PARKER GAMBINO
Address: 63 Tonetta Lake Way Phone: (Home): 845 278 0267
Brewster, NY 10509 email: [email protected]
Employment History ‑ Teaching
1996 - 2016 Biology Teacher, Greenwich High School:
Biology, Human Biology, Horticulture
1995-96 Earth Science Teacher, DeWitt Clinton High School:
NY State Regents Earth Science - 9th grade
1991-95 Biology Teacher, Bronx High School of Science:
NY State Regents Biology, Biomedical Ethics, Health
1999 Instructor, New York Botanical Garden:
The Honeybee and Garden Pollinators (summer course)
1994 Instructor, New York Botanical Garden:
Entomology (summer course)
1984-6 Laboratory Teaching Assistant, UC Berkeley: Functional Insect Anatomy, Introductory Biology,
Introduction to Entomology
1980‑81 Laboratory Teaching Fellow, Fordham University:
Microbiology
1979‑80 Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Fordham University:
General Biology
1978‑79 Science Teacher, IS 131 (Bronx, NY):
General Science
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Employment History ‑ Research
1999-present: Field Associate, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History
1990‑1991: Entomologist, Hawaii Department of Agriculture, Plant Pest Control Branch, Biological Control Section
1988‑1990: Assistant Researcher, Department of Entomology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
1983‑1988: Dissertation Research
Education
University of California, Berkeley, CA: Ph.D., Entomology, 1988
Dissertation: Interactions between yellowjackets and insect pathogens
Fordham University, Bronx, NY: M.S., Biology, 1981
Dissertation: Phenology of emergence of two species of the genus Sympiesis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitizing the spotted tentiform leafminer Phyllonorycter crataegella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
Lehman College, Bronx, NY: M.S., Education, 1976
Project: Use of the media to help biology students draw better pictures and interpret visual data better
State University of New York, Albany, NY: B.S., Education/Biology, 1972
Bronx High School of Science, Bronx, NY 10468, 1968
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Recent Presentations/Workshops
"Bees and Wasps of Connecticut: Seizing the Seasons." May 7, 2017. Seaside Center First Sunday Science Series (Greenwich, CT)
"All About Insects." May 19, 2014. STANYS (Science Teachers of New York State) Science Scene (White Plains, NY)
"A Review of the Biology of Social Wasps in the Hawai‘ian Islands." August 3, 2011. Hawai‘i Conservation Alliance Conference (Honolulu, HI)
"Seizing the Seasons: Life-cycle adaptations of bees and wasps." September 23, 2010. Putnam Highlands Audubon Society (Putnam County, NY)
"Comparison of three capture techniques for Hymenoptera in an old field/abandoned orchard habitat." (poster). October 3-4, 2008. Pollinator Conference: Information for Action (Springfield, MA)
"Hymenoptera biodiversity at adjacent shoreline and inland habitats in Rye, Westchester County, New York." April 25, 2002. Northeast Natural History Conference VII (Albany, NY)
"Bee and wasp diversity in the New York area: inventory additions and distribution anomalies" April 16, 2002. New York Entomological Society, invited speaker (New York, NY)
"Bee and wasp identification and natural history workshop." August 30-31, 2000. Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Conservation / Friends of Marshlands Conservancy (Rye, NY)
"Use of field observations of Hymenoptera in the high school biology curriculum." February 22, 2000. Entomological Society of America, Eastern Branch annual meeting (Springfield, MA)
"Hawthorne trees and wasps." April 27, 1995. Environmental Issues for the 21st Century Conference, Lehman College (Bronx, NY)
"Oak microhabitats." November 8, 1994. Bronx High School District Teacher Enhancement Day, New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, NY)
"Microhabitats." October 22, 1994. Plants Plus Teachers Conference, New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, NY)
"Common park & street trees of New York City." July 12, 1994; "Insects in the science curriculum.", July 19, 1994; "Entomology of Inwood Hill Park." July 20, 1994. Bronx High School of Science Ecology Training Institute (Bronx, NY)
