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Lynn Kimsey
Lynn Siri Kimsey is an entomologist, taxonomist, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis since 1989. Her specialties are bees and wasps; and insect diversity and evolution.
Kimsey earned a doctorate in entomology from UC Davis in 1979 and joined the faculty of the department of entomology in 1989 as assistant professor. Kimsey served as interim chair of the department from 2008–2009. She holds the title of distinguished professor of entomology. Kimsey was appointed as the director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, operated by UC Davis, in 1989.
Kimsey has described almost 300 new species. In 2020 she was awarded the C. W. Woodworth Award by the Entomological Society of America.
Her husband Robert Kimsey is a forensic entomologist in the UC Davis Department of Entomology.
Kimsey studies the biology and evolution of insects, with a primary focus on the systematics and phylogeny of families Tiphiidae, Chrysididae, Sphecidae, Pompilidae and Apidae. In addition, she researches the mating behavior of wasps and bees. Nicknamed by her colleagues, "The Wasp Woman," Kimsey is one of only a few scientists in the world who can identify chrysidid or tiphiid wasps to species. The bulk of her research encompasses the discovery of new species of wasps since only about 60% of species have been described. Kimsey has named 250 new species and 17 new genera.
Kimsey examines global patterns of evolution in the wasp family Tiphiidae, which has eight subfamilies. Chrysalid wasps are a family of over 3000 species of wasps known commonly as gold wasps or cuckoo wasps. These small wasps lay eggs in the chrysalis of butterflies or moths or the nest of unrelated species. Kimey's book Chrysalid Wasps of the World presents an overview of the family, characterizing 84 genera and four subfamilies of these wasps.
Through her work at the Bohart Museum, Kimsey catalogs and examines the insect diversity of California and how this diversity contributes to local and global patterns of biodiversity. She has more than 100 peer reviewed publications.
Kimsey served as part of a team of UC Davis scientists and collaborators who received a five-year $4 million grant in 2008 to study the biodiversity of fungi, bacteria, plants, insects and vertebrates on Sulawesi, an Indonesian island near Borneo. There, biodiversity is considered threatened by logging operations and mining developments. The scientists planned to screen microbes and plants for applications to human health and energy needs. The aims of the project include:
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Lynn Kimsey
Lynn Siri Kimsey is an entomologist, taxonomist, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis since 1989. Her specialties are bees and wasps; and insect diversity and evolution.
Kimsey earned a doctorate in entomology from UC Davis in 1979 and joined the faculty of the department of entomology in 1989 as assistant professor. Kimsey served as interim chair of the department from 2008–2009. She holds the title of distinguished professor of entomology. Kimsey was appointed as the director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology, operated by UC Davis, in 1989.
Kimsey has described almost 300 new species. In 2020 she was awarded the C. W. Woodworth Award by the Entomological Society of America.
Her husband Robert Kimsey is a forensic entomologist in the UC Davis Department of Entomology.
Kimsey studies the biology and evolution of insects, with a primary focus on the systematics and phylogeny of families Tiphiidae, Chrysididae, Sphecidae, Pompilidae and Apidae. In addition, she researches the mating behavior of wasps and bees. Nicknamed by her colleagues, "The Wasp Woman," Kimsey is one of only a few scientists in the world who can identify chrysidid or tiphiid wasps to species. The bulk of her research encompasses the discovery of new species of wasps since only about 60% of species have been described. Kimsey has named 250 new species and 17 new genera.
Kimsey examines global patterns of evolution in the wasp family Tiphiidae, which has eight subfamilies. Chrysalid wasps are a family of over 3000 species of wasps known commonly as gold wasps or cuckoo wasps. These small wasps lay eggs in the chrysalis of butterflies or moths or the nest of unrelated species. Kimey's book Chrysalid Wasps of the World presents an overview of the family, characterizing 84 genera and four subfamilies of these wasps.
Through her work at the Bohart Museum, Kimsey catalogs and examines the insect diversity of California and how this diversity contributes to local and global patterns of biodiversity. She has more than 100 peer reviewed publications.
Kimsey served as part of a team of UC Davis scientists and collaborators who received a five-year $4 million grant in 2008 to study the biodiversity of fungi, bacteria, plants, insects and vertebrates on Sulawesi, an Indonesian island near Borneo. There, biodiversity is considered threatened by logging operations and mining developments. The scientists planned to screen microbes and plants for applications to human health and energy needs. The aims of the project include: