Scott Shaw

Education

• Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park, Systematic Entomology, 1984
• M.S., University of Maryland College Park, Systematic Entomology, 1981
• B.S., Michigan State University, Entomology, 1977

Professional Experience

• 1998-present, Professor of Entomology and UW Insect Museum Curator, University of Wyoming, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management (ESM) – Affiliate Faculty, Program in Ecology. ESM Faculty Senator, 2010-2018 – UW Faculty Senate Chair, 2016-2017.
• 1993-1998, Associate Professor of Entomology and Insect Museum Curator, University of Wyoming, Department of Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences.
• 1989-1993, Assistant Professor of Entomology and Insect Museum Curator, University of Wyoming, Department of Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences.
• 1986-1989, Instructor, Insect Biology, Harvard University, Extension School, Cambridge, MA.
• 1984-1989, Curatorial Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• 1982-1984, Biological Laboratory Technician- Insects, USDA Systematic Entomology Laboratory, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.
• 1982, Smithsonian Visiting Fellow, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
• 1978-1982, Graduate Teaching Assistant in Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Entomology.
• 1977, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant in Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Department of Entomology.

Awards, Scholarships, and Fellowships

• 2018, Andrew Vanvig Distinguished Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award, conferred by the UW College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
• 2011, Faculty Senate Speaker Series Award recipient.
• 2010, Outstanding Educator Award, UW College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
• 2003, University of Wyoming Internationalization Award and Medal of Recognition for “Outstanding Faculty Commitment to Internationalization,” UW International Board of Advisors.
• 1996, Excellence in Advising Award, Center for Academic Advising, University of Wyoming.
• 1993, 1990, 1989, Faculty Growth Award, Alumni Association, University of Wyoming
• 1984, President's Prize, Entomological Society of America
• 1984, Certificate of Merit and Cash Award for Superior Service, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture.
• 1983, Snodgrass Award, Entomological Society of America
• 1983, Gahan Graduate Scholarship, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland
• 1982, Smithsonian Student Fellowship, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Honors

• 1989-90, 2005-2024 Research Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.
• 2014 – Research Associate, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales (MECN), Quito, Ecuador.
• 2024, honorary patronym, Cretolyra shawi, a new fossil wasp genus and species of Megalyridae from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, named by Vincent Perrichot, published in Arthropod Systematics and Evolution.
• 2013, honorary patronym, Heterospilus shawi, named by Dr. P. M. Marsh, Systematic Entomology Laboratory (retired), a Costa Rican wasp.
• 2013, honorary patronym, Allorhogas scotti, named by J.J. Martinez and A. Zaldivar-Riveron, a new wasp species from Chamela Biosphere Reserve, Mexico.
• 2012, honorary patronym, Aleiodes scotti, named by Buntika Areekul, a new wasp species from Thailand.
• 2007, honorary patronym, Aleiodes shawi, named by Joseph C. Fortier, a new wasp species from Arkansas and Maryland.
• 2005, honorary patronym, Macrocentrus shawi, named by Kenneth R. Ahlstrom, a new wasp species from Wyoming.
• 2004, honorary patronym, Pseudognaptodon shawi, named by Canadian biologist Daryl Williams, a new wasp species from Costa Rica.
• 2004, honorary patronym, Triaspis shawi, named by Mexican biologist Victor Lopez Martinez, a new wasp species from Costa Rica.
• 2004, honorary patronym, Stantonia scotti, named by Belgian biologist Yves Braet, a new wasp species from Peru.
• 2002, honorary patronyms, Allorhogas shawi, Callihormius shawi, and Notiospathius shawi, named by Dr. P. M. Marsh, three new wasp species from Costa Rica.
• 2001, honorary patronym, Meteorus shawi, named by Chen Jia-hua and Wu Zhi-shan, Beneficial Insects Laboratory, Fujian Agricultural University, Fuzhou, China, a Chinese wasp.
• 2000, honorary patronym, Dirrhope shawi, named by Wu Zhishan, Chen Jia-hua and Huang Ju-chang, Beneficial Insects Laboratory, Fuzhou, China, a Chinese wasp.
• 1993, honorary patronym, Shawius braziliensis, named by Dr. P. M. Marsh, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, a Brazilian wasp.
• 1989, honorary patronym, Ascogaster shawi, named by Dr. P. M. Marsh, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, a wasp from the southwestern United States.

Membership Information

• Entomological Society of America
• Entomological Society of Washington
• International Society of Hymenopterists
• Pacific Coast Entomological Society
• Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
• Xerces Society