran communities in Yellowstone National Park, USA. Montana State University, Master's of Science (Entomology) Thesis.

The above 1994 MS thesis was the basis for the following study (although not cited therein): Barry, J.M., Elbroch, L.M., Aiello-Lammens, M.E., Sarno, R.J., Seelye, L., Kusler, A., Quigley, H.B. and Grigione, M.M., 2018. Pumas as ecosystem engineers: ungulate carcasses support beetle assemblages in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Oecologia: 1-10.

Sikes, D. S. 1992. The natural history of a west coast burying beetle (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Undergraduate senior thesis. University of California Santa Cruz.

Bioinformatics Software: Phylogenetic software design

1. Sikes, D. S. & P. O. Lewis. 2001. beta software, version 1. PAUPRat: PAUP implementation of the parsimony ratchet. Distributed by the authors. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259239113_PAUPMacRat (Not published

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but often cited and frequently used program, a Google Scholar search on “PaupRat” finds 539 hits, 10 Sep 2018).

Grants & Fellowships Awarded ($2.03M total; $293,235 pre UAF; $1.734739M at UAF)

48. Faculty initiative fund… 47. Murdock Charitable Trust. Partners in Science Program. Body Farm Alaskan Style - Growth

rates and identification of forensically important fly maggots in Alaska. 20 March 2018 – 30 Apr 2020. $15,000. PI: D. Sikes, co-PI: Elizabeth Beks (North Pole High School)

46. Alaska Dept. Fish & Game (ADFG): Addendum to: Olive-sided Flycatcher breeding biology and migration in central Alaska. 1 Jul 2017 – 30 Jun 2018. $7,974. PI: J. Hagelin, co-PI: Sikes

45. Alaska Dept. Fish & Game (ADFG): Wildlife Diversity Collaborative Research. 1 Jul 2016 – 30 Jun 2017. $11,815. (UAF portion). PI: Matt Carlson, coPI: Sikes

44. Alaska Dept. Fish & Game (ADFG): Addendum to: Olive-sided Flycatcher breeding biology and migration in central Alaska. 1 Jul 2016 – 30 Jun 2017. $49,750. PI: J. Hagelin, co-PI: Sikes

43. National Science Foundation: Digitization TCN: Collaborative Research: Lepidoptera of North America Network: Documenting Diversity in the Largest Clade of Herbivores. 1 July 2016 – 30 June 2020. $106,180. PI: Neil Cobb, coPI: Sikes

42. National Park Service: Inventory Climate Sensitive Arthropod Biodiversity at Denali NP&P with Citizen Scientists. 1 July 2016 – 30 June 2020. $319,179 PI: Sikes

41. USFWS: Regional Inventory of Terrestrial Arthropods. A project for the NWR System Inventory and Monitoring Initiative. 1 Jan 2015 – 31 Dec 2015 $26,118. PI: Sikes

40. National Park Service (NPS): Inventory, Identify and Database NPS Butterfly and Moth Specimens from the Kenelm Philip Lepidoptera Collection. 1July 2014 – 30 June 2015. $24,675. PI: Sikes

39. Alaska Dept. Fish & Game (ADFG): Addendum to "Terrestrial Arthropod responses to Tongass second-growth thinning" Jan –June 2014. $39,065 PI: Sikes

38. USFWS: Regional Inventory of Terrestrial Arthropods. A project for the National Wildlife Refuge System Inventory and Monitoring Initiative. 26 Aug 2013 – 31 Dec 2014 $37,221. PI: Sikes

37. Alaska Dept. Fish & Game (ADFG): Olive-sided Flycatcher breeding biology and migration in central Alaska. 1 Apr 2013 – 30 Jun 2017. $49,078. PI: J. Hagelin, co-PI: Sikes

36. USFWS: DNA Barcode library of Alaskan Arthropods. 1 Jul 2012 – 31 Dec 2015. $98,763. PI: Sikes

35. USFWS: AMNWR St. Matthew Arthropods 2012. 1 Sep 2012 – 30 Jun 2013. $5,000. PI: Sikes

34. UAF Technology Advisory Board. Stereomicroscopes for museum teaching – university coursework and outreach. Fall 2012. $15,225. PI: Sikes

33. USDA Forest Service: Modeling the Response of Defoliator Feeding Guilds to Changing Climate in Alaska. 9 Aug 2012 - 30 Jun 2016. $71,584 PI: R. Progar, coPI: Sikes et al.

32. Alaska Division of Agriculture via Farm Bill Survey: Thrips associated with peony in Alaska. 1 Jul 2012 – 30 Jun 2014. $19,963 PI: Sikes

31. Alaska Natural Heritage Program. Bioinformatics: Alaska’s endemic terrestrial arthropods. Jan – Jun 2011. $20,000. PI: Sikes

30. EPSCoR: Terrestrial arthropod ecosystem assembly on Kasatochi volcano: Population genetics and food web dynamics Jan – June 2011. $19,279. PI: Sikes

29. National Park Service. Backlog Cataloging of NPS Entomology specimens. Sep 2010-Jun 2012. $3,315. PI: Sikes

28. USFWS: Arthropods of Kanuti NWR. Sep 2010-May 2011. $2,500 PI: Sikes 27. Alaska Dept. Fish & Game (ADFG): Baseline community surveys of Alpine and Subalpine

habitats in Southeast Alaska. March 1, 2010 – June 30, 2015. $202,470. PI: Karen Blejwas, Co-PIs: J. Cook, K. LaBounty, C. Pohl, D. S. Sikes

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26. USFWS: Terrestrial and aquatic invertebrate sampling , Koyukuk NWR. PI: K. Bodony, co-PIs, D. Sikes, J. Slowik, & D. Bogan. July 2010. $5,000.

