Zack Falin
- Collection Manager - Entomology
Contact Info
1501 Crestline Drive
Lawrence, KS 66045
Education —
with Honors
Teaching —
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
2006 – 2007 Interim Acting Curator, Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute
2003 – 2010 Associate Collection Manager, Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute
1998 – 2003 Curatorial Assistant, Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute
1998 Graduate Research Assistant, Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute
1997 – 1998 Curatorial Assistant, Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute
1995 – 1997 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1995 Museum Technician, Cornell University Insect Collection
1994 Curatorial Technician, Cornell University Insect Collection
1990 – 1991 Research Assistant, Dept. of Entomology
1990 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Entomology
1989 – 1992 Museum Technician, Cornell University Insect Collection
Selected Publications —
Lohrmann, V., Z.H. Falin, D.J. Bennett & M.S. Engel. [in press]. Recent findings of Olixon banksii in the Nearctic with notes on its biology (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society.
Chatzimanolis, S., M.E. Cashion, M.S. Engel & Z.H. Falin. 2012. A new genus of Ptylodactylidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea) in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. Geodiversitas, 34(3): 569-574.
Batelka, J., M.S. Engel, Z.H.Falin & J. Prokop. 2011. Two new ripidiine species in Dominican amber with evidence of aggregative behavior of males “frozen” in the fossil record (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae). European Journal of Entomology, 108: 275-286.
Falin, Z.H. & M.S. Engel. 2010. Notes on Cretaceous Ripidiini and revised diagnoses of the Ripidiinae, Ripidiini, and Eorhipidiini (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae). Alavesia, 3: 35-42.
Lawrence, J.F., Z.H. Falin & S.A. Slipinski. 2010. Ripiphoridae [pp. 538-548]. In: Handbook of Zoology, Vol. 4 Arthropoda, Insecta, Part 38 Coleoptera, Beetles 2, W. de Gruyter.
Falin, Z.H. 2009. Recent Collections of Lordithon niger (Gravenhorst) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Kansas. Coleopterists Bulletin, 63(1): 84-85.
Engel, M.S. & Z.H. Falin. 2008. The Zorapteran Zorotypus huxleyi in Guyana (Zoraptera: Zorotypidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 81(4): 394-395.
Lingafelter, S., R. Anderson, R. Timm, Z.H. Falin, M.L. Jameson, A. Newton, G. Ball, K.J. Ahn, & R. Leschen. 2006. In Memorium, James Stephen “Steve” Ashe (1947-2005). Coleopterists Bulletin, 60(1): 1-12.
Falin, Z.H. 2004. On a misidentification of the mud dauber parasite Macrosiagon ferruginea (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae) in India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 101(2): 329.
Falin, Z.H. 2004. Revision of three New World Macrosiagon Hentz species (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae) with a discussion of phylogenetic relationships within the Macrosiagonini. Coleopterists Bulletin, 58(1): 1-19.
Falin, Z.H. 2002. Notes on the South American ripiphorid Macrosiagon vittula (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae). Entomological News, 113(3): 192-196.
Falin, Z.H. 2002. Ripiphoridae. In: American Beetles, vol. 2. R. Arnett Jr., M.C. Thomas, H. Frank and P.E. Skelley (eds.) CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL., 861 pp.
Kaupp, A., Z.H. Falin & P. Nagel. 2001. An annotated catalogue of fossil Ripiphoridae, taxonomic notes, and the description of a new genus and species from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripidiinae). Mitteilungen des Geologisch- Paläontologischen instituits der Universität Hamburg, 85: 165-195.
Falin, Z.H. 2001. Notes on the occurrence of Ripidius pectinicornis Thunberg (Coleoptera: Rhipiphoridae) in the continental United States and Hawaii. Coleopterists Bulletin, 55(2): 194-197.
Falin, Z.H., L. Arneson, & W.T. Wcislo. 2001. Night-flying Sweat Bees Megalopta genalis and Me. ecuadoria (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) as Hosts of the Parasitoid Beetle Macrosiagon gracilis (Coleoptera: Rhipiphoridae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 73(3): 183-185.
Selected Presentations —
Falin, Z.H. 2013. Kansas arthropod specimen data at KU: recent efforts, talking stock, and future uses. Annual Kansas Entomological Society Meeting, Pittsburg, KS; Apr. 13.
