Education

B.S., University of Puget Sound (1991), Mathematics and Biology

Research Interests

Responsible for collection management activities, including accessions, specimen preparation, cataloging, specimen installations, loans, information requests, and assisting visitors. Interests in field work, specimen preparation, collection databases, web design, and computer graphics.

Recent Publications

Graves, Gary R. and Schmidt, Brian K. 2015. Distribution, Abundance, and Conservation Status of the Jamaican Crow, Corvus jamaicensis. Caribbean Naturalist, 27: 1-18.

Glowska, Eliza and Schmidt, Brian K. 2014. New taxa of the subfamily Picobiinae (Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae) parasitizing antbirds and gnateaters (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae, Conopophagidae) in Guyana. Zootaxa, 3861(2): 193-200.

Glowska, Eliza and Schmidt, Brian K. 2014. New quill mites (Cheyletoidea: Syringophilidae) parasitizing the black-headed paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer (Passeriformes: Monarchidae) in Gabon. Zootaxa, 3786(1): 57-64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3786.1.3

Jehl, Joseph R., Day, K. and Schmidt, Brian K. 2012. The spectacular (and hazardous) migration of Eared Grebes (Podiceps nigricollis) through southern Utah. North American Birds, 66: 2-9.

Sanchez, Cesar, Saucier, Jacob R., Benham, Phred M., Lane, Daniel F., Gibbons, Richard E., Valqui, Thomas, Figeroa, Sheila A., Schmitt, C. J., Sanchez, Cynthia, Schmidt, Brian K., Milenski, Chris M., Garcia Bravo, Antonio and Garcia Olaechea, Diego 2012. New and noteworthy Records from Northwestern Peru, Department of Tumbes. Boletín Informativo UNOP, 7(2): 18-36.

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