25. National Science Foundation REU: Critical upgrade to the University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection. June-August 30 2010. $6,510 PI: D. S. Sikes

24. Alaska Dept. Fish & Game (ADFG): Terrestrial Arthropod responses to Tongass second-growth thinning. Apr 2010 – June 30, 2015. $234,523. PI: D. S. Sikes

23. ADFG: Alaskan Insect Pollinators: Occurrence data for an undersampled northern biota. July 2010 – July 2011. $15,843 PI: D. S. Sikes 22. EPSCoR: DNA Barcoding Alaskan Arthropods: Baseline genetics and museum

modernization. Faculty Grants Competition in Landscape Genetics. Feb – June 30, 2010. $8,007. PI: D. S. Sikes

21. National Science Foundation, Biological Research Collections: Critical upgrade to the University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection: March 2009 – Feb 2011. $258,186. PI: D. S. Sikes

20. USFWS: Aleutian beetles and spiders – a 50 year resurvey – 2009-2010. $25,000 PI: Sikes 19. USFWS: Arthropods of Maritime NWR. Apr 2009 – Sep 2009. $8,500 PI: Sikes 18. USFWS: Arthropods of Kanuti NWR. Dec 2008-Nov 2009. $3,715 PI: Sikes 17. EPSCoR: Arthropods of Alaska: Baseline Biodiveristy. Jan 4 – Dec 2008. $29,224 PI: Sikes 16. USFWS: Arthropods of Maritime NWR. Apr 2008 – Dec 2008. $10,125 PI: Sikes 15. USFWS: Arthropods of Peninsula NWR. May 2007 – Dec 2008. $4,179 PI: Sikes 14. USFWS: Arthropods of Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge. Sep 2006- 2008. $11,059. PI: Sikes 13. University of Calgary Research Grants Committee: Biogeographic puzzles of the subfamily

Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera). 17 Mar 2004 - 30 Jun 2005. $9,996. PI: Derek Sikes 12. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada: Phylogeny and speciation in

the subfamily Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae). 2004-2009. $100,000. PI: D. S. Sikes. 11. National Science Foundation: REU supplement: A monographic revision of the subfamily

Nicrophorinae Kirby (Coleoptera: Silphidae). May 2002-Jan 2003. $6,880. PIs: Stephen Trumbo & Stewart Peck (proposal co-written by Derek Sikes)

10. National Science Foundation: REU supplement: A monographic revision of the subfamily Nicrophorinae Kirby (Coleoptera: Silphidae). May 2001-Jan 2003. $12,000. PIs: Stephen Trumbo & Stewart Peck (proposal co-written by Derek Sikes)

9. The Nature Conservancy, Rhode Island Chapter: Coleoptera inventory of The Nature Conservancy's Queen's River Preserve, Exeter, Rhode Island. Jul-Sep 2000. $750. PI: Derek S. Sikes

8. Penner Endowment of the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History: for travel & registration to Association of Systematic Collections annual meeting. $200 May 2000

7. National Science Foundation: A monographic revision of the subfamily Nicrophorinae Kirby (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Jan 2000-Jan 2003. $136,000. PIs: S. T. Trumbo & S. B. Peck (proposal initiated and drafted by D. S. Sikes).

6. National Geographic Society. Phylogeny, behavior and life history of the nicrophorines of Nepal: Oct 1998- Oct 1999 (extension to Oct 2000). $9,270. PI: Stephen Trumbo (proposal co-written by Derek Sikes).

5. Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. Connecticut tiger beetle status survey: 1997. $3,776, 1 Aug 1997-1 Aug 1998. PI: Derek S. Sikes

4. NSF Graduate Research Training Fellowship: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut: $14,000 stipend, plus $7500 for cost of education. 1997/1998 academic year.

3. H. Allen Mali Research Fund. The Nature Conservancy-Connecticut Chapter: Connecticut tiger beetle status survey (Carabidae: Cicindelinae). $2,842, 1 May 1996-31 January 1997. PI: Derek S. Sikes

2. Ernst Mayr Grant: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: Revision of the subfamily Nicrophorinae Kirby (Coleoptera: Silphidae). $2,000 to offset the costs of travel to Europe to study type specimens during June 1997.

1. James A. Slater Endowment of the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History: for misc. dissertation costs. $195 December 1996.

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Invited Presentations

30. Sikes, D.S. 2019. Keynote address. Entomology in Alaska: A dozen years of discovery. 69th

Western Forest Insect Work Conference, Anchorage, AK, 23 April 2019 29. Sikes, D.S. and M. Barclay. 2018. The type of Nicrophorus chryseus Mazokhin-Porshnyakov,

1953 (Coleoptera: Silphidae) rediscovered and a commentary on "accidental taxonomy" Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Canada, The Entomological Society of British Columbia, and the Entomological Society of America. Vancouver, BC. 13 Nov 2018.

