Dr Sam Heads
Sam is a British entomologist currently working in the USA, where he holds a postdoctoral research fellowship in systematic entomology and insect palaeobiology at the Illinois Natural History Survey, part of the Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability at the University of Illinois. Sam has harboured an intense passion for natural history since his early childhood and has travelled far and wide, exploring biodiversity on five continents. Having completed his PhD in entomology at the University of Portsmouth in 2009, Sam is now engaged in research on the evolutionary history of insects. Working primarily on Orthoptera (crickets and grasshoppers) and their relatives, he studies both modern and fossil species in order to get a better understanding of the ‘big picture’ of insect biodiversity and evolution.
Hi Sam,
I’ve been reading along the past few days and have really enjoyed your posts. As prolific as you have been this week, I can’t imagine you should have any problem resurrecting your blog and providing an occasional post!
Best regards,
Ted
Hi Ted,
Thanks very much! I’m glad you have enjoyed the posts. I will certainly try and make the time to get the old insect evolution blog back up and running at some point in the near future.
Cheers,
Sam
P.S. Incidentally, I haven’t forgotten about sending you photos of Ripipteryx pasochoensis — just been stupidly busy!