Scientific Preparator
Section of Invertebrate Zoology
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-4080 U.S.A.
Office phone: (412) 622-3259
FAX: (412) 688-8670
General Interests:
Creative interests emphasize the cross-disciplinary fields of scientific illustration and oil painting, incorporating entomological and botanical themes and subjects in the paintings and classical ballet.
Responsibilities:
Primary responsibilities include specimen
preparation of lepidoptera, scientific illustration, digital imaging
and photography, micro-
dissection of moth
genitalia, training and
supervision of
volunteer assistants,
Scientific Editor of
the CMNH Newsletter,
"What's Gnu".
Academic
Degree:and Exhibitions:
Currently working on a series of surreal "Great American Landscapes".
Works in Progress: Performance video installations "Dancefloor" and "Paint".
Recent scientific illustration projects include land snails, tiger beetles, and larval ghost moths.
The Genus Ophioglossum in Pennsylvania.
Utah moth book: Dissections, Photoimaging, Illustrations.
Macromoths on oak.
Micromoths on oak.
Butterflies of Pennsylvania.