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Gregory
A. Dahlem, Ph.D.
Northern Kentucky University
Department of Biological
Sciences
Highland Heights, KY
41099
Office: SC-248
Phone: (859)
572-6638
E-mail: dahlem@nku.edu
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Some Background Information about
me:
From the time that I was a
young boy, I was fascinated by the
miniature world of insects and the natural
world around me. While in Junior
High, I volunteered and then worked as a
Junior Staff member at the Dayton Museum
of Natural History in Dayton, Ohio (the
name was changed in 1999 to the Boonshoft
Museum of Discovery). I attended
high school at Wayne High School in Huber
Heights, Ohio and worked as a Veterinary
Technician at a local veterinary
clinic. When the time came to choose
a university to attend, I chose the
one Ohio university with a Department of
Entomology: The Ohio State University in
Columbus.
During my time as an
undergraduate student at Ohio State, I was
introduced to many new facets of the
Natural Sciences. I thought for a
while about being a veterinarian or a
molecular geneticist, but my studies in
the field of entomology made me the
happiest, so I decided to devote myself to
the study of insects. I found that I
really enjoyed identifying insects and
learning about their strange lives.
Among the vast diversity of insects, flies
were my personal favorite. I
continued my education by getting my
Master's Degree at Ohio State and then
left to Michigan State University to
obtain my Doctorate. The research
that I began at graduate school on the
identification and biology of a group of
flies known as the "flesh flies" continues
to this day.
Upon graduation from
Michigan State in 1989, I moved back to
the Cincinnati area, as my wife Terri was
offered a nice job opportunity. I
originally worked as the Director of a
small business that I set-up (The Center
for Insect Identification, Inc.) but I was
unable to grow the business to the point
of generating significant income. I
was lucky enough to be offered a teaching
position at Northern Kentucky Univ. and
found that I really enjoyed teaching and
sharing my love of the natural world with
my students. I have continued to
enjoy teaching at NKU and hope that my
students capture some of my enthusiasm for
the exciting field of biology and
entomology.
I love to travel and my
research on the flesh flies has taken me
across the U.S. and to foreign
destinations including Australia, Canada,
Mexico, Costa Rica, England, France,
Germany, Japan, Switzerland, Austria, and
Hungary. I am currently involved in
research on the flies of Costa Rica and
try to get back there as often as
possible.
Working with insects is my
work and my play. I maintain a
fairly large collection of insects,
particularly in the realm of flies.
I serve as the Adjunct Curator of
Entomology for the Cincinnati Museum
Center (formerly the Cincinnati Museum of
Natural History). I give insect
related presentations to civic
organizations such as Cub Scouts, 4-H,
etc. and to school groups, as time
allows. Outside of entomology, I
enjoy reading science fiction and fantasy
novels, working in my vegetable garden,
and raising my two children.
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Spring
2013 Schedule & Class Information
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