Stelios Chatzimanolis
@schatzimanolis.bsky.social
Professor of Entomology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, rove beetles (Staphylinidae), faunistics of southeastern USA, parenting
https://sites.google.com/site/thechatzimanolislab/
https://sites.google.com/site/thechatzimanolislab/
What happens when you ran a malaise trap in the southeast in December.
January 5, 2026 at 4:29 PM
What happens when you ran a malaise trap in the southeast in December.
Rather humbling experience to revisit your data from 20+ years ago and expect them to make sense.
January 4, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Rather humbling experience to revisit your data from 20+ years ago and expect them to make sense.
Finally the Plociopterus revision is coming to an end. All species figured out, photographed and finally organized by species name. Now to write these descriptions and diagnosis…
December 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Finally the Plociopterus revision is coming to an end. All species figured out, photographed and finally organized by species name. Now to write these descriptions and diagnosis…
Gonna get my Sunday dose of Premier league. Because worrying about Mo Salah is much better for my mental health than worrying about the implications of stopping a generation of kids from getting the Hep B vaccine.
December 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Gonna get my Sunday dose of Premier league. Because worrying about Mo Salah is much better for my mental health than worrying about the implications of stopping a generation of kids from getting the Hep B vaccine.
Do you want to find out what David Sharp, the famous 19th century entomologist called “the most extraordinary male characters of any Coleopterous insect”? Come to my talk tomorrow at 2:05pm in Portland Ballroom 252.
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Do you want to find out what David Sharp, the famous 19th century entomologist called “the most extraordinary male characters of any Coleopterous insect”? Come to my talk tomorrow at 2:05pm in Portland Ballroom 252.
I am so proud to see not one, not two but three undergraduate students of mine (during the last 5 years) at ESA this year, being successful at their graduate programs.
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I am so proud to see not one, not two but three undergraduate students of mine (during the last 5 years) at ESA this year, being successful at their graduate programs.
Curious if we all going to make it to Portland for the Entomological society meeting with all the air travel upheaval
November 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Curious if we all going to make it to Portland for the Entomological society meeting with all the air travel upheaval
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I will have an opening for a Ph.D. student (M.S. required) to begin Summer 2026, studying impacts to high Appalachian arthropod communities following Hurricane Helene.
I'll be at Ent. Soc. America meetings next week. Please point interested students my way.
More: sites.google.com/site/caterin...
I'll be at Ent. Soc. America meetings next week. Please point interested students my way.
More: sites.google.com/site/caterin...
The Caterino Arthropod Biodiversity Lab - OPPORTUNITIES
OPPORTUNITIES
Ph.D. research assistantship
Start date: Summer (preferred) or Fall, 2026
Compensation:
· $35,000 per year (plus 2% annual cost of living increase) for up to 5 years
· Ful...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I will have an opening for a Ph.D. student (M.S. required) to begin Summer 2026, studying impacts to high Appalachian arthropod communities following Hurricane Helene.
I'll be at Ent. Soc. America meetings next week. Please point interested students my way.
More: sites.google.com/site/caterin...
I'll be at Ent. Soc. America meetings next week. Please point interested students my way.
More: sites.google.com/site/caterin...
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After almost 30 years, the Tree of Life Web Project has been retired as an actively growing site. It will be unavailable until we can build a static site that contains its final content. More details at subulatepalpomere.com/2025/11/02/t...
The Passing of the Tree of Life Web Project
The Tree of Life Web Project began its journey almost 40 years ago, and was formally announced in early 1996. It has served thousands of pages of information about the evolutionary tree of life and…
subulatepalpomere.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
After almost 30 years, the Tree of Life Web Project has been retired as an actively growing site. It will be unavailable until we can build a static site that contains its final content. More details at subulatepalpomere.com/2025/11/02/t...
Our small research entomological collection just surpassed 40,000 databased records! Just beetles, and of course not everything ID yet but fulfilling nevertheless. ecdysis.org/collections/...
Ecdysis University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Insect Collection
ecdysis.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Our small research entomological collection just surpassed 40,000 databased records! Just beetles, and of course not everything ID yet but fulfilling nevertheless. ecdysis.org/collections/...
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A groundbreaking discovery from the Hollín formation in the province of Napo- Ecuador, gives an insight into Amazonian plant and arthropods biodiversity during the Cretaceous #Biodiversity #Ecuador www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Cretaceous amber of Ecuador unveils new insights into South America’s Gondwanan forests - Communications Earth & Environment
Cretaceous amber from the Ecuadorian Napo region provides exceptional evidence of a resinous forest ecosystem and diverse arthropod fauna in equatorial Gondwana, as revealed by integrated analyses of ...
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September 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A groundbreaking discovery from the Hollín formation in the province of Napo- Ecuador, gives an insight into Amazonian plant and arthropods biodiversity during the Cretaceous #Biodiversity #Ecuador www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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How Did Hands Evolve? The Answer Is Behind You. (My story of some surprising evo-devo!) nyti.ms/42Cg8xH
September 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
How Did Hands Evolve? The Answer Is Behind You. (My story of some surprising evo-devo!) nyti.ms/42Cg8xH
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Biology Department
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September 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Assistant Professor of Microbiology position available at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga apply.interfolio.com/172734
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August 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Assistant Professor of Microbiology position available at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga apply.interfolio.com/172734
A Liverpool and a Man city fan (me and my daughter) are going to a Man United vs Everton game in a few hours. Who do we boo more?
August 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A Liverpool and a Man city fan (me and my daughter) are going to a Man United vs Everton game in a few hours. Who do we boo more?
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Generating new names is not the same thing as understanding biodiversity. I appreciate the #NewSpecies hype, but a single-minded fixation on novelty devalues revisionary work, which is more difficult and often a lot more useful. #TaxonomyTuesday
July 29, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Generating new names is not the same thing as understanding biodiversity. I appreciate the #NewSpecies hype, but a single-minded fixation on novelty devalues revisionary work, which is more difficult and often a lot more useful. #TaxonomyTuesday
Just submitted my first (single-spaced) 300 page manuscript. It took ~2 years of writing and I do hope a journal will publish it, despite its length. If you are one of the reviewers reading this, thank you.
July 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Just submitted my first (single-spaced) 300 page manuscript. It took ~2 years of writing and I do hope a journal will publish it, despite its length. If you are one of the reviewers reading this, thank you.
Found myself in the Natural History Museum in St. Galen where they had fossil Eurypterids
July 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Found myself in the Natural History Museum in St. Galen where they had fossil Eurypterids
Found a friend today in the Swiss Alps.
July 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Found a friend today in the Swiss Alps.
Found insect art at the Kunsthaus Zürich
July 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Found insect art at the Kunsthaus Zürich
I am here to report that it is a extremely easy to ignore all USA doom news the moment you leave the country
July 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I am here to report that it is a extremely easy to ignore all USA doom news the moment you leave the country
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In the 1980s, many thought tuberculosis was on the path to elimination. In reality, more were dying from the disease than ever.
The second article in our series on Tuberculosis: ourworldindata.org/the-end-of-t...
The second article in our series on Tuberculosis: ourworldindata.org/the-end-of-t...
The end of tuberculosis that wasn’t
In the 1980s, many thought tuberculosis was on the path to elimination. In reality, more were dying from the disease than ever.
ourworldindata.org
July 1, 2025 at 6:52 AM
In the 1980s, many thought tuberculosis was on the path to elimination. In reality, more were dying from the disease than ever.
The second article in our series on Tuberculosis: ourworldindata.org/the-end-of-t...
The second article in our series on Tuberculosis: ourworldindata.org/the-end-of-t...