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Dr. Jeffrey W Shultz

Associate Professor


Director

Entomology 4112A Plant Sciences Building 4291 Fieldhouse Drive College Park, Maryland 20742-4454

RESEARCH FOCUS

  • Evolutionary morphology, biomechanics behavior, and systematics of arachnids and other arthropods
  • Taxonomy, evolution and reproductive biology of leiobunine harvestmen (daddy longlegs) of eastern North America
  • Hydrodynamics of gill ventilation in mayfly naiads, mechanics of elastic sclerites and hydraulics in arachnid locomotion, molecular systematics of major arthropod groups, comparative anatomy of scorpions and many others