Stephanie A. Dole, Ph.D. has been educating the public about insects since 1997. Her extensive experience as a scientist, educator, and researcher include:
Bachelors Degree in Entomology from University of California, Davis
Ph.D. in Entomology from Michigan State University
Teaching at Texas A&M University (General and Aquatic Entomology Laboratories), University of San Francisco (Biology of Insects), and CuriOdyssey museum (Pre-K Science Together classes).
Presenting on insects to the public at University of California Davis, Texas A&M University, Michigan State University’s Bug House, Michigan and California public schools, Filoli Gardens, CuriOdyssey museum, Bee Keepers Guild of San Mateo County, and California Academy of Sciences.
National Science Foundation funded Ph.D. dissertation research on the diversity of tropical bark beetles, which included the description of 5 previously unknown beetle species, and one new genus.
Publication of 9 scientific research articles in journals such as Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution and the Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.
Extensive field experience collecting and studying insects in the Ecuadorian Amazon, Guyana, Thailand, the Sonoran Desert, the Sierra Nevada, and throughout California.
Bachelors Degree in Entomology from University of California, Davis