28. Sikes, D.S. 2017. The Staphylinidae of Alaska: An Overview. Entomological Society of America, Staphylinidae Symposium. Denver, CO, 5 Nov 2017

27. Sikes, D. S. 2017. Evolution of the burying beetles, phylogeny, biogeography, and cryptic species. Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. 26 Jan 2017. Invited seminar speaker.

26. Sikes, D. S. 2016. Database before you label – the key to a digitized collections future. XXV International Congress of Entomology. iDigBio symposium “Data without Borders”. Orlando, FL, Sep 2016

25. Sikes, D. S. 2016. Producing, sharing, and using entomological data to document hyperdiversity of the changing North. NeAT – Network for Arthropods of the Tundra. Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 26 April 2016.

24. Sikes, D. S. and S. Meierotto* 2014. Entomological data in Arctos: Uses inside and out of the museum. Entomological Collections Network, Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, Nov. 15.

23. Sikes, D. S. 2014. Alaskan Arthropods: DNA barcoding, phylogeography, and lots of collecting. DNARCT project mini-conference, (Biodiversity of the High North: DNA barcoding and phylogeography of Arctic insects – student training in molecular methods and analyses.) Naturhistorisk Museum, Oslo, Norway 28 Aug 2014.

22. Sikes, D. S. and M. L. Bowser. 2013. Alaskan Arthropods: Documenting a growing fauna. Alaska Invasives Species Conference. Fairbanks, AK. 7 Nov 2013.

21. Sikes, D. S. 2013. Arctos at the University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection. Field Museum, iDigBio dried Insect Workshop. Chicago, IL, 25 Apr 2013

20. Sikes, D. S. 2013. Sampling Alaska's fauna: Kasatochi Volcano ecosystem reassembly and arctic spider diversity. Field Museum, Chicago, IL, 20 Feb 2013

19. Sikes, D. S. A. Baltensperger, D. O’Brien. 2012. Terrestrial arthropods of pre- and post-eruption Kasatochi: A test of the heterotrophs first hypothesis (with isotopes!). Alaska EPSCoR All Hands Meeting, Fairbanks, AK, May 24.

18. Sikes, D. S. 2011. Extreme survivors: Insect communities after the eruption of Kasatochi volcano. University of Alaska Southeast, Natural History Seminar Series, Sitka, Oct 6.

17. Sikes, D. S. 2010. Alaska’s Charismatic Microfauna: Our mostly six-legged neighbors. Arctic Audubon, Noel Wien Library, February.

16. Sikes, D. S. 2009. Alaskan Arthropods: Documenting a growing fauna. Alaska Invasives Species Conference, Ketchikan, October.

15. Sikes, D. S. 2009. Alaskan Arthropods: Baseline biodiversity. University of Alaska IPM Cooperative Extension, Anchorage, April.

14. Sikes, D. S. 2009. Alaskan Arthropods: Baseline biodiversity. EPSCoR seminar series, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, April.

13. Sikes, D. S. 2008. The little things that rule the world. University of Alaska Southeast, Sitka. Sept.

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12. Sikes, D. S. 2006. The Beetle Fauna of Rhode Island. Section A Symposium: Notes from the field: Biodiversity of Coleoptera. A Symposium Honoring the Memory and Contributions of Steve Ashe, Ann. Mtg of the Ent. Society of America, Indianapolis, IN, December.

11. Sikes, D. S. 2005. Challenging phylogenetic problems: Branches that are too long or too short and conflicting dataset signals. University of Alaska, Fairbanks, February.

10. Sikes, D. S. 2003. Revision and phylogeny of the subfamily Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae). University of Alberta, November.

9. Sikes, D. S. 2003. Monography of the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae): A trip down the phylogenetic lane of burying beetle evolution. University of Calgary, April.

8. Sikes, D. S. 2003. Systematics of a behaviorally complex beetle genus (Silphidae: Nicrophorus). University of California, Berkeley, March.

7. Sikes, D. S. 2003. Revision of a behaviorally complex beetle genus (Silphidae: Nicrophorus): An example of Modern Taxonomy. Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, January.

6. Sikes, D. S. 2002. Modern monography and efficient taxonomic enterprise: A revision of a behaviorally complex beetle genus (Coleoptera: Silphidae). University of Massachusetts, Amherst, September.

5. Sikes, D. S. & S. T. Trumbo. 2002. Burying Beetle systematics: From carrion traps to computers. Connecticut Entomological Society, CT, February.

4. Sikes, D. S. & S. T. Trumbo. 2001. Burying Beetle systematics: From carrion traps to computers. Annual Address to the Coleopterists' Society Meeting, San Diego, CA, December.

3. Sikes, D. S. 2001. Burying Beetle natural history, conservation, and evolution (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Cambridge Entomological Club, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, May.

2. Sikes, D. S. 2000. Beetles of Block Island: Rare species. Rhode Island Natural History Survey, Sixth Annual Conference, North Kingston, RI, October.

1. Sikes, D. S. & P. D. Perkins. 2000. Joint Presentation -University of Connecticut & Harvard University: Online systematic databases: FileMaker Pro and Windows NT. Association of Systematic Collections annual meeting, Baltimore, MD, May http://collections2.eeb.uconn.edu/collections/asc/title.htm.

