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Assistant Professor Matan Shelomi: He'll Introduce You to His Stick Insect Research

Matan Shelomi, who received his doctorate in entomology at UC Davis and his bachelor's degree at Harvard, will return to the UC Davis campus on Wednesday, Nov. 15 to deliver a seminar on his stick and leaf insect research.

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Matan Shelomi, who received his doctorate in entomology at UC Davis and his bachelor's degree at Harvard, will return to the UC Davis campus on Wednesday, Nov. 15 to deliver a seminar on his stick and leaf insect research.
This is the insect that entomologist Matan Shelomi studies: the stick insect, order Phasmatodea. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Matan Shelomi's colleagues, entomologists Ivana Li (left) and Fran Keller created this "Know Your Sticks" t-shirt, available for sale in the Bohart Museum of Entomology's gift shop. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This photo, taken when Matan Shelomi was a UC Davis graduate student, shows him with a stick insect, subject of his dissertation. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Matan Shelomi, who received his doctorate in entomology at UC Davis and his bachelor's degree at Harvard, will return to the UC Davis campus on Wednesday, Nov. 15 to deliver a seminar on his stick and leaf insect research.

This is the insect that entomologist Matan Shelomi studies: the stick insect, order Phasmatodea. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

This is the insect that entomologist Matan Shelomi studies: the stick insect, order Phasmatodea. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Friday, November 10, 2017 at 3:47 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Bohart Museum of Entomology (1), Lynn Kimsey (1), Matan Shelomi (1), Phasmaodea (1), stick insects (1), UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology (1)