David A. Grimaldi (born September 22, 1957) is an entomologist and Curator of Invertebrate Zoology at the
American Museum of Natural History
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in
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. He received his graduate training at
Cornell University, where he earned his doctorate in Entomology in 1986. Dr. Grimaldi is an authority in many fields of insect systematics, paleontology, and evolutionary biology.
Dr. Grimaldi is also an adjunct professor at
Cornell University,
Columbia University, and the
City University of New York
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Aside from numerous papers in scientific journals, Grimaldi is author of ''Amber: Window to the Past'', and of ''Evolution of the Insects'' (2005) with co-author
Michael S. Engel
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.
Honors and awards
Some of Dr. Grimaldi's scientific honors include:
* Thomas Say Award,
Entomological Society of America
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, 2007
Eponymy
The following is a selection of taxa that have been named for Grimaldi:
*''Afrarchaea grimaldii'' Penney (a fossil archaeid
spider in Burmese amber)
*''Ambradolon grimaldii'' Metz (a fossil therevid fly in Dominican amber)
*''Burmadactylus grimaldii''
Heads
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(a fossil pygmy mole cricket in Burmese amber)
*''Ctenoplectrella grimaldii''
Engel (a fossil
bee
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in Baltic amber)
*''Cubanoptila grimaldii'' Wichard (a fossil
caddisfly in Dominican amber)
*''Euliphora grimaldii'' Arillo & Mostovski (a fossil
phorid fly in Spanish amber)
*''Glabellula grimaldii'' Evenhuis (a fossil
Mythicomyiidae in Dominican amber)
*''Glyptotermes grimaldii''
Engel & Krishna (a fossil drywood
termite in Dominican amber)
*''Grimaldinia'' Popov & Heiss (a genus of fossil leptosaldine shore bugs in Burmese amber)
*''Halitheres grimaldii'' Giribet & Dunlop (a fossil
harvestman in Burmese amber)
*''Palaeoburmesebuthus grimaldii'' Lourenço (a fossil
scorpion in Burmese amber)
*''Phyloblatta grimaldii'' Vršanský (a fossil
roach
Roach may refer to:
Animals
* Cockroach, various insect species of the order Blattodea
* Common roach (''Rutilus rutilus''), a fresh and brackish water fish of the family Cyprinidae
** ''Rutilus'' or roaches, a genus of fishes
* California roach ...
from the Triassic of Virginia)
*''Plectromerus grimaldii'' Nearns & Branham (a fossil long-horn
beetle in Dominican amber)
References
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Curriculum Vitae (short version)
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