Presentations (professional)

54. Sikes, D.S. 2019. Evolution of the Burying Beetles: Phylogeny, biogeography, and cryptic species. Friday Seminar, The Natural History Museum, London, 22 March 2019

53. Sikes, D.S. 2019. Climate Change in Alaska: Impacts on the Entomofauna. Alaska Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Fairbanks, AK, 9 Feb 2019

52. Bowser, M.L., D. S. Sikes, K. Yoo, A. A. Wackett. 2018. The Nudge of a Worm: Invasive European earthworms change Alaskan forests. 2018 Alaska Invasive Species Workshop, 14.Nov.2018, Homer, Alaska

51. Haberski, A.* D. S. Sikes, J. Rykken. 2018. Beetle, Spider, and Bumblebee Communities Differ Across an Elevational Gradient in Denali National Park & Preserve, Alaska. Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Canada, The Entomological Society of British Columbia, and the Entomological Society of America. Vancouver, BC. 12 Nov 2018. (poster)

50. Sikes, D.S. & V. Gusarov. 2018. Sikes, D.S. 2017. The Staphylinidae of Alaska: An Overview. Alaska Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Anchorage, AK, 3 Feb 2018

49. Sikes, D. S. 2017. Entomology in Alaska's National Parks: Centennial year BioBlitzes. Alaska Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Fairbanks, AK, 4 Feb 2017

48. Sikes, D. S., Daly*, K., Haberski*, A. Rykken, J. 2016. National Park arthropod biodiversity in Alaska. Poster. NPS Centennial Science and Stewardship Symposium – UAF, Fairbanks, 19-20 October 2016.

47. Sikes. D.S. 2016. Carrion baited trapping for nicrophorine silphids: Lessons learned the hard way. Entomological Collections Network annual meeting, Orlando, FL Sep 2016

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46. Sikes, D. S. 2016. Producing, sharing, and using entomological data to document hyperdiversity of the changing North. Arctic Science Summit Week, Fairbanks, AK 15 March 2016.

45. Sikes, D. S., Bickford, C., Meierotto, S., Hildebrandt, K. 2016. Building a DNA Barcode library of Alaska's nonmarine arthropods: Project summary. Alaska Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Anchorage, AK 30 Jan 2016.

44. Bowser, M., Sikes, D. S., Morton, J.M., Meierotto, S. 2015. A regional DNA barcode library for landscape-scale monitoring of multi-taxa assemblages. 6th International Barcode of Life Conference. Guelph, Ontario, 18 Aug 2015

43. Sikes, D.S., Trumbo, S.T., Peck, S.B. 2015. Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera: Silphidae): One species or two? Alaska Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Fairbanks. AK Jan 24

42. Sikes, D. S. & Venables, C.* 2014. Molecular phylogeny of the burying beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae). Alaska Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Anchorage, AK, Jan 25.

41. Sikes, D. S. & Bickford, C.* 2014. Building a DNA Barcode library of Alaska's nonmarine arthropods. Alaska Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Anchorage, AK, Jan 25.

40. Sikes, D. S. & Bickford, C.* 2013. Building a DNA Barcode library of Alaska's nonmarine arthropods. Entomological Collections Network, Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, Nov 13.

39. Sikes, D. S. & Venables, C.* 2013. Molecular phylogeny of the burying beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae). Entomological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, Nov 13.

38. Sikes, D. S. 2013. The University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection's switch to using Arctos: A review of the good, the bad, and the ugly. Alaska Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Fairbanks, AK, Jan 26.

37. Sikes, D. S., G, Jarrell, D. McDonald. 2012. Arctos at the University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection. Alaska Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Anchorage, AK, Jan 27.

36. Sikes, D. S., G, Jarrell, D. McDonald. 2011. Arctos at the University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection. Entomological Collections Network, Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, Nov 12.

35. Sikes, D. S., A. Baltensperger, D. O’Brien. 2011. Terrestrial arthropods of pre- and post-eruption Kasatochi: A test of the heterotrophs first hypothesis. Entomological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, Nov 15.

34. Sikes, D. S., A. Baltensperger, D. O’Brien. 2011. Terrestrial arthropods of pre- and post-eruption Kasatochi: A test of the heterotrophs first hypothesis (with isotopes!). Alaska EPSCoR All Hands Meeting, Fairbanks, AK, May 25.

33. Boland, G., M. Ivie, D. Sikes. 2011. Coleoptera of Saba, West Indies. Montana State University Undergraduate Scholars. Bozeman, MT. 13 April 2011. (Poster).

32. Sikes, D. S. 2011. Terrestrial arthropods of pre- and post-eruption Kasatochi: A test of the heterotrophs first hypothesis. Alaska Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Fairbanks, AK, February.

31. Sikes, D. S. 2010. Digitization of the University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection. Entomological Collections Network Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, December.

30. Sikes, D. S. 2010. Digitization of the University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection. Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections Annual Meeting. Ottawa, June.

29. Sikes, D. S., J. Slowik. 2010. Terrestrial arthropods of pre- and post-eruption Kasatochi: A test of the heterotrophs first hypothesis. Institute of Arctic Biology Life Science Seminar series, UAF, May.

28. Sikes, D. S. 2010. Changes in the University of Alaska Museum Insect Collection, and an update on the Arthropods of Alaska checklist. Third Annual Meeting of the Alaska Entomological Society, Fairbanks, AK. January.

