The Wiegmann Lab

Dipteran Molecular Systematics at North Carolina State University

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- PEOPLE -

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:

 

Name: Brian M. Wiegmann, Ph.D.

Hometown: Baltimore, MD

Research Interests: Higher-level fly phylogenies; relationships of Empidoidea and lower Brachycera

LABORATORY RESEARCH TECHNICIAN:

 

Name: Brian Cassel

Hometown: Raleigh, NC

Research Interests: Higher-level fly phylogenies & lab techniques; Cerambycidae collecting

POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS:

 

Name: Jungwook "Woogie" Kim, Ph.D.

Hometown: Seoul, South Korea

Research Interests: Higher-level fly & wasp phylogenies; gene exploration; relationships of Chalcidoidea (Aphelinidae) and Dipteran families

 

Name: Shelah Morita, Ph.D.

Hometown: Anaheim, CA

Research Interests: Phylogenetics, systematics and taxonomy of flies, especially Tabanidae and Nemestrinidae; evolutionary ecology and macroevolution of long-proboscis flies; pollination biology and plant-insect interactions

GRADUATE STUDENTS:

 

Name: Michelle Trautwein

Hometown: Austin, TX

Research Interests: Higher-level fly phylogenies; relationships of Asiloidea families (Asilidae, Therevidae, Bombylyiidae, Mydidae, etc.) and subfamilies of Bombyliidae

 

Name: Matt Bertone

Hometown: Lansdale, PA

Research Interests: Higher-level fly phylogenies; relationships of lower ('nematocerous') Diptera families and Tipuloidea (Limoniidae, Tipulidae, Cyindrotomidae and Pediciidae)

 

Name: Whitney Swink

Hometown: Raleigh, NC

Research Interests: Empidoidea (particularly Empididdae) of Madagascar; museum curation

 

Name: Keith Bayless

Hometown: South Orange, NJ

Research Interests: Phylogenetics of Diptera; evolution of ecological specialization, especially in the genus Dasychela (Diptera: Tabanidae).

ALUMNI & PAST VISITORS:

- POST DOCS -

Shaun L. Winterton

J. Kevin Moulton

Sonja J. Scheffer

Shun-chern Tsaur

Norman Barr

- GRADUATE STUDENTS -

Jason R. Cryan

Longlong Yang

Ken Collins

Hilary Hill

 

- VISITORS -

Martin Hauser

Kevin Holston

Steven Gaimari

Jade Savage

Frederik Petersen

Matt Petersen

Owen Lonsdale

Guilherme Schnell E Schueli

Daniela Takiya

Torsten Dikow

Sujatha Kutty

 

 

CONTACTS:

Brian M. Wiegmann

Professor

Department of Entomology

Box 7613

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, NC 27695

Phone: 919-515-1653 - Fax: 919-515-7746 - Email: brian_wiegmann@ncsu.edu

 

Brian Cassel

Phone: 919-515-3429 - Fax: 919-515-7746 - Email: brian_cassel@ncsu.edu

 

Jungwook "Woogie" Kim

Phone: 919-515-3429 - Fax: 919-515-7746 - Email: jkim2@ncsu.edu

 

Shelah I. Morita

Phone: 919-515-3429 - Fax: 919-515-7746 - Email: simorita@ncsu.edu

 

Michelle Trautwein

Phone: 919-515-3429 - Fax: 919-515-7746 - Email: mdtrautw@ncsu.edu

 

Matt Bertone

Phone: 919-515-3429 - Fax: 919-515-7746 - Email: maberto2@ncsu.edu

 

Keith Bayless

Phone: 919-515-3429 - Fax: 919-515-7746 - Email: kmbayles@ncsu.edu