Barrett Anthony Klein
Department of Biology
University of Konstanz, Germany
barrett[at]pupating.org
http://www.pupating.org
Education
Univ. of Texas at Austin (UT), PhD; Ecology, Evolution
& Behavior (2003-2010)
The Ant Course (2004)
Univ. of Arizona, MS, Entomology (2000-2003)
Organization for Tropical Studies:
Tropical Biology Course (2002)
Missouri State Univ. (MSU), Graduate studies, Biology
(1995-1996)
Cornell University, BS, Entomology (1989-1993)
Employment
Innovative Lecturer, University of Konstanz, Germany
(2011-)
Visiting scientist
Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior,
Cornell University (2011)
BEEgroup, University of WŸrzburg
(2010)
Educator (see below)
Freelance scientific illustrator,
model maker & filmmaker
Sleep lab research assistant: Insomnia treatment studies,
Univ. of Arizona (2003)
Senior Preparator: Exhibition
Dept., American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) (1996-1999)
Production & maintenance of
natural history exhibits;
Scientific & model-making
coordination: models for the Hall of
Biodiversity
& model
microorganisms for Epidemic! World of
Infectious Disease exhibit
Model maker, illustrator & curator of entomology:
Chase Studio, Inc., MO (1995-1996)
Publications
Klein BA, Stein J, Taylor RC.
(in prep) One robot in
the service of ethology.
Klein BA. 2012.
The curious connection between insects and dreams. 3:1-17.
Insects.
doi:10.3390/insects3010001
Wray
MK, Klein BA, Seeley TD. 2011. Honey bees use the social
information in
waggle dances more fully when foraging
errors are more costly. Behavioral Ecology.
doi:
10.1093/beheco/arr165
Klein BA, Seeley
TD. 2011. Work or
sleep? Honeybee foragers opportunistically nap during the
day when forage is not available. Animal
Behaviour. 82:77-83. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.03.026
Science News: www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/74425/title/News_in_Brief_Life__
Taylor RC,
Klein
BA, Stein J,
Ryan MJ. 2011.
Multimodal signal variation in space and time:
how important is matching a signal with
its signaler? Journal of Experimental Biology. 214:815-820.
doi:10.1242/jeb.043638
Featured on cover
Taylor RC,
Klein
BA, Ryan
MJ. 2011.
Inter-signal interaction and uncertain information in
anuran multimodal signals. Current Zoology.
57:153-161.
Featured on cover
Monto G, Klein BA. 2011. In conversation: Barrett
Anthony Klein. Current Science. 100:16-18.
Abbott JC. 2011. Illustrated by Klein
BA. Damselflies of Texas. University of Texas Press.
Klein BA, Olzsowy KM, Klein A, Saunders
KM, Seeley TD. 2008. Caste-dependent sleep of
worker honey bees. Journal
of Experimental Biology. 211:3028-3040. doi:10.1242/jeb.017426
Media coverage: Deutsches Bienen Journal, Dec. 2008.
Wray MK, Klein BA, Mattila HR, Seeley TD. 2008.
Honeybees do not reject dances for
ÔimplausibleÕ locations:
reconsidering the evidence for cognitive maps in insects. Animal Behaviour.
76:261-269. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.04.005
Media coverage: NatureNews,
24 Jun. 2008.
Taylor RC,
Klein
BA,
Stein J, Ryan MJ.
2008. Faux frogs: Multimodal signalling and the
value of robotics in the study of animal behaviour. Animal Behaviour.
76:1089-1097.
doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.01.031
Media coverage: NewScientist.com,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYrVugWRQsA
Klein BA. 2007. Insects in Art. In:
Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships: A Global
Exploration of Our Connections with
Animals. Bekoff, M., ed. Greenwood Press, Westport, CT,
USA. 1:92-99.
Klein BA, Bukowski TC, AvilŽs L. 2005.
Male residency and mating patterns in a subsocial
spider. Journal of
Arachnology. 33:703-710. doi:10.1636/S03-62.1
Klein BA. 2003. Signatures of sleep in the paper wasp Polistes
flavus.
MasterÕs thesis, Univ. of
Arizona. Tucson, AZ, USA.
Media coverage: ScienceNOW,
7 Aug. 2002.
Klein BA. 2003.
Par for the palette: Insects and arachnids as art media. In: Insects in Oral
Literature and Traditions. Motte-Florac,
E. and J.M.C. Thomas, eds. Peeters,
Paris, France.
Bernays EA, Klein BA. 2002. Quantifying the symbiont
contribution to essential amino acids
in aphids: the importance of tryptophan
for Uroleucon ambrosiae.
Physiological Entomology. 27:275-284.
doi:10.1046/j.1365-3032.2002.00297.x
Engel MS, Klein BA. 1997. Neocorynurella, a new genus of Augochlorine bees from South
America (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Deutsche
Entomologische Zeitschrift. 44:155-163.
Journal SLEEP abstracts:
Klein BA, Stiegler MS, Klein AT, Tautz J. 2008.
Mapping sleep across a society: Spatial
and temporal analysis of worker honey
bee sleep. SLEEP. 31:A31-A32.