27. Ivie, M. A., D. S. Sikes, C. A. Maier, R. C. Winton. 2009. The Coleoptera of Saba, West Indies. Entomological Society of America annual meeting. Indianapolis, IN, December (Poster)

26. Mousseau, T.* and D.S. Sikes. 2009. Biogeography of burying beetles of Wallacea and surrounding regions (Nicrophorus: nepalensis species-group). The Joint Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE), the Society of Systematic Biologists (SSB), and the American Society of Naturalists (ASN). June 12-16.

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25. Sikes, D. S. 2009. Alaskan Arthropods: Baseline biodiversity. EPSCoR all hands meeting. May.

24. Smith, G.*, S. T. Trumbo, D. S. Sikes. 2008. Vertebrates that are victimized by an insect parasitoid: a remarkable host shift by the burying beetle, Nicrophorus pustulatus. International Congress of Entomology, Durban, South Africa, July 6-12. (Poster, Abstract 1229)

23. Sikes, D. S. 2008. The parsimony model for morphology: No longer justifiable? University of Alaska, Institute of Arctic Biology Seminar series. Fairbanks, AK, April

22. Sikes, D. S. & Philip, K. 2008. Entomological data standards and best practices. National Park Service Curation Workshop, University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK, April

21. Sikes, D. S. 2008. Entomological data standards and best practices. Alaska Entomological Society. Second Annual Meeting of the Alaska Entomological Society, Anchorage, AK, January.

20. Fleshman, B.* & D. S. Sikes. 2007. An update to the spider fauna of Alaska. Sigma Xi International Scientific Research Society Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference, Orlando Florida, Oct. 31-4 Nov. 2007 [Poster, Awarded Gold Medal]

19. Sikes, D. S. 2007. The parsimony model for morphology: No longer justifiable? Entomological Society of America annual meeting. San Diego, CA, December.

18. Sikes, D. S. 2007. Specimen barcoding (not DNA) at the University of Alaska Museum. Entomological Collections Network annual meeting. San Diego, CA, December.

17. Naskrecki, P. and Sikes, D. S. 2007. Mantis - a cross platform biological data manager. Entomological Collections Network annual meeting. San Diego, CA, December.

16. Sikes, D. S. 2007. Burying beetle biology, conservation, and evolution (Coleoptera: Silphidae). First Annual Meeting of the Alaska Entomological Society, Fairbanks, AK, January.

15. Venables, C.* & D. S. Sikes. 2006. Do molecular data support an ancient rapid radiation of the genus Nicrophorus (Coleoptera: Silphidae)? Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Canada, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, May 4. (Poster)

14. Sikes, D. S. 2006. The birth of the University of Alaska Museum Entomology Collection. Entomological Collections Network annual meeting. Indianapolis, IN, December.

13. Sikes, D. S. & Tonya Mousseau. 2005. Long morphological branches in the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Fort Lauderdale, FL, December.

12. Sikes, D. S. & S. T. Trumbo. 2004. Phenotypic long-branch attraction in the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Annual Meeting of the Society of Systematic Biologists, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA, June 29. Poster

11. Sikes, D. S. 2004. A challenging phylogenetic problem: Long-branches and conflicting dataset signals versus Bayesian Inference and Parsimony. Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Societies of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Lloydminster, AB, October.

10. Sikes, D. S. 2004. Comparison of Bayesian Inference with Parsimony in a possible case of morphological long-branch attraction (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorus). XXII International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane, Australia. August.

9. Sikes, D. S. & S. T. Trumbo. 2003. The genus Nicrophorus (Coleoptera: Silphidae): A rapid radiation in the Oligocene? 51st Annual Meeting of the Alberta Entomological Society, Athabasca Univ., Athabasca, AB, Canada, October. Poster.

8. Sikes, D. S. 2002. Phylogeny of the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae): Evidence from morphological and mtDNA data. Evolution and Society of Systematic Biologists annual meeting, Univ. Illinois, Urbana, June.

7. Sikes, D. S. 2002. Bibliographic taxonomy (a.k.a. the valley of the shadow of death): Lessons from the other side. 12th Annual Graduate Student Symposium: Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Univ. CT., Storrs, March.

6. Sikes, D. S. 2000. Molecular evidence for new species of Nicrophorus in the Asian nepalensis group (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Entomological Society of America annual meeting, Montreal, December.

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5. Trumbo, S. T. & D. S. Sikes. 1999. Nesting behavior and the evolution of complex parental care: a comparative study of nicrophorines. Anim. Behav. Soc. in June, at Bucknell University.

4. Sikes, D. S. 1998. Bugs in the web: Entomological Resources on the Internet. 380th meeting of the Connecticut Entomological Society, Storrs, CT January.

3. Sikes, D. S. 1998. Nicrophorus diversity and evolution: The unstudied species. Entomological Society of America annual meeting, Las Vegas, NV, November.

2. Sikes, D. S. 1994. Influences of ungulate carcasses on Coleopteran communities in Yellowstone National Park, USA. Entomological Society of America annual meeting, Dallas TX, December.

1. Sikes, D. S. 1993. Evolutionary implications of Anetia life history, with special reference to Danaine aggregations (Nymphalidae: Danainae). Co-authored with M.A. Ivie. Entomological Society of America, annual meetings, Indianapolis, IN, December.

