Michael F. Whiting

Brigham Young University

Full Professor(heuristic)

Plant and animal studies · Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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Publications166
Citations14,175

Grants

10 total · 0 active

NSF #1902048

Collaborative Research: Digitization TCN: Digitizing collections to trace parasite-host associations and predict the spread of vector-borne disease

Amount
<$100K
Period
2019-09-01 → 2023-08-31
PIs
1

NSF #1557114

SG: Investigating a cross-kingdom convergence: The phylogeny of stick insects and the evolution of masquerade crypsis (Insecta: Phasmatodea)

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2016-03-01 → 2022-09-30
PIs
3

NSF #1210899

Dissertation Research: Phylogeny of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera): Evolution of Katydid Defenses and Ears

Amount
<$100K
Period
2012-06-01 → 2014-05-31
PIs
2

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All Grants

10 total · 0 active

NSF #1902048

Collaborative Research: Digitization TCN: Digitizing collections to trace parasite-host associations and predict the spread of vector-borne disease

Amount
<$100K
Period
2019-09-01 → 2023-08-31
PIs
1

NSF #1557114

SG: Investigating a cross-kingdom convergence: The phylogeny of stick insects and the evolution of masquerade crypsis (Insecta: Phasmatodea)

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2016-03-01 → 2022-09-30
PIs
3

NSF #1210899

Dissertation Research: Phylogeny of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera): Evolution of Katydid Defenses and Ears

Amount
<$100K
Period
2012-06-01 → 2014-05-31
PIs
2

NSF #0531665

AToL: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Assembling the Beetle Tree of Life

Amount
—
Period
2005-10-01 → 2010-09-30
PIs
1

NSF #0726346

Discovering a New Insect Order in Papua New Guinea: SGER Proposal

Amount
—
Period
2007-07-01 → 2008-12-31
PIs
1

NSF #0120718

BIOCOMPLEXITY: Hexapod Phylogenomics - Bringing Phylogenetic Supercomputing to the Masses

Amount
$1M–$2M
Period
2002-01-01 → 2006-12-31
PIs
5

NSF #9983195

CAREER: Phylogeny of the Siphonaptera of the World

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2000-03-15 → 2006-02-28
PIs
1

NSF #0206363

DISSERTATION RESEARCH: A Molecular Phylogeny of Polyneoptera

Amount
<$100K
Period
2002-06-01 → 2004-05-31
PIs
1

NSF #0206505

Dissertation: Phylogeny of Ephemeroptera:Evolution of the Subimago and Nymphal Gills With Implications on the Origin of Flight

Amount
<$100K
Period
2002-06-01 → 2004-05-31
PIs
1

NSF #9615269

Phylogeny of the Mecoptera of the World: Evidence for Two New Holometabolous Insect Orders

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
1997-03-01 → 2000-02-29
PIs
2

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: Zorotypus novobritannicus n. sp., the first species of the order Zoraptera (Zorotypidae) from the Australasian Ecozone (The Catalogue of Life)2026-02-17

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