20th International Congress of Arachnology

DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE

REPORTS

No. 3, July 2, 2016

International Congress of Arachnology

EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION &

WIRELESS

Emergency Contact Information:

Police / Ambulance Emergency dial 911

Meeting Host, Paula Cushing:

Mobile Phone: 303-246-8382

Home Phone: 303-273-5707

Courtney Scheskie, DMNS Office Manager and Assistant

Meeting Coordinator:

Mobile Phone: 864-642-7468

Patrick Casto, DMNS Volunteer and ICA Meeting volunteer:

Mobile Phone: 303-596-6382

Wireless:

When on campus, open your browser. Choose CSM Guest

(not CSM Wireless). Enter your personal email address.

This will serve as your password to connect to the internet.

ORGANIZERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Organizing Committee:

Paula E. Cushing, Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Courtney Scheskie, Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Patrick Casto, Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Program Committee:

Linda Rayor, Cornell University

Ingi Agnarsson, University of Vermont

ICA Website Management:

Peter Michalik, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald,

Germany

Heiko Metzner, psbrands GmbH, Germany

Travel Grant Committee Chairs:

Mike Draney, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, USA

(AAS Student Travel Grant)

Damien Laudier, Laudier Histology, USA (Laudier Student

Grants for Histological Research)

Karen Cangialosi, Keene State College, USA (Kenneth

King and Schlinger Foundation Travel Grants for

Non-Students)

Student Competition Committee Chairs:

Richard Bradley, The Ohio State University, USA

Yael Lubin, Ben Gurion University, Israel

Committee members:

J. Andrew Roberts, The Ohio State University – Newark,

USA (student travel grant)

Sarah Stellwagen, postdoc Army Research Laboratory,

USA (student travel grant)

Rainer Foelix, Aarau, Switzerland (Laudier Grant)

Peter Michalik, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald,

Germany (Laudier Grant)

Elizabeth Jakobs, University of Massachusetts Amherst

(non-student travel grant)

Maggie Hodge, Louisiana School for Math, Science, and

the Arts, USA (non-student travel grant)

Al Cady, Miami University, USA (student research grant)

Bruce Cutler, University of Kansas, USA (student research

grant)

Eileen Hebets, University of Nebraska, USA (HLMFAR)

Paul Selden, University of Kansas, USA (HLMFAR)

Todd Blackledge, University of Akron, USA (HLMFAR)

Thanks also to numerous colleagues serving as

judges for the Student Awards!

Post-Congress Excursion Guides:

Paula Cushing, DMNS, USA

Paul and Maura Selden, University of Kansas, USA

Courtney Scheskie, DMNS, USA

Thanks also to officers of the ISA and AAS for their

assistance.

Thanks to the following DMNS staff and volunteers for

helping with the Congress:

Ryan Bartlett, Kate Baughn,

Gary Baxley, Jack Brookhart, Lynne Carpenter, Tim Chaney,

Mark Christopher, Cat Davis, Jessica Ellis, Debra Freeman,

David Footle, Mike Getty, Megan Gish, Karen Hall, Martin Heck,

Kathy Honda, Jennifer M. Jennings, Patsy Kelly, Eric Knutson,

Frank Krell, Efrain Leal, John Love, Jason Lucas, Gretchen K.

Moritz-Hale, Tammy Ann Morris, Vicki Moyer, Gini Philipp,

Rosine Ribelin, Nancy Roberts, Hilary Sachs, Steve Schilling,

Nina Shilodon, Margo Stephenson, Jeff Stephenson, Chad

Swiercinsky, Rick Teichler, Rebekah Thompson, Jill and

John Weigel, Julie Whitman-Zai, Dennis Wojcicki.