LSAM Persons and Animals of Interest
2008 Lab Group. Left to right, Michael Ferro (Grad. Assist.); Matt Gimmel (Grad. Assist.); Igor Sokolov (Post Doc); Alexey Tishechkin (Post Doc); Chris Carlton (Director); Victoria Bayless (Curator); Stephanie Gil (Grad. Assist.); Jong-Seok Park (Grad. Assist.) (Photo, E. Watson).
2006 Lab Group. Left to right, front, Victoria Bayless (Curator), Alison Hepperman (undergraduate intern); Chris Carlton (Director), Stephanie Gil (Grad Assist.); rear, Michael Ferro (Grad Assist.), Dmitry Chouljenko , Matt Gimmel (Grad Assist.), Alexey Tishechkin (Post Doc).
2004 Lab Group. Left to right, front, Victoria Bayless (Curator), Erin Watson (Grad. Assist.), Stephanie Gil (Grad. Student); rear, Dmitry Chouljenko (undergraduate intern), Alexey Tishechkin (Grad. Assist.), Chris Carlton (Director), Igor Sokolov (visiting specialist), Andrew Cline (Grad Assist.)
Visiting Researchers
Vladimir Gusarov, 2005 (University of Oslo Natural History Museum, Oslo, Norway)
Sergey Kazantsev, 2005 (American Museum of Natural History, NY)
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Richard Leschen, 2003 (Landcare Research, Auckland, New Zealand)
William Mauffray (left) (International Odonata Research Institute, Gainesville, FL) and Gayle Strickland (right), 2004 (Baton Rouge, LA--check out Gayle's photos at http://public.fotki.com/gstrick3/)
Sean O'Keefe, 2003 (Morehead State University, Morehead, KY)
Ainsley Seago, 2004 (University of California, Berkeley, CA--check out Ainsley's page at http://www.rydia.net/trilobite/ento.html)
Charlie and Sue Staines, 2004 (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC)
Other Personalities
CEC with G. W. Bush, 2003, lobbying for improved systematics funding in the U.S.
Muffin, 2006. Lab mascot and recipient of award for least competent aquatic organism. Suffers from a lack of self-esteem but never in a bad mood.
Karl Stephan (1932-2005), world's greatest beetle collector. Photo, H. W. Robison, 1990.