University Teaching Experience

5. Associate Professor – University of Alaska (I developed all these courses)

Biology 615/415: Systematics and Comparative Biology (4 credits) Fall 2018, 3 graduates, 1 undergraduate Fall 2016, 3 graduates, 1 undergraduate Fall 2014, 3 graduates Fall 2012, 7 graduates, 1 graduate audit

Biology 406: Entomology (4 credits) Fall 2017, 8 undergraduates Fall 2015, 8 undergraduates, 1 graduate Fall 2013, 7 undergraduates, 1 graduate Spring 2012, 5 undergraduates Spring 2011, 7 undergraduates, 1 graduate, 1 audit, 1 special topic Spring 2009, 4 undergraduates, 2 graduates, 1 postdoc Spring 2007, 8 undergraduates Biology 305: Invertebrate Zoology (4 credits)

Spring 2010, 6 undergraduates Spring 2008, 8 undergraduates

Biology 195/040: Introduction to Field Entomology (0-1 credit) Summer 2018, 15 students (change name: “Adult Bug Camp”) Summer 2016, 4 students (changed course to 0 credit) Summer 2015, 9 students Summer 2013, 7 students Summer 2012, 9 students Summer 2011, 15 students Summer 2010, 11 students Summer 2009, 11 undergraduates, 1 graduate Summer 2008, 10 undergraduates

4. Assistant Professor – University of Calgary

Zoology 375: Introduction to Invertebrate Zoology

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Fall 2005, 138 undergraduates Fall 2004, 131 undergraduates Fall 2003, 128 undergraduates

Ecology 491: Ecological Entomology (co-taught) Fall 2005, 15 undergraduates Fall 2004, 18 undergraduates

Zoology 575: Introduction to Biosystematics Winter 2006, 13 undergraduates Winter 2005, 14 undergraduates, 2 graduates

3. Instructor / Lecturer – University of Connecticut

EEB 252: Field Entomology Summer 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999.

2. Teaching Assistant – University of Connecticut

Drs. Terry & Conover, Biol 107: Principles of Biology I, Fall 2002. Dr. D. Wagner, Biol 458: Biosystematics. Fall 1999 Drs. Trainor & Wagner, Biol 102: Foundations of Biology. Spring 1997. Drs. Taigen, Terry & Gilbart, Biol 102: Foundations of Biology. Fall 1996. Dr. C. W. Schaefer, Biol 284: Medical Entomology. Spring 1996. Dr. C. S. Henry, Biol. 286: General Entomology. Fall 1995.

1. Teaching Assistant – Montana State University

Dr. S. Eiger, Biology 209: Human Anatomy & Physiology. Spring 1995. Dr. K. M. O'Neill, Entomology 204: Insect Biology. Fall 1994.

Graduate Students

9. Adam Haberski, M.S. Univ. Alaska Fairbanks, Fall 2017 - present 8. Kathryn Daly, M.S. Univ. Alaska Fairbanks. Daly, K. 2018. Morphological and phenological

responses of butterflies to seasonal temperature increase in Alaska. Fall 2015 - 2018 7. Logan Mullen, M.S. Univ. Alaska Fairbanks. Mullen, L. 2017. Taxonomy and Phylogeny of

the Rove Beetle Genus Phlaeopterus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). Fall 2013 – Summer 2017

6. Casey Bickford, M.S. Univ. Alaska Fairbanks, Spring 2012 – Sep 2013 (quit program) 5. Jill Stockbridge, M.S. Univ. Alaska Fairbanks. Stockbridge, J. 2014. Beetles and spiders as

indicators of forest recovery on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. xvii + 131 pp. Spring 2010 – Summer 2014

4. Brandi Fleshman, M.S. Univ. Alaska Fairbanks, Spring 2009 – (quit program) 3. Jozef Slowik, M.S. Univ. Alaska Fairbanks. Slowik, J. 2011. A morphological and genetic

review of the Pardosa groelandica species complex (Araneae: Lycosidae). Fall 2008 – Fall 2011

2. Tonya Mousseau, Ph.D. Univ. Calgary. Mousseau, T. 2011. Systematics and Biogeography of the nepalensis species group (Nicrophorus: Silphidae: Coleoptera) of Southeast Asia. Spring 2005 – Spring 2011

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1. Chandra Venables: Venables, C. 2007. Do molecular data support a rapid radiation of the genus Nicrophorus (Coleoptera: Silphidae)? MSc. Thesis Univ. Calgary. 182 pp. Spring 2005 – Spring 2007.