Klein BA, Seeley TD. 2007. Work schedules impact sleep schedules
in foraging honey bees.
SLEEP. 30:A38.
Klein BA. 2006. Caste-dependent change in the sleep
of a worker honey bee. SLEEP.
29:A32.
Klein BA. 2003. Signatures of sleep in a paper wasp. SLEEP.
26:A115-A116.
Presentations
Scientific
meetings:
Klein BA, Seeley TD. 2011. The graphical display of animal behaviour. Deutsche
Zoologische
Gesellschaft, SaarbrŸcken, Germany.
Klein BA, Klein A, Wray MK, Mueller UG, Seeley TD. 2010. Sleep
deprivation impairs
precision of waggle dance signaling in honey
bees. International
Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI).
Copenhagen, Denmark.
Klein BA, Stiegler MS, Klein A, Tautz J. 2009/2008. Mapping sleep across a
society: Spatial and temporal analysis of worker honey bee
sleep.
Sleep in Non-Mammalian Models
conference, Janelia Farm, VA, USA.
Entomological
Society of America.
Reno, NV & Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Sleep Research Society, Baltimore,
MD, USA.
Klein BA, Seeley TD. 2007. Work schedules impact sleep schedules in
foraging honey bees.
Sleep Research Society, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Klein BA, Seeley TD. 2006. Temporal availability of food resources
affects sleep schedules of
honey bees. Entomological
Society of America. Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Klein BA. 2006. Caste-dependent sleep of worker honey
bees.
International Union for the Study of Social Insects. Washington D.C., USA.
Sleep
Research Society of America. Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Klein BA. 2005. Sleep in a society of honey bees.
Entomological Society of America. Fort
Lauderdale, FL, USA.
Klein BA. 2005. Experimental art: esthetics uncovered in the
science of entomology. Entomological
Society of America (cultural
entomology symposium).
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
Klein BA. 2004. Hitchhiking: Dynamics of leaf-riding
in tropical leaf-cutter ants. International
Union for the
Study of Social Insects, North American Section. Camp Tontozona,
AZ, USA.
Klein BA. 2003. Signatures
of sleep in a paper wasp.
Entomological Society of America. Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Associated
Professional Sleep Societies. Chicago, IL, USA.
Klein BA. 2003. Fabricating insects: the unnatural history of
insects on display. Entomological
Society of America
(cultural entomology symposium). Cincinnati, OH,
USA.
Klein BA. 2003. Depriving an insect of sleep. Entomological
Society of America, Pacific Branch.
Tucson, AZ, USA.
Klein BA. 2002. Quiescent paper wasps. Ecological
Society of America. Tucson, AZ, USA.
Klein BA. 2000. Male
residency and mating patterns in a subsocial spider. HexaPodium, Tucson,
AZ, USA.
Klein BA. 2000. Insects and arachnids as art media. 1st
International Symposium: Insects in Oral
Literature and Traditions. Villejuif, France.
Invited
talks:
Insect esthetics and the importance
of imagery in entomology. Plenary address, Joint meeting: Entom. Soc. of Canada
& Acadian Entom. Soc., Halifax, Canada (2011)
Sleeping in a society.
Smithsonian Institute (2011)
University of Konstanz, Germany (2010)
University of Lausanne, Switzerland (2010)
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (2010) www.ias.ac.in/currsci/contents.htm
Visualizing nature.
Srishti School of Art, Design and
Technology, Bengaluru, India (2010)
Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bengaluru,
India (2010)
Center for the Study of Science, Technology, and Policy
(CSTEP), Bengaluru, India (2010)
Cultural entomology.
Smithsonian Institute (2011)
University of Konstanz, Germany (2010)
Sleep Deprivation. Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
(2009)
Mapping sleep in honey bees. University of
Copenhagen, Denmark (2009)
Alternate careers for biologists. Salisbury University, Maryland, USA
(2009)
Insects and Folk Art. Austin Friends of Folk Art, TX, USA
(2009)
Tropical biodiversity and stories of
science. Santa
Cruz Museum of Natural History, CA, USA (2008)
Robotic frogs and sleeping bees. University of Berne, Switzerland
(2008)
Investigating the role of sleep in honey
bees.
University of Zurich, Switzerland
(2008)
UC Berkeley, CA,
USA (2007)
Freie
UniversitŠt Berlin, Germany (2007)
Indiana State
University, Terre Haute, IN, USA (2006)
Max Planck Institute, Andechs, Germany. (2006)
Sleep Research Society (trainee
symposium), Salt Lake City, UT, USA (2006)
Fabricating insects: the unnatural history of insects on
display. Turtle Bay Exploration Park,
Redding, CA, USA (2005)
Storytelling and role-playing. American Museum of Natural History
teachersÕ symposia, NY, USA
(1998)
Science and Art in the Museum
Career Day, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ, USA (2001)
Arizona Entomological Society, Tucson, AZ, USA (2001)
Insects in Art. New York Entomological Society, NY,
USA (1998)
Art and Science. Ricks College, Rexburg, ID, USA (1996)
Professional activities
Scientific
consultation:
BBC, Invