Rachel Osborn

Collection Manager - Entomology

Contact Info

rachelkosborn@ku.edu

785-864-6743

Public Safety Building, 140F
Lawrence
1501 Crestline
Lawrence, KS 66045

Biography —

I’m passionate about helping scientists, students, and others use insect collections for science, education, and more. I have a special fondness for Neotropical beetles.

Education —

Ph.D. in Entomology and Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior, Michigan State University, 2022

B.A. in Entomology and Conservation Biology, Hampshire College, 2007

Selected Publications —

Osborn, R. K., J. Castro, T. A. Duong, J. Hulcr, Y. Li, M. Martínez, and A. I. Cognato. 2023. Symbiotic fungi associated with xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and the imperative of global collaboration. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 116(1): 51–71. DOI:10.1093/aesa/saac024.

Cognato, A. I., W. Taft, R. K. Osborn, and D. Rubinoff. 2023. Multi-gene phylogeny of North American clear-winged moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae): a foundation for future evolutionary study of a speciose mimicry complex. Cladistics. 39: 1–17. DOI:10.1111/cla.12515.

Osborn, R. K., S. M. Smith, and A. I. Cognato. 2022. New xyleborine (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) genus with an Afrotropical-Neotropical distribution. Insect Systematics and Diversity. 6(4): 1–20. DOI:10.1093/isd/ixac016.

Osborn, R. K., M. E. Ordóñez, and A. I. Cognato. 2022. Ecuadorian Coptoborus beetles harbor Fusarium and Graphium fungi previously associated with Euwallacea ambrosia beetles. Mycologia. 114(3): 487–500. DOI:10.1080/00275514.2022.2065441.