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Education: Ph. D., Zoology, 1976,
Arizona State University; B.S. (Summa Cum Laude), Entomology, 1971, Arizona
State University.
Appointments:
Curator of Arachnids, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de
México (2004-); Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas
Tech University (1979-1985); Assistant Professor, Departments of Biological
Sciences and Entomology, Texas Tech University (1976-1979).
Research interests:
I am interested in the systematics and biogeography of New World scorpions. In
addition to participating in the Vaejovidae project, I am currently revising the
systematics of Mexican scorpions in the families Diplocentridae,
Superstitioniidae (Typhlochactinae) and Euscorpiidae (Megacorminae). One
graduate student of mine recently finished a work on the scorpion fauna of the
state of Mexico. Another student is finishing the scorpion fauna of the state of
Morelos. Other ongoing projects involve the scorpions of the states of Chiapas
and Michoacan, both of which have yielded numerous new species that we are
currently describing.
Role
in REVSYS project:
As a Collaborator in this project and curator of the largest scorpion collection
in Mexico, I will coordinate the Mexican component of the project, providing
logistic support for fieldwork, acquisition of collection and export permits,
and involvement of Mexican students and colleagues, in addition to participating
actively in field trips to secure specimens for molecular and morphological
studies. I will also be responsible for scoring morphological characters and
revising the taxonomy of several genera and species-groups within the
Vaejovidae. |