"The goldenrod gallfly system: a wonderful teaching tool." April 22, 1994. National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science & Technology annual meeting (New York, NY)
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Awards, Grants, Contracts
2016 Friends of Van Cortlandt Park: consultant; Wetland Internship for a Healthier Bronx ($2500)
2014 Hudsonia: Hymenoptera Survey of Mohonk Foothills ($875)
2008 Greenwich Science Center: Hymenoptera biodiversity research at Greenwich Audubon ($16,300)
2005 Westchester County: BioBlitz entomology coordinator ($3000)
2001 Westchester County: Hymenoptera biodiversity survey at Bronx River Parkway Reservation ($1000)
2000-1 Friends of Marshlands Conservancy: Bee and Wasp Diversity Research: ($2250, $6000)
1995 New Zealand Landcare Research Ltd.: Search for natural enemies of vespine wasps ($930)
1990 S.C. Johnson & Son: Development of toxic baits for control of pest yellowjackets ($6000)
1988-90 University of Hawaii Research and Training Grant: Molecular genetics and evolution of the wasp, Vespula pensylvanica, a recent invader of the Hawaiian Islands ($4900)
1988 The Nature Conservancy of Hawaii: Yellowjacket research in Hawaii's National Parks ($19,500)
1986‑87 Haleakala National Park Consultant Contract: Research on yellowjacket biology and control ($1500, $2000)
1984‑87 East Bay Regional Park District: Integrated pest management program for yellowjackets ($1200, $9200, $3500, $3000)
1984‑85 Achievement Rewards for Collegiate Scientists (ARCS) Foundation, Inc. Scholarships ($3000, $4000)
1982 UC Appropriate Technology Grant: Yellowjacket control using the nematode Neoaplectana carpocapsae ($1500)
1982‑83 UC Berkeley Regents Scholarship ($4632)
1981‑82 UC Berkeley Kofoid Scholarship ($7345)
PARKER GAMBINO ‑ Publications
2006. Ascher, J.S., Gambino, P., and Droege, S. Adventive Hylaeus (Spatulariella Popov) in the New World (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae). Proc. of the Ent. Soc. Washington 108: 237-239.
1996. Gambino, P. Dolichovespula (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) hosts of Aphomia sociella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). J. New York Entomol. Soc. 103: 180-184.
1993. Gambino, P. Antibiotic activity of larval saliva of Vespula wasps. J. Invertebr. Pathology 61: 110.
1992. Gambino, P. Yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica ) predation at Hawaii Volcanoes and Haleakala National Parks: identity of prey items. J. Hawaiian Entomol. Soc. 31: 157‑164.
1992. Gambino, P., Pierluisi, G.J., and Poinar, G.O.,Jr. Field test of the nematode Steinernema feltiae (Nematoda: Steinernematidae) against yellowjacket colonies (Hym.:Vespidae). Entomophaga 37: 104‑114.
1991. Gambino, P. Reproductive plasticity of Vespula pensylvanica (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) on Maui and Hawaii Islands, U.S.A. New Zealand J. Zool. 18: 139‑149.
1991. Daly, H.V., Hoelmer, K., and Gambino, P. Clinal geographic variation in feral honey bees in California, U.S.A. Apidologie 22: 591‑609.
1990. Gambino, P., Hoelmer, K., and Daly, H.V. Nest sites of feral honey bees in California, U.S.A. Apidologie 21: 35‑45.
1990. Gambino, P. Argentine ant Iridomyrmex humilis (Mayr) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) predation on yellowjackets (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in California. Sociobiology 17: 287‑298.
1990. Gambino, P., Medeiros, A.C., and Loope, L.L. Invasion and colonization of upper elevations of East Maui (Hawaii, U.S.A.) by Vespula pensylvanica (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer. 83(6): 1088‑1095.
1990. Gambino, P. Mark‑recapture studies on Vespula pensylvanica queens (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Pan Pac. Entomol. 66(3): 227‑231.
1988. Gambino, P. and Thomas, G.M. Fungi associated with two Vespula (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) species in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area. Pan Pac. Entomol. 64(2): 107‑113.
1987. Gambino, P., Medeiros, A.C., and Loope, L.L. Introduced vespids Paravespula pensylvanica prey on Maui's endemic arthropod fauna. J. Tropical Ecology 3: 169‑170.
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