Dr. Caroline Simmrita Chaboo
Assistant Curator, Division of Entomology
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

	Contact Information Division of Entomology 1501 Crestline Drive, Suite # 140 University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas 66049-2811 Tel: 785.864.5173 Fax: 785.864.5260 email: cschaboo@ku.edu

Research Interests
Systematics and biology of Cassidinae (tortoise and leaf-mining beetles; Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Immature insects; chrysomelid defenses; subsociality.

Education
Ph.D., 2005, Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Thesis title: Biology and phylogeny of the Cassidinae Gyllenhal sensu lato(tortoise and
leaf-mining beetles) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
Co-advisors: Quentin D. Wheeler, David Grimaldi)

M.A., 1995, Entomology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
Thesis title: Comparative morphology of stolaine beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Stolaini)
Advisor: James S. Ashe

B.Sc., 1987, University of the West Indies, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
(Upper II Honors; Zoology and Botany)

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