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Last updated 04/29/2004
| I am Dr. Andrew Moldenke. Welcome to my page. I study arthropods at Oregon State University. I am currently studying arthropods of the forest floor of the Northwest, such as mites, springtails, and millipedes. In the past I have studied spiders and insects and I still have an interest in them, so in the future there will be photos and perhaps videos of these magnificent creatures. For now you will have to settle for some links that I have found. Check them out... |
| Please click on any of the four sections of the picture to access the summaries of my published articles on the different subjects. |
Current research interests:
Long term professional goals1) Raise the "warm-and-fuzzy" quotient of arthropods amongst the general public and particularly amongst land management personnel (who fortunately control the majority of the land in the West). Increase the awareness of the natural history of living critters and facilitate hands-on field monitoring -- all ages!!2) Develop user-friendly insect information-retrieval systems to permit identification and general natural history referral for both the general public and the entomologist alike. Resolution at a professional level will allow species-specific knowledge (not the hit-or-miss representative pretty bug resolution of Audubon field guides) and editing capability to incorporate ongoing ecological studies (e.g., the microhabitat distribution of oribatid turtle-mites -- easily distinguished at a morphospecies level but still undescribed, and likely to remain so). Please visit my soil ecology page for a fuller explanation of computer software ideas we have dabbled with. |