Curator of insects/Professor of entomology

University affiliation

• University of Alaska Museum of the North
• College of Natural Science and Mathematics
• Department of Biology and Wildlife
• University of Alaska Fairbanks (Fairbanks)

Contact information

• Email: dssikes@alaska.edu
• Phone: (907) 474-6278

Media contact

Marmian Grimes

• Phone: (907) 474-7902
• Email: mlgrimes@alaska.edu

Areas of expertise

• Biology

Research interests/biography

Entomology, systematics, biodiversity. I study and teach children and adults about terrestrial and fresh-water arthropods of Alaska, such as insects, spiders and centipedes. I maintain the insect collection at the UA Museum of the North, along with a database of information about Alaska arthropods. I can help identify and answer questions about Alaskan arthropods.