Justin O. Schmidt
Justin Orvel Schmidt (March 23, 1947 – February 18, 2023) was an American entomologist, co-author of Insect Defenses: Adaptive Mechanisms and Strategies of Prey and Predators, author of The Sting of the Wild, and creator of the Schmidt sting pain index. Schmidt studied honey bee nutrition, chemical communication, physiology, ecology, and behavior at the Carl Hayden Bee Research Center in Tucson, Arizona, before taking lead and devoting full-time to The Southwestern Biological Institute in 2006. As research director of the Southwest Biological Institute, he studied the chemical and behavioral defenses of ants, wasps, and arachnids.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Justin O. Schmidt Born Justin Orvel Schmidt March 23, 1947 Rhinelander, Wisconsin, U.S. DiedFebruary 18, 2023 (aged 75) Tucson, Arizona, U.S. Education Pennsylvania State University (BS) University of British Columbia (MS) University of Georgia (PhD) OccupationEntomologist Notable workSchmidt sting pain index AwardsIg Nobel Prize (2015) Scientific career ThesisDefensive strategies of wasps and ants: Dasymutilla occidentalis and Pogonomyrmex badius (1977) Doctoral advisor Murray S. Blum Justin Orvel Schmidt (March 23, 1947 – February…
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