Project Team

The Lacewing Digital Library (LDL) is a collaborative project that has received important input and support from a variety of people and organizations. The primary individuals and organizations associated with the overall project are identified below, together with brief synopses of their main areas of contribution. Individuals whose work has primarily been associated with specific LDL component projects are recognized on the Acknowledgments pages associated with those components.

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People

Team Leader

John Oswald, Associate Professor, Department of Entomology (2004-present): project concept, vision and development; overall project direction, coordination and management; chief project editor; general website organization and design; author and scientific content provider; feedback and review of design and content.

Team Members (alphabetical by surname):

Therese Catanach, master’s degree student, Department of Entomology (2007-present): feedback and review of design and content

Joshua Jones, doctoral degree student, Department of Entomology (2006-present): general website organization, design and project support; webpage layout and element design details; early website implementation; coordination of technical team activities; photography and graphics; feedback and review of design and content

Krishna Tadi, master’s degree student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2007-present): webpage design and implementation; website to database content integration; file maintenance and server issues; graphics; feedback and review of design and content

Institutions and Organizations

Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University (2004-present): website hosting and general support (to John Oswald and lab)

Texas AgriLife Research [formerly Texas Agricultural Experiment Station] (2004-present): general research support (to John Oswald and lab)

U.S. National Science Foundation (2004-present): grant funding for website and content development (NSF:DEB:BSI 0416206; to John Oswald)