JOSHUA R OGAWA

Department of Zoology                                   Telephone: 1 ( 541 ) 737 8323

3029 Cordley Hall                                            Email: ogawaj@science.oregonstate.edu

Oregon State University                                   http://www.oregonstate.edu/~ogawajo/phantom.html

Corvallis , OR . USA . 97331

 

 

Education

             

Ph.D. Zoology; in progress

Oregon State University , Corvallis OR .       

Thesis:  Analysis of the “Chaoboriform” genera using morphological characters

Advisor: Dr. Darlene D. Judd

            Concentration: Systematics of the Culicomorpha and Dipteran morphology

 

B.S. Wildlife Management; Aug 1994 – May 2000

Humboldt State University , Arcata CA .

Senior Thesis Title: Modeling local dispersion of host seeking adult Ixodes pacificus.

            Concentration: Wildlife diseases and pathology

 

REPRESENTATIVE COURSE WORK and ACADEMIC TRAINING

 

Systematics / Taxonomy                                      Entomology

     Principles of Systematic Biology                              Diptera Morphology

     Advanced Systematic Theory                                  Medical Entomology

     Analytical Biogeography                                                           Aquatic Entomology

     Phylogenetic Analysis                                                                General Entomology

               

Data Analysis                                                          Evolution/Ecology

    Methods of Data Analysis                                       Essential Models in Ecology

    Database Design                                                      Molecular Methods in Ecology and Evolution            

    SAS                                                                     Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics

    Applied Geographic Information Systems                 OTS 2004-03: Tropical Ecology

 

Professional Experience

 

Graduate Research Assistant - Curator; Jan 2002 – present

Oregon State Arthropod Collection, Oregon State University , Corvallis OR .

            Supervisor: Dr. Darlene D. Judd

            Duties: General curation of arthropod collection, Western Forest Insect Collection Coleopteran curator

            (Jan 2002 - Aug 2002 )

 

Graduate Teaching Assistant; Sept 2000 - Dec 2001

Biology Department , Oregon State University, Corvallis OR .

          Lecturers: Drs. Lesley Blair and Mark Lavery

            Courses: Laboratory component of the Biology for nonmajors series- Biology 101 , 102 , and 103

 

Student Assistant; May 1997 - Oct 2000  

Vector-Borne Disease Section, State of California Department of Health Services Sacramento , CA .

            Supervisor: Ken Townzen

            Duties: Participated in arboviral, Lyme disease, plague, and Sin Nombre Virus surveillance and testing,

            participated in mosquito insecticide efficacy and resistance tests, trained in the operation of the AIMES

            machine for ULV fogger calibrations.  Maintained a laboratory colony of Culex pipens for insecticide

            resistance and efficacy tests, and identification of mosquitoes and ixodid ticks.                       

 

Undergraduate Research Technician; Sept 1998 – May 1999

Fisheries Department, Humboldt State University , Arcata CA .

            Duties: Identification of aquatic and terrestrial arthropods collected from digestive tract samples

            from juvenile salmonid fishes.

 

Volunteer Curator; Feb 1999 – Dec 1999  

Zoology Department, Humboldt State University , Arcata CA .

          Supervisor: Dr. Michael Camman

            Duties: Identify, incorporate, and document new specimens added to the Humboldt State University    

            Entomology Collection.       

 

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant; Jan 1997 - Dec 1997

Computer Information Science Department, Humboldt State University , Arcata CA .

          Instructor:

Courses: Lab component CIS 170 -Essentials of procedural programming I, CIS 172 - Spreadsheets I,

CIS 272 -Spreadsheets II

 

Publications

   Ogawa, J. R., D. D. Judd, and K. Miller.  2004.  Redescription of Dixella humeralis (Tonnoir) with

          notes on the immature stages (Diptera: Dixidae).  Journal of Australian Entomology. ??:??-??

 

Presentations

-      2002 .  A tale of two setae: Larval and pupal chaetotaxy of Eucorethra underwoodi (Diptera:

Chaoboridae).  Poster presented at the Pacific Branch Meeting of Entomological Society of

America.  Lake Tahoe , Nevada . 

-      2001 .  Review of the “chaoboriform” genera of the world (Diptera: Insecta).  Poster presented

at the Entomological Society of America annual meeting, San Diego California . 9 - 12 Dec 2001 .

   -      2001 .  An examination of the “chaoboriform” genera using molecular

         and morphological characters. Oregon State University Entomology Department Conference.

         Corvallis, Oregon. 14 April 2001 .

 

Awards and Honors

Oregon State University Sports Lottery Scholarship: 2003 - 2004

 

Professional Memberships

Entomological Society of America  

Entomological Collections Network

Northwest Mosquito Control Association

Society for Systematic Biologists

 

Professional SERVICE

OSU Zoology Department:  Graduate Student Union Representative, Sept 20 04 -present

OSU Entomology Club: Secretary, April 2002 –Nov. 2003

OSU Entomology Department:  Graduate Student Representative, Seminar Committee, Nov 2002 –May 2003

OSU Entomology Department:  Graduate Student Representative to the faculty, Jan 2002 –June 2002