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(Last updated April, 2007)

  
 

 

Dana L. Price

 

 

 

Graduate Program of Ecology and Evolution

14 College Farm Road, 1st Floor
Rutgers University, DEENR

New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Ph: 732-932-8872; Fax: 732-932-7229
dprice@eden.rutgers.edu


EDUCATION:

PhD. Ecology and Evolution. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ. April 2007.  

Major advisor: Dr. Michael L. May. Dissertation title: Phylogeny, Biogeography and Behavior of the Dung Beetle 

Genus Phanaeus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae).

 

 M.S. Entomology and Applied Ecology. University of Delaware, Newark, DE.  May 2001.

Major advisor: Dr. Judith Hough-Goldstein. Thesis title: Biology and Host Specificity of Timandra griseata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and Homorosoma chinensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Candidate Biological Control Agents for Mile-a-minute Weed, Polygonum perfoliatum.

 

 B.S. Biological Sciences (Zoology), Salisbury State University, Salisbury, MD. May 1994.

 


TEACHING and PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2006-2007    Head Teaching Assistant, General Biology (101), Rutgers University

2003-2006    Head Teaching Assistant, General Biology (102), Rutgers University

2004-2005    Designed Insect Taxonomy course for Rutgers University

2002-2003    Teaching Assistant (Assistant to Head TA), General Biology (101, 102), Rutgers University

2001-2002    Teaching Assistant, General Biology (101, 102), Rutgers University

1999-2001    Research Assistant, Dept. of Entomology and Applied Ecology, University of Delaware

1999             Teaching Assistant, Insect Taxonomy and Ornithology, University of Delaware

1994             Maryland Department of Agriculture, Nursery Inspector

 

 

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

Price, D. L. and M. L. May. (In Prep) Behavioral Ecology of Phanaeus Dung Beetles (Scarabaeidae: 

Scarabaeinae):  Review and New Observations.

 

Price, D. L. (In Prep) Phylogeny, Biogeography and Behavioral Analyses of the Dung Beetle Genus Phanaeus 

(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae).

 

Price, D. L. 2007. Phylogenetic Analysis of the Dung Beetle Genus Phanaeus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Based on Morphological Data. Insect Systematics and Evolution (In Press)

 

Price, D. L. 2006. Notes on the Scarabaeoid Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Geotrupidae, and Trogidae) of Hutcheson Memorial Forest, New Jersey, U.S.A. Entomological News 117(3): 347-350.

 

Price, D. L. 2005. Descriptions of the Male and Female Genitalia of Phanaeus (Macleay) (Scarabaeidae:

Scarabaeinae): The Vindex Species Group. Coleopterists Bulletin 59(2): 197-203. [PDF]

 

Price, D. L. 2004. Species Diversity and Seasonal Abundance of Scarabaeoid Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: 

Scarabaeidae, Aphodiidae, Trogidae) in Central New Jersey. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 112(4): 334- 347. [PDF]

 

Price, D. L., J. Hough-Goldstein, and M. T. Smith. 2003. Biology, Rearing, and Preliminary Evaluation of the Host Range of Two Potential Biological Control Agents for Mile-a-minute Weed, Polygonum perfoliatum L. Environmental Entomology 32(1): 229-236. [PDF]

 

 

NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Price, D. L. 2006. Website Developed for the William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest Research Center, http://rci.rutgers.edu/~hmforest [Bibliography compiled and Pdfs made available]

 

Price, D. L. 2006. Picture of Phanaeus vindex published in LEGACY Conserving New York State’s Biodiversity.  The American Museum of Natural History and the New York State Biodiversity Research Institute.

 

Price, D. L. 2004. Recyclers of the Trail. New York/New Jersey Trail Conference Newsletter. July/August Issue. 

Price, D. L. 2003. Rutgers University Personal Website, http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~struwe/price 

 

GRANTS and AWARDS:

2005    Scarab Research Network Travel Grant.  Travel to Florida. ($250)

 

2004    Hutcheson Memorial Forest Summer Research Grant.  Dung beetle research. ($1,500)

Scarab Research Network Travel Grant.  Travel to Costa Rica. ($650)

Rutgers University Graduate School Travel Award. ($175)

 

2003    Hutcheson Memorial Forest Summer Research Grant. Dung beetle research. ($1,200)

Rutgers University Graduate School Travel Award. ($300)

 

2002    Hutcheson Memorial Forest Summer Research Grant. Dung beetle research. ($1,500)

 

2001    Entomological Society of America Conference, Eastern Branch Meeting, Harrisburg, PA,

Third Prize in the Student Paper Competition. ($100)

 

 

PRESENTATIONS:

Price, D. L. 2007. Phylogeny, Biogeography and Behavior of the Dung Beetle Genus Phanaeus (Coleoptera:

Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Rutgers University, Ph.D. Dissertation defense.

