Scott Schneider  Department of Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences
University of Massachusetts, Amherst  270 Stockbridge Road
Amherst, MA 01003  Email: scotts at psis.umass.edu  (click HERE
for a complete CV)   2009-            Ph.D. Student Graduate
Program in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and
 Graduate Program in Entomology  2008-2010    M.S. Biology.
Towson University, Towson, MD. Thesis Title: Phylogeny and
taxonomy                               of the xenococcine
mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae).
 Major Advisor: Dr. John S. LaPolla  2005-2007    B.S. Biology.
Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ                       Honors:
Magna cum laude  Research Interests     1. Systematics and
taxonomy    2. Biodiversity    3. Speciation    4. Cospeciation
and coevolution    5. Entomology    6. Biogeography    7.
Ant/associate mutualisms    8. Social insect evolution  My
research focuses on the farming practices of ants, especially
‘cattle farming’ ants that