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PROFESSIONAL
appointments:
Associate Professor, Salisbury University,
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Salisbury, MD, 2013-Present
Assistant Professor, Salisbury University,
Dept. of
Biological Sciences, Salisbury, MD,
2008-2012
Postdoctoral Researcher, American Museum of Natural History
(Division
of Invertebrate Zoology), 2007-2008
Education
PhD. Ecology and
Evolution.
Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey,
April 2007.
M.S.
Entomology and Applied Ecology.
University
of Delaware, Newark, DE. May 2001.
B.S. Biological Sciences (Zoology), Salisbury
State University, Salisbury, MD.
May 1994.
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:
Nemes, S. and D.L. Price. In Prep.
Illustrated keys to the Scarabaeinae dung beetles (Coleoptera) of
Maryland. For submission to the Coleopterists Bulletin.
Dyer, N.W. and D.L. Price.
Notes on the Diversity and Foraging Height of Carrion Beetles
(Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the Nassawango Creek Preserve, Maryland.
Submitted to the Coleopterists Bulletin. Accepted with revision.
February 2013.
Price, D.L. and F.
Feer. 2012. Are There Pitfalls to Pitfalls? Dung beetle
sampling in French Guiana. Submitted to Organisms, Diversity &
Evolution 12(3): 325-331.
[PDF]
Price, D.L., L.
Brenneman, and R.E. Johnston. 2012. Dung Beetles Communities of
Eastern Maryland. Proceedings of the Entomological Society
of Washington 114(1): 142-151.
[PDF]
Price, D. L.
and M. L. May. 2009. Behavioral Ecology of Phanaeus Dung
Beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): Review and New
Observations. Acta Zoologica Mexicana, 25(1): 211-238.
[PDF]
Price, D. L. 2009. Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Dung
Beetle Genus Phanaeus (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeidae). Systematic Entomology 34: 137-150.
[PDF]
Published online, 2008.
[Top third downloaded paper for 2009]
Price, D. L.
2007. Phylogenetic Analysis of the Dung Beetle Genus Phanaeus
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Based on Morphological
Data. Insect
Systematics and Evolution
38(1): 1-18.
[PDF]
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.
[PDF]
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 Articles
Hagadorn, M.A., and D.L. Price.
Quick Guide for the Identification of Maryland Scarabaeoidea. Department
of Biological Sceinces, Salisbury University. Pg. 54.
Biology
Department Newsletter Editor. Two Newsletters are
disseminated each Fall and Spring semester.
http://www.salisbury.edu/biology/Dept newsletters.html
Price, D. L.
2006. Website Developed for the William L. Hutcheson
Memorial Forest Research
Center,
http://rci.rutgers.edu/~hmforest
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.
GRANTS
and AWARDS:
2013
Guerrieri Undergraduate Summer Research Endowment (student support
$7000; equipment $2000)
2012
Salisbury University, Henson School Travel Award ($342)
2012 Guerrieri Undergraduate Summer Research Endowment (student support
$9000; equipment $2995)
2012
Salisbury University, Henson School Travel Award ($489)
2011 Salisbury University Foundation Grant ($1000)
2011 Guerrieri Undergraduate Summer Research Endowment (student support
$7500; equipment $3000)
2010
Salisbury University, Faculty Development Travel Grant ($400)
2010 Guerrieri Undergraduate Summer Research Endowment (student support
$2500; equipment $350)
2010
Salisbury University, Henson School Travel Award ($222)
2007 Entomological
Society of America, Travel Award. ($100)
2005 Scarab Research Network Travel Grant.
Travel to Florida. ($250)
2004
Hutcheson Memorial Forest Summer Research Grant.
Dung beetle research($1,500)
2004 Scarab
Research Network Travel Grant. Travel
to Costa Rica. ($650)
2004 Rutgers
University
Graduate
School
Travel Award. ($175)
2003 Hutcheson Memorial Forest Summer Research Grant.
Dung beetle research. ($1,200)
2003 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)
Professional Presentations (*Undergraduate):
Dyer, N.* and D.L. Price. 2013. Notes on the
diversity and foraging height of the carrion beetles
(Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the Nassawago
Creek Preserve, Maryland, USA. Ecological Society of America,
Mid-Atlantic Conference, Dover, Delaware.
Price, D.L., L.M.