 

Price, D.L. 2005. Phylogenetic Analysis of the Dung Beetle Genus Phanaeus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae:

Scarabaeinae), Entomological Society of America Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. [Poster]

 

Price, D.L. 2005. Recyclers of the Earth, Dung Beetles of Central New Jersey, The New York Entomological 

Society, American Museum of Natural History , New York . [Invited Speaker]

 

Price, D.L. 2004. Preliminary Phylogeny of the Dung Beetle Genus Phanaeus (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) Using 

Morphological Data, VI Reunion LatinAmericano de Scarabaeoidologia, EARTH University, Costa Rica

 

Price, D.L. 2004. Current Research and Future Studies, Scarab Research Network Meeting, EARTH University,

Costa Rica. 

 

Price, D.L. 2003. Scarabaeoid Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Geotrupidae, Trogidae) Collected in Three 

Habitats of Central New Jersey, Entomological Society of America Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio

 

Price, D.L. and M.L. May. 2002. Tapping Rate as an Indicator of Genetic Quality in the Male Dung Beetle

(Onthophagus hecate Panzer), Rutgers University Entomological Symposium [Poster]

 

Price, D.L. 2001. Biology and Host Specificity of Timandra griseata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and Homorosoma

chinensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Candidate Biological Control Agents for Mile-a-minute Weed, Polygonum

perfoliatum, Department of Entomology and Applied Ecology, University of Delaware, M.S. Defense.

 

Price, D.L. and J. Hough-Goldtsein. 2001. Host Specificity Testing of Homorosoma chinensis (Wagner)

(Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a Potential Biological Control Agent for Mile-a-minute weed. Entomological Society of

America Conference, Eastern Branch Meeting, Harrisburg, PA, Third Prize in Student Paper Competition

 

Price, D.L. and J. Hough-Goldstein. 2000. Chinese Insects as Potential Biocontrol Agents for the Mile-a-minute

Weed, Entomological Society of America Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada [Poster]

 

Price, D.L. 2000. Chinese Insects as Potential Biocontrol Agents for the Mile-a-minute Weed, USDA ARS Beneficial

Insect Introductions Research Laboratory, Newark, DE, [Invited Speaker]

 

Price, D.L. 2000. Chinese Insects as Potential Biocontrol Agents for the Mile-a-minute Weed, Entomological Society

of America Conference, Eastern Branch Meeting, Springfield, MA, Northeast Working Group on Biological Control:

Updates on biological control projects of regional interest [Invited Speaker]

 

 

DEPARTMENTAL PRESENTATIONS

Price, D. L. 2006. Why everyone should have a conference in Costa Rica: Scarab Research Network, dung beetles, bananas, and more..., Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University.

 

Price, D. L. 2004. If You Make It, They Will Come: Dung Beetles in Central New Jersey and More, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University.

Price, D. L. 2003. Red Imported Fire Ant, the Need for Long Term Studies, Rutgers University, Department of Entomology.

Price, D. L. 2002. Sexual Selection: Review of Mechanisms, Current Debates and Unanswered Questions, Rutgers 

University, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers University.

Price, D. L. 2000. Public Enemy No. 1 (Anoplophora glabripenis), University of Delaware.

Price, D. L. 1999. The Occurrence of Myiasis in Humans, University of Delaware.

 

 

PUBLICATION REVIEW:

Southeastern Naturalist

Systematic Entomology

Biotropica

Coleopterists Bulletin

 

 

TRAVEL and FIELD EXPERIENCE:

  • Lake Placid, Florida, Archbold Biological Station

  • National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C.

  • Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada

  • Costa Rica, Universidad EARTH

  • American Museum of Natural History, New York

  • Marfa, Texas (personal collection of W. D. Edmonds)

  • Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA

Field experience

  • French Guiana (2005) - 3 week collection trip in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institute (two weeks at the Nourague Biological Station, and one week in Kaw Mountain)

  • Arizona, and Texas (2003) - 2 week collection trip

  • Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey

 

ACTIVITIES:

2004-present Scarab Research Network (http://www.scarabnet.org)

2003-2007    Eco-Graduate Student Association, DEENR, Rutgers University

2005-2006    Development of a web page for the Hutcheson Memorial Forest Research Center

2002-2004    Buell Small Succession Study, Rutgers University (three summers) (http://www.ecostudies.org/bss/)

2002-2003    Entomological Society of America, Student Representative, Rutgers University

2003              Spring Seminar Committee, Department of Entomology, Rutgers University

2001-2003    Graduate Entomological Student Association, Rutgers University

1999-2000    Entomological Society of America, Student Representative, University of Delaware

2000             General Education Committee for the Faculty Senate, Graduate Student Representative, 

University of Delaware

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

American Association of University Women

American Entomological Society, Philadelphia

Coleopterists Society

Entomological Society of America

Scarab Research Network

Society for Conservation Biology

Society for the Study of Evolution

Society of Systematic Biologists

The New York Entomological Society

 

 

ADVISERS:
Michael May, Department of Entomology, Rutgers University 
Karl Kjer, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Rutgers University
Lena Struwe, Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, Rutgers University
Douglas Tallamy, Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware