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Barry OConnor

Barry OConnor

  • Professor and Curator
  • Ph.D., Entomology (Acarology), Cornell University, 1981

Contact information

  • University of Michigan
    2043 Museums Building
    1109 Geddes Ave
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079
  • Phone: (734) 763-4354
  • Fax: (734) 763-4080
  • Email: bmoc@umich.edu

Fields of study

Systematics, parasitology, acarology

Academic background

I received the B.S. degree (with distinction) in Zoology from Iowa State University in 1971, and the Ph.D. in Entomology (Acarology) from Cornell University in 1981. I was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. I have subsequently served as a visiting professor at Ohio State University (Acarology Summer Program), and the Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico.

Assistant research scientists

Dr. Pavel Klimov and Dr. Andrey Bochkov (adjunct)

UM affiliation

  • Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Museum of Zoology

Related news

Have insect collection, will travel

Professor Barry OConnor toted some of what he calls the "oh my" display collections of insects to Spencer Elementary School in Brighton.

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Solving mysteries at ID Day

The community presented all manner of disparate objects to experts at the U-M Museum of Natural History when it hosted the 15th annual ID Day October 9, 2011, including moon coral, a rabbit tail and pike weed.

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The Invisible World of Mites made visible at the Museum of Natural History

A new exhibit at the Museum of Natural History, “The Invisible World of Mites,” highlights the research of Professor Barry OConnor, renowned acarologist.

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