Brenneman*, and R.E. Johnston*. 2012. Dung Beetles Communities (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeidae, and Geotrupidae) of Eastern Maryland. Ecological Society
of America, Mid-Atlantic Conference.
Price, D.L. 2012.
An Inordinate Fondness for Dung Beetles. University of Maryland,
College Park. Department of Entomology. [Invited Speaker]
Price, D.L. 2011.
The Search for Living Jewels: Scarabs. Salisbury University Henson
School of Science and Technology Seminar Series.
October 2011.
Price, D.L., L. Brenneman*, and R. Johnston*. 2011.
Dung Beetles of Eastern Maryland's
Eastern Shore. Entomological Society of
America, Eastern Branch Conference, Harrisburg, PA. [Poster]
Price, D.L. 2011.
An Inordinate Fondness for Dung Beetles. University of Delaware,
Graduate Program of Entomology and Wildlife
Ecology. [Invited Speaker]
Brenneman, L.* and D.L.
Price. 2010. Species diversity of dung beetles (Scarabaeidae,
Geotrupidae, and Trogidae) collected on
Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Entomological Society of America, Eastern
Branch Conference, Annapolis, MD.
[Poster]
Price, D.L. 2009.
If you make it, they will come: Dung Beetle Ecology and Evolution.
Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD.
Department of Biological Sciences Fall Seminar series.
Price, D.L. 2008.
Phylogeny, Biogeography and Behavior of the Dung Beetle Genus Phanaeus (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), Salisbury
University, Salisbury, MD.
Price, D.L. 2007.
Phylogeny, Biogeography and Behavior of the Dung Beetle Genus Phanaeus (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae),
Entomological Society of America, SOLA, San Diego, CA. [Invited Speaker]
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, 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
LatnAmericano 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, Cinncinnati, 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-Goldstein. 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]
PUBLICATION
REVIEWER:
Southeastern Naturalist
, Systematic Entomology, Biotropica, Coleopterists Bulletin, Journal of Biogeography, Biodiversity and Conservation,
Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society, Journal of the Entomological
Research Society, Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
TRAVEL/RESEARCH:
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Florida, Archbold Biological Station
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National
Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C.
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Canadian
Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
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Costa Rica,
Universidad EARTH
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American
Museum of Natural History, New York
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Marfa, Texas
(personal collection of W. D. Edmonds)
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Philadelphia
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
Field
experience:
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Peru (2012) - 10 day
Scarab Workshop in Chanchamayo
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French
Guiana (2005) - 3 week collection trip in collaboration with the Smithsonian
Institute (two weeks at the Nouragues Biological Station, and one
week in Kaw Mountain)
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Arizona, and Texas
(2003) - 2 week collection trip
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Maryland, Delaware,
Virginia, Massachusetts, Maine, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, South
Carolina, and New York
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I have collected
extensively in both New Jersey (2002-2006) and Maryland
(2009-Present).
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
Coleopterists Society
Ecological Society of America
Entomological Society of America
Entomological Society of
Washington
Scarab Research Network (http://www.scarabnet.org)
Society for Conservation Biology
Society for the Study of Evolution
Committees and Activities:
Salisbury University
Student Research Committee (SUSRC) -
http://www.salisbury.edu/susrc/
Henson General Education Committee
Biology 210 Committee
Alumni Committee
SU Relay for Life Team (2010 - 2013)
Graduate Research Students
Mallory Hagadorn - Salisbury
University (Spring 2013-Present)
Elizabeth Rentz (Masters Student) -
Salisbury University (Spring 2011 - Spring 2013)
Undergraduate Research Students
Kaitlyn Mitchell (Summer 2013)
Joseph Restein - (Spring 2013 - Present)
Simone Nemes - (Spring 2012 - Spring 2013) - Heading to Europe
Jennifer Shaughney - (Summer 2012 - Fall 2012) - University of Nebraska,
Lincoln, working with Scarabs
Mallory Hagadorn - (Spring 2012 - Fall 2012) - Salisbury
University Biology MS Program
David Ortiz - (Spring 2012)
Stephen Kelly - (Summer 2011) - Salisbury University
Biology MS Program
Jason Smith - (Spring 2011 - Fall2011)
Nelson Dyer - (Fall 2010 - Fall 2012) - Applying to
Dental School
Ryan Johnston - (Spring 2010 - Spring 2011) - Delaware
State Police
Lauren Brenneman - (Summer 2009
- Spring 2010) - Baltimore County Firefighter
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