Education:	B.S. 1976	University of Connecticut (Biology)
	M.S. 1979	University of Connecticut (Entomology)
	Ph.D. 1986	University of Connecticut (Systematic Entomology)
Dissertation:	Systematics of Western Hemisphere Lethaeini (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Rhyparochrominae)
Experience:	1980-present	Manager of Scientific Collections
		Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
	1998	Lecturer, Graduate Liberal Studies Program, Wesleyan
		University, Middletown, CT
	1994-1999	Invertebrate Zoologist, Natural Resources Center,
		Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Hartford
	1990-1999	Lecturer, Departments of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
		Molecular and Cell Biology, and Physiology and Neurobiology,
		University of Connecticut
	1989	Research Assistant for Dr. Janine N. Caira,
		Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
	1987-1988	Research Assistant for Dr. James A. Slater
		Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
	1979-1980	Graduate Teaching Assistant, Biological Sciences Group,
		University of Connecticut
	1978-1979	Part-time Instructor, Biology Department
		Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic
Professional Societies:		Cambridge Entomological Club
		Connecticut Butterfly Association
		Connecticut Entomological Society
		Natural Science Collections Alliance
		International Heteropterists Society
		New York Entomological Society
		North American Butterfly Association
		Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
		Society of Systematic Biologists
		The Lepidopterists' Society
Field Experience:		Ecuador (1987)
		Costa Rica (1988)
		USA: Florida Keys (1990); Great Smoky Mountains National Park (2000)
Publications:		Slater, J.A. and J.E. O'Donnell. 1978. A new species of Cistalia from Brazil and comments on systematic characters in the Lethaeini
		(Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Fla. Ent. 61: 49-55.
		Slater, J.A. and J.E. O'Donnell. 1979. An analysis of the Ozophora laticephala-complex with the description of eight new species (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). J. Kansas Entomol. Soc. 52: 154-179.
		Woodward, T.E. and J.E. O'Donnell. 1988. The genus Aristaenetus Distant (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Rhyparochrominae) with the description of a new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 481-491.
		O'Donnell, J.E. 1991. A new coleopteroid lethaeine from southern South America (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Rhyparochrominae). J. New York Entomol. Soc. 99: 87-96.
		O'Donnell, J.E. and R. Schuh. 1991. Jim Slater, then and now. J. New York Entomol. Soc. 99: 281-283.
		O'Donnell, J.E. 1991. A survey of male genitalia in lethaeine genera (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae: Rhyparochrominae). J. New York Entomol. Soc. 99: 441-470.
		Slater, J. A. and J.E. O'Donnell. 1995. A catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960-1994). New York Entomological Society, New York, New York. xv + 410 pp.
		O'Donnell, J.E., D.V. Bennett and H.M. Weiss, 1995. Insects. pp. 9.10-9.29 In: Weiss, H.M., ed. Marine Animals of Southern New England and New York. Bulletin 15. State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection, Hartford, Ct. xiv + 273 pp
		Schaefer, C.W., J.E. O'Donnell and J.H. Patton. 1996. A review of the Asian species of Brachycerocoris Costa (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Podopinae). Oriental Insects 30: 203-212.
		Slater, J.A. and J.E. O'Donnell 1999. New species of Lethaeini from Madagascar (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae). J. New York Entomol. Soc. 107: 256-267.
		O'Donnell, J.E. 2001. A new genus and five new species of neotropical Lethaeini (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae). Florida Entomol. 84: 133-146.
		O’Donnell, J.E. 2006. A new species of Bubaces Distant (Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Rhyparochrominae). pp. 535-538 In: Rabitsch, W. (Ed.): Hug the Bug – for love of true bugs. Festschrift zum 70. Geburstag von Ernst Heiss. Denisia 19: 1184 pp.
		O’Donnell, J.E. 2007. A new species of Xestocoris Van Duzee, with comments on the genus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Rhyparochrominae). Zootaxa 1606: 51-57.
		O’Donnell, J.E., Gall, L.F., and D.L. Wagner (Eds.) 2007. The Connecticut Butterfly Atlas. Bulletin No. 118, State Geological and Natural History Survey of Connecticut. Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Hartford, CT. 376 pp.
Research Interests:		My primary research focus is the systematics of seed bugs (Rhyparochromidae), specifically the Lethaeini and Antillocorini (subfamily Rhyparochrominae).

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