Falin, Z.H. 2013. A status report on the digitization of Kansas arthropod records at KU: 15 years in and still scratching the surface. Annual Kansas Academy of Science Meeting, Overland Park, KS; Apr. 6.
Falin, Z.H. 2012. Brining LLAMA home: the legalities and logistics of managing the “by-catch” of a large arthropod survey. Annual Entomological Collections Network Meeting, Knoxville, TN; Nov. 11.
Falin, Z.H. 2012. Twenty-four years in the business: my collections-based experience as viewed through NEON colored glasses. National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, CO; Jul. 30. Invited.
Falin, Z.H. 2012. Catch as catch can in KS: recent informal insect survey & inventory work at the SEMC. USDA & KS Dept. Ag. Kansas Entomologists Meeting, Topeka, KS; Jan. 19. Invited.
McKenna, D.D. & Z.H. Falin, Z.H. 2011. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution of Ripiphorid Beetles (Ripiphoridae). Annual Entomological Society of America Meeting, Reno, NV; Nov. 16.
Falin, Z.H. 2011. Tales of a loan scofflaw, or, what the hell am I thinking? Annual Entomological Collections Network Meeting, Reno, NV; Nov. 12. Invited.
Falin, Z.H. 2011. An embarrassment of riches: The capture, dissemination and use of collections-based data in the 21st Century. Essig Museum of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley, CA; Sept. 8. Invited.
Falin, Z.H. 2011. Catch as catch can: The research life as an Academic Staff in Kansas. Essig Museum of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley, CA; Sept. 8. Invited.
Falin, Z.H. 2008. Best practices vs. reality: A practical guide to improving your georeference data. Annual Entomological Collections Network Meeting, Reno, NV; Nov. 15. Invited.
Falin, Z.H. 2006. Moving the Snow Entomological Collection 1.5km or, What a long strange trip its been. Annual Entomological Collections Network Meeting, Indianapolis, IN; Dec. 10.
Falin, Z.H. 2003. Phylogenetic analysis and revision of the genera and subfamilies of the Ripiphoridae (Coleoptera). Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology seminar series, Lawrence, KS; Aug. 25.
Hodges, E.S. & Z.H. Falin. 2002. Entomology Collections at KU: A guided tour with tips for illustrators. Annual Guild for Natural Science Illustrators Meeting, Lawrence, KS; Aug. 7.
Awards & Honors —
2013 KU Biodiversity Institute, Special Funding Request ($4,000).
2012 KU Biodiversity Institute, Special Funding Request ($4,000).
2011 KU Biodiversity Institute, G.W. Byers Endowment Fund ($982).
2010 KU Biodiversity Institute, Special Funding Request ($1,600).
2007 KU Biodiversity Institute, Special Funding Request ($579).
2006 KU Biodiversity Institute, Special Funding Request ($450).
2005 KU Biodiversity Institute, Special Funding Request ($940).
2001 KU Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Graduate Teaching Fund ($110; not disbursed due to symposium cancellation).
2001 KU Biodiversity Institute, Special Funding Request ($110; not disbursed due to symposium cancellation).
2000 KU Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, H.B. Hungerford Award in Entomology ($750).
2000 KU Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, H.B. Hungerford Award in Entomology ($540).
2000 KU Biodiversity Institute, Snow Entomological Collection Development Fund ($500).
2000 KU Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, H.B. Hungerford Award in Entomology ($500).
2000 KU Biodiversity Institute, Snow Entomological Collection Development Fund ($912).
2000 KU Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, H.B. Hungerford Award in Entomology ($693).
1999 KU Biodiversity Institute, Snow Entomological Collection Development Fund ($1,500).
1999 KU Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, H.B. Hungerford Award in Entomology ($806).
1999 KU Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, H.B. Hungerford Award in Entomology ($1200).
1997 University of Kansas, Graduate School Summer Fellowship ($2,000).
1996 Harvard University, Ernst Mayr Grant ($1,050).
1996 American Museum of Natural History, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund ($741).
1996 KU Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, H.B. Hungerford Award in Entomology ($500).
1996 KU Biodiversity Institute, Panorama Society Grant ($584).
Grants & Other Funded Activity —
2011 – 2014 National Science Foundation, DBI-1057366. A specimen-level database of the world’s bees (Apoidea) at the University of Kansas ($495,426). M.S. Engel, C.S. Chaboo, Z.H. Falin & A.E.Z. Short.
Memberships —
American Entomological Society
Kansas (Central States) Entomological Society
Coleopterists Society
Kansas Academy of Science.