4/13/2021 1 Curriculum Vita Lynn S. Kimsey Work Address Department of Entomology & Nematology University of California One Shields Ave. Davis, CA 95616 Phone: (530) 752-5373 e-mail: [email protected] Education 1976 University of California, Davis, B.S. in Entomology 1979 University of California, Davis, Ph.D. in Entomology Academic Positions 2018-present Distinguished Professor of Entomology, UC Davis 1994-2018 Professor of Entomology, UC Davis 1990-present Executive Director, Bohart Museum Society 1990-present Director, Bohart Museum of Entomology, UC Davis 2009-2010 Vice Chair of Entomology, UC Davis 2008-2009 Interim Chair of Entomology, UC Davis 2005-2006 Vice Chair of Entomology, UC Davis 1995-2006 Director, Center for Biosystematics, UC Davis 1990-2000 Research Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 1989-1994 Associate Professor of Entomology, University of California, Davis 1987-1989 Visiting Professor/Lecturer, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University Professional and Honorary Societies Entomological Society of America International Society of Hymenopterists, Society President 2002-2004 Natural Science Collections Alliance, (Member of Board of Directors. 2000-2001) Washington Entomological Society Sigma Xi Honors and Awards 2019 – UC Davis Work Life Champion 2019 – Met High School Outstanding Mentor 2016 – Academic Senate Distinguished Scholarly Public Service Award. 2014 – Entomological Society of America Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity Award 2013 – Outstanding Team Member, “The Bee Team,” Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America 4/13/2021 2 Courses Taught 1990-current - Introduction to the Study of Insects 1990-current - Introduction to the Study of Insects Laboratory 2016 - Graduate Seminar 2013-2014 Freshman Seminar 2010 - Animal Biology Lab. 1995-2009 graduate Systematics and Evolution 2004 - Insect Morphology 2001 - Insect Field Biology 1988-2000 Biogeography Areas of Scientific Expertise Insect biodiversity Systematics and biogeography of parasitic wasps Urban entomology Civil forensic entomology Arthropod-related industrial hygiene Research Grants and Contracts 1984-1986 NSF Research Grant, No. BSR-8407392 - Generic Revision of the Chrysididae of the World. 1986-1987 NSF Research Grant, No. BSR-8600341 - Generic Revision of the Chrysididae of the World. 1987-1989 NSF Visiting Professorships for Women Grant, No. RII-8620062 - Phylogeny and biogeography of thynnine tiphiid wasps. 1991-1994 NSF Research Grant, No. BSR-910747 - Phylogeny and biogeography of the tiphiid wasp subfamily Thynninae 1992-1993 NSF Biological Facilities Grant, No. 9114669 - Bohart Museum of Entomology - relocation and modernization 1998-2002 NSF Biological Facilities Grant, No. 9808893 – Recuration of the Bohart Museum scale insect collection 2002-2008 USDA No. 58-5325-9-228. Study of insects inhabiting Scotch Broom; $1,000. 2004-2007 NSF Biological Research Collections Grant, No. DBI-0346603 – Modernization of the Bohart Museum Mosquito Collections; $366,532. 2004-2006 USDI, Bureau of Reclamation, No. 04FC300010 - Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Diet Study; $64,011. 2001-2006 McKnight Foundation, Collaborative Crop Research Program, No. 004327, Strengthening the On-farm Conservation and Food Security of Andean Tubers in the Fragile Ecosystems of the Southern Peruvian Highlands; $985,000; co-PI. 2005-2006 USDI, Bureau of Reclamation; Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Research Project – Insects on Tamarisk; $27,857. 4/13/2021 3 2006-2007 USDA-FS, No. 03JV-11272150-307, Evaluation of the conservation status of rare California insects; $73,566. 2006-2007 USDI, Bureau of Land Management; Evaluation of the endemic insect species of the Algodones Dunes, Imperial Co., CA; $20,000. 2006-2008 USDA-FS, No. 06CA11100100230, Evaluation of spruce subcortical insect collections from Alaska; $35,000. 2006 Tiechert Foundation Grant for summer Bug Camp and teacher workshops; $6,700. 2006 Entomological Foundation grant for summer outreach programs; $2,300. 2007-2009 CDFA, Biocontrol Program; Scotch broom insect survey; $8,300. 2007-2010 USDI, Bureau of Land Management; Survey of the endemic insect species of the Algodones Dunes, Imperial Co., CA; $148,000. 2008-2013 International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups; Biodiversity Surveys in Indonesia and Discovery of Health and Energy Solutions; $4.5 million. 2009-2012 NSF BRC No. 0847231: Curation of Fluid Preserved Vertebrates and Invertebrates – A Collaborative Proposal from the Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology; $495,535. 2009-2011 Identification Aid to Wood Boring Beetles of the World: Genera of Buprestidae. USDA Cooperative Agreement, contract No. 09-8100-1352-CA; $14,206.50. 