Undergraduate & High School Independent Study students’ projects

17. Sarah Meierotto, UAF undergraduate, lab & field technician on varied projects. Since completed a M.Sc. in Hymenoptera Systematics at the University of Kentucky under Michael Sharkey. 16. Nolan Rappa, UAF undergraduate, lab & field technician on USDA Forest Service project. Since completed a M.Sc. in forest entomology at Universitaet Breman, Germany. In 2019 accepted to a PhD position at the University of Freiburg under Dr. Alexandra Klein. 15. Megan Booysen, West Valley High School, “Exotic earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) of interior Alaska” Alaska Statewide High School Science Symposium 2018. First author on peer reviewed publication # 61 above. 14b. Sayde Ridling, UAF, Populations of terrestrial arthropods living on posteruption Kasatochi and 10 nearby islands: A molecular comparison to assess colonization and survivorship. EPSCoR undergraduate research award, $5990, Spring 2012. Brina Kessel Medal for Excellence in Science 2012 14a. Sayde Ridling, UAF, A comparative look at populations of terrestrial arthropods living on the Aleutian Island of Kasatochi prior to and after its eruption in 2008. $5880, Spring 2011. 13. Genevieve Miller, Lathrop High School, Glaciated vs unglaciated soil arthropod fauna, 2009 Third place in the Alaska Statewide High School Science Symposium. 12. Brandi Fleshman, UAF, Alaskan Spider Fauna, 2008, 2007 EPSCoR undergraduate research award, $5000 Medal winner at Sigma Xi undergraduate research conference 2007 Brina Kessel Medal for Excellence in Science 2008 11. Mia Peterburs, UAF, Identification of Alaskan Arthropods, 2008 10. Bethany Sweet, UAF, Coccinellidae of Interior Alaska, 2007 9. Brandie Weintraub, UAF, Curate UAM Marine Invertebrate Collection, 2007 8. Aurora Suchland, UAF, Nicrophorus sexual size dimorphism, 2007 7. Thomas Wolff, Lathrop High School, Vespinae of Interior Alaska, 2006 6. Nicole Webster, Univ. Calgary, Cicindela of Rhode Island & Connecticut, 2005 Co-author on ms in preparation. 5. Stephanie Luider, Current Heights High School, Cytochrome Oxidase I Evolution, 2005 4. Margaret Yu, Current Heights High School, Cytochrome Oxidase I Evolution, 2005 3. Elizabeth Wong, Current Heights High School, Cytochrome Oxidase I Evolution, 2005 2. Marcia Ricketts, Univ. Calgary, Nicrophorus molecular phylogeny 2004 Co-author on Sikes et al. 2008. 1. Kyle Judd, Univ. Calgary, Phenotypic Long Branch Attraction, 2004

Honors (includes two species named in my honor)

9. Chief Curator, University of Alaska Museum, 2015 - 2017 8. Elected president of the Coleopterists Society for 2017-2018 (president elect 2015-2016, past-

president 2019-2020). 7. Canthonella sikesi Ivie & Philips, 2008 Ivie, M. A. & T. K. Philips. 2008. Three new species of Canthonella Chapin from

Hispaniola, with new records and nomenclatural changes for West Indian dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Zootaxa 1701:1-14.

6. Nomination for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. University of Calgary Student’s Union. 2004.

5. Erioloides sikesi Naskrecki & Cohn, 2000

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Naskrecki. P. 2000. Katydids of Costa Rica. Vol. 1. Systematics and bioacoustics of the cone-head katydids. 91.

4. The Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award. The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 1998.

3. The Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award. The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, 1996.

2. President's prize for best student presentation, Section A. 1993 Entomological Society of America, annual meeting, Indianapolis, IN, December 1993.

1. Phi Beta Kappa, elected Spring 1992.

Species Named 13. Caurinus tlagu Sikes & Stockbridge, 2013 12. Nicrophorus efferens Sikes & Mousseau, 2013 11. Nicrophorus trumboi Sikes & Madge, 2006 10. Nicrophorus schawalleri Sikes & Madge, 2006 9. Nicrophorus reticulatus Sikes & Madge, 2006 8. Nicrophorus melissae Sikes & Madge, 2006 7. Nicrophorus insignis Sikes & Madge, 2006 6. Nicrophorus herscheli Sikes & Madge, 2006 5. Nicrophorus charon Sikes & Madge, 2006 4. Nicrophorus hispaniola Sikes & Peck, 2000 3. Micromyrmex spatulata Sikes & Ivie, 1998 2. Micromyrmex darlingtoni Sikes & Ivie, 1998 1. Micromyrmex asclepia Ivie & Sikes, 1995

Society Positions Held

17. Arctos Steering Committee Vice Chair 2018-2019. 16. US Terrestrial Invertebrate Expert for CAFF (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna) / The

Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP) 2017- present 15. President, Coleopterists Society, 2017-2018. 14. Coleoptera Subject Editor for The Canadian Entomologist, 2015 - present 13. President Elect, Coleopterists Society, 2015-2016. 12. Coleopterist Society Edwards & Lacordaire Awards Committee, 2014 - present 11. Snodgrass Award Judge, Entomological Society of America, 2010 10. Vice-President: Alaska Entomological Society, 2010-2012. 9. Member: Scientific Committee of the Biological Survey of Canada, 2008-2012. 8. Member Society of Systematic Biology Nominations Committee, 2007. 7. Secretary: Alaska Entomological Society, 2006-2010. 6. Executive council of the Coleopterists Society. 2006-2008. 5. Editorial Board Member: The Coleopterists Society. 2004-2006. 4. Regional Central Director: (Exec. Board) The Entomological Society of Alberta. 2003-2005. 3. President: The Connecticut Entomological Society. Fall 1997- Spring 1998. 2. Secretary: The Connecticut Entomological Society. Fall 1996-Spring 1997. 1. Graduate Student Association Collections Representative. Department of Ecology and

Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut. Fall 1995-Fall 1996.

