Steve Taylor
Before retiring from the University of Illinois, I was a senior conservation Biologist with the Illinois Natural History Survey. I remain an INHS affiliate and continue to actively collaborate with INHS staff. Other affiliations include the University of Illinois departments of Entomology and Animal Biology and Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (PEEC) and the Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
- sjtaylor@illinois.edu ceuthophilus@gmail.com
- Colorado College website
- Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
- Google Scholar Profile
- Orcid
- ResearchGate
Lab Alumni
Dr. Aron D. Katz
Former doctoral candidate, co-advised first with Felipe N. Soto-Adames, ( Department of Entomology) and then with Mark A. Davis (Illinois Natural History Survey)
Research: Springtail systematics and biogeography
Dissertation: The influence of vicariance and dispersal on the diversification and evolution of springtails (Collembola)
Master’s thesis (completed May 2014, under Dr. Felipe N. Soto-Adames): A contribution to species delimitation and taxonomy of North American Entomobrya (Collembola: Entomobryidae)
Dan Swanson
Doctoral student (co-advised with Sam Heads/INHS), Department of Entomology
Research: Heteroptera-Reduviidae
Dissertation project: Evolution and systematics of annulate New World Harpactorinae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)
Master’s Thesis: (completed April 2016): Dead bugs do tell tales: implications of a new fossil assassin bug (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) for the evolutionary history and systematics of an extant lineage
Matthew Safford
Former Master’s student, Department of Entomology
safford3@illinois.edu
Research: Insects & bats
Masters Thesis: Influence of habitat and bat activity on moth community composition and seasonal phenology across habitat types
Tara Hohoff
Bat Survey & Monitoring Coordinator
Masters Thesis: Eastern Illinois University (advised by Jill Deppe): “Quantifying Bat Detection Survey Methods and Activity Patterns” (2016). Masters Theses. 2514.
Research: Bat ecology, especially bat acoustics & landscape ecology
Mary Best
Lab Technician, Illinois Natural History Survey
Research: Conducting research in molecular lab related to various projects.
Paul Stevens
Former Undergraduate Researcher, Illinois Natural History Survey
Research: Conducting research on cave invertebrate communities.
Dr. Matthew L. Niemiller
Former Postdoctoral Research Associate , now a cave biologist at The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Research: Cave & karst biology, conservation, & management
Scott D. Cinel
Former Master’s student, Department of Entomology (graduated July 2016), now a Doctoral Student at University of Florida
Thesis: Transcriptional effects of predator cues in the brain of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) moths exposed to bat ultrasound
Dr. Alan Yanahan
Former Master’s student, Department of Entomology (graduated July 2013), received doctorate through University of Arizona in the Wendy Moore lab.
now: yanahan@email.arizona.edu
Thesis: Vegetative communities as indicators of Ground Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) diversity
Dr. Maminirina Randrianandrasana
Former Master’s student, Department of Entomology (graduated 2007), received doctorate through University of Illinois in the May Berenbaum lab.
Dissertation (advised by May Berenbaum): Antherina suraka (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae): ecology, systematics, and potential economic uses to promote conservation in Madagascar
Masters Thesis: Feeding habits in immature stages of Isoperla nana Walsh (Insecta: Plecoptera: Perlodidae) in Jordan Creek (Vermilion County, Illinois)
Aubrey Engel
Former Undergraduate Researcher / Lab Technician
Research: Conducting research in molecular lab related to groundwater amphipod studies, bats & other cave fauna.
Ellen Andrews
Former Undergraduate Researcher / Lab Technician, Illinois Natural History Survey
Research: Technician in molecular lab, research related to groundwater amphipod studies& other cave fauna.