2009-2011 Enhancing Identification of Agromyzid Leaf-Miners Threatening California’s Specialty Crops. USDA contract No. SCB08008; $119,785. 2010-2012 NSF BRC No. 0956340: Collaborative databasing of North American bee collections within a global informatics network; co-PI subaward $150,314. 2010-2014 NSF BRC No. 0956165: Collaborative Research: Calbug, an interactive database using arthropods to examine impacts of climate change and habitat modification; co-PI subaward $244,441. 2011 UIIP Mini-grant. Bringing Judy Scotchmoor to give seminars on how to do science. Feb. 11, 2011, $500. 2014-2017 NSF CBSR No. 1349397: Collaborative Research: The Preservation, Digitizing and Data Basing of the Tardigrade Collection at Bohart Museum; 2014-2017. $226,033. Co-PI 2015-2018 Enhancing taxonomic and molecular diagnostics capacity for fruit flies. USDA contract No. 15-0415-SF $266,135. 2018-2019 Enhancing taxonomic and molecular diagnostics capacity for fruit flies. USDA contract No. 17-0413-001-SF $85,494. 2015-2019 US BLM CESU Characterization of impacts to desert pollinators from utility scale renewable energy installations, $220,421. 4/13/2021 4 2016-2020 NSF 13-569 Digitization TCN No. 1601443: Collaborative Research: Lepidoptera of North America Network: Documenting Diversity in the Largest Clade of Herbivores; 2016-2020, subaward $275,380. 2018-2019 California Department of Food & Agriculture Non-target Biological Control Use Grant, $42,000. 2019-2020 The Nature Conservancy. Database of the Bees of the California Channel Islands, $10,000. 2020-2021 Exotic Hornet Identification. USDA Cooperative Agreement, APP-12984, $76,609 2020-2022 CA Dept. of Water Resources: Sacramento Delta insect survey, $105,308 2021-2022 California Museums Grant Program, BEEHIVE Project. $33,625 Refereed PuBlications 1. Siri, M. L. and R. M. Bohart. 1974. A review of the genus Mellinus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 50(2):169-176. 2. Kimsey, L. S. 1977. New species of bees in the genera Euplusia and Eufriesia (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Euglossini). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 53:8-18. 3. Kimsey, L. S. 1978. Nesting and male behavior in Dynatus nigripes spinolae (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 54:65-68. 4. Bohart, R. M. and L. S. Kimsey. 1978. A revision of the new world species of Hedychridium (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 91(3):590-635. 5. Kimsey, L. S. 1979. Scientific Note. Synonymy of the genus Euplusia Moure under Eufriesia Cockerell (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Euglossini). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 55(2):126. 6. Bohart, R. M. and L. S. Kimsey. 1979. A key to the species of Ectemnius in America north of Mexico with notes and description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 81(3):486-498. 7. Kimsey, L. S. 1979. An illustrated key to the genus Exaerete with descriptions of male genitalia and biology (Hymenoptera: Euglossini, Apidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 52(4):735-746. 8. Kimsey, L. S. 1980. The behaviour of male orchid bees (Apidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta) and the question of leks. Animal Behaviour 28:996-1004. 9. Bohart, R. M. and L. S. Kimsey. 1980. A generic synopsis of the Chrysididae of America north of Mexico (Hymenoptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 53(1):137- 148. 10. Kimsey, L. S. 1980. Notes on the biology of some Panamanian Pompilidae, with a description of a communal nest (Hymenoptera). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 56(2):98-100. 4/13/2021 5 11. Kimsey, L. S. 1981. The Cleptinae of the western hemisphere (Chrysididae: Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 94(3):801-818. 12. Kimsey, L. S. and R. M. Bohart. 1981. A synopsis of the chrysidid genera of neotropical America.(Chrysidoidea, Hymenoptera). Psyche 87(1-2):75-92. 13. Kimsey, L. S. and R. B. Kimsey. 1981. A new species of Bembix from the California Desert (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 54(3):486-488. 14. Kimsey, L. S., R. B. Kimsey and C. A. Toft. 1981. Life history of Bembix inyoensis in Death Valley (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 54(4):665- 672. 15. Kimsey, L. S. 1981. A new North American chrysidid genus and redescription of the genus Pseudolopyga Krombein (Elampinae, Hymenoptera). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 57(2):351- 358. 16. Kimsey, L. S. 1982. Systematics of bees of the genus Eufriesea. University of California Publications in Entomology 95:1-125. 17. Bohart, R. M. and L. S. Kimsey. 1982. A synopsis of the Chrysididae in America north of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 33:1-266. 18. Janzen, D. H., P. J. DeVries, M. L. Higgins and L. S. Kimsey. 1982. Seasonal and site variation in Costa Rican euglossine bees at chemical