Professional Societies

The Alaska Entomological Society 2006-present Biological Survey of Canada 2006-present The Society of Systematic Biologists 1996-present Entomological Society of America 1993-present

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Coleopterists Society 1992-present

Reviewed manuscripts for

PLoS One Entomological Science Systematic Biology Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Journal of Insect Science Forensic Science International Biological Conservation Annals of the Entomological Society of America The Coleopterists Bulletin Conservation Biology Biotropica The Pan-Pacific Entomologist Northeastern Naturalist – as guest editor Southeastern Naturalist – as guest editor Environmental Entomology Prairie Naturalist Journal of Insect Conservation Zootaxa Nature Communications Zoological Science BMC Ecology ZooKeys Biodiversity Data Journal Polar Biology Molecular Ecology Resources Journal of Biogeography

Field Work outside United States & Canada

2008 Netherlands Antilles: Saba, 17 days, March & May 2005 China: Sichuan, 30 days - with Conservation International (Rapid Assessment Program) 2005 Indonesia: Bali & Flores, 3 weeks – leader 2004 Solomon Islands, 10 days – leader 2004 Australia, Queensland 7 days 2002 Costa Rica, 10 days 1999 Nepal, 1 month – leader 1998 Japan, 11 days – leader 1994 U.S. Virgin Islands, 10 days 1993 Dominican Republic, 1 month –leader 1992 Dominican Republic, 1 month

Public Outreach (some examples. list incomplete)

Interview for Alaska NPR Radio – KTOO/KRNN/KXLL” From the ashes: Life returns to Kasatochi volcano” by Zoë Sobel. 13 Feb 2017 http://www.ktoo.org/2017/02/13/ashes-life-returns-kasatochi-volcano/

Presentation “National Park Service BioBlitzes: Alaska's Charismatic microfauna.” Arctic Audubon. 6 Feb 2017.

Bug Camp, UAF Summer Sessions, June 2014, July 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 co-taught with Melissa Sikes [5 days, 3h/day, 20 children grades 3-7]

Five presentations for guests of Camp Denali as invited Special Emphasis Speaker, 6-12 July 2015 Presentation on Alaska's Charismatic Microfauna at Murie Science Center in Denali National

Park, 5 July 2015. One hour interview for radio – Outdoor Explorer (Alaska Public Media) KSKA May 22, 2014 Leader of nonmarine macro invertebrate team, 24 hour BioBlitz, Sitka, 18-19 Aug 2012 Denali Bug Camp – Denali Education Center. 5th & 6th Grade. Helped with supplies & first day

of one week camp 27 June 2012 University of Alaska Museum Special Exhibit ‘Leggy! Live Spiders and their Relatives” Prepared

photos, text panels and live animals for 5 month public museum display. Preparations May-Dec 2011; exhibit ran Jan 14th – May 5th 2012.

Denali Bug Camp – Denali Education Center. 5th & 6th Grade. Helped with supplies & first day of one week camp 27 June 2011.

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Minicourse (4 lectures) for Osher Lifelong Learning: “Insects: The good, the bad, and the beautiful” April 2009, 2010, 2011

Presentation “Forensic Entomology,” ~20 police staff, Fairbanks Police Department, 28 Sep 2010. Presentation “The 2008 Kasatochi eruption: Insect Survivors” to public, University of Alaska

Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska, March 2010. Alaska Summer Science Academy “Insects,” 7 students, 80 contact hours, summer 2008; co-

taught with Melissa Sikes & Laura Conner. Presentation “Alaska’s Charismatic Microfauna: Our mostly six-legged neighbors.” University of

Alaska Southeast, Sitka, September, 2008. & to Salcha Elementary and Badger Elementary, 3rd & 4th grade classes, September, 2008.

Presentation “Forensic Entomology” North Pole High School forensic Science Class (11th & 12th grade) class of Elizabeth Beks, Sep 2007, May 2009, Sep 2009, Sep 2010, Sep 2011, Sep 2012

Presentation “The Little Things that Run the World” to 9th grade Biology Class of Wendy Ehnert, Lathrop High School, Fairbanks, April 2007. (& to 4th grade Joy Elem. Debbie Richards, Sep 2007)

Presentation “The Little Things that Run the World” to public, University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska, March 2007.

Presentation “Entomology, Himalayan China, and new species” to 6th grade class, Mitford Middle School, Cochrane, Alberta, April 2006.

Presentation “Tigers and Vultures of the Beetle world" to Calgary Field Naturalists Society, Kananaskis Field Station, Alberta June 12, 2004.

Leader of Coleoptera team, 178 species, (24 hour) BioBlitz, ASRI's Eppley Wildlife Sanctuary in West Kingston, Rhode Island, June 21, 2002

Radio interview for WNRI, Rhode Island, on my beetle research. November 2001. Leader of Coleoptera team, 312 species, (24 hour) BioBlitz, Terryville State Park, Danbury,

Connecticut, June 8, 2001. Leader of Coleoptera team, 82 species, (24 hours) BioBlitz, Middletown, Aquidneck Island,

Norman Bird Sanctuary, Oakland Forest, Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge, Rhode Island September 14, 2001.

Workshop to teachers, nature interpreters, et al. "Investigating Insects." Connecticut Outdoor & Environmental Education Association, Inc., CT. March 2001.

Seminar presentation to zoo docents on “Insects as Wildlife: Practical and philosophical considerations.” Roger Williams Zoo, Providence, RI. January 2001.

Presentation to Ashford Elementary School, 3rd grade class: Beetles, Entomology & Classification of Organisms, Ashford, Connecticut, January 2001.

Leader of Coleoptera team, 139 species, (24 hour) BioBlitz, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island. June 10, 2000.

Leader of Coleoptera team, 201 species, (24 hour) BioBlitz, Hubbard State Park, Meriden, Connecticut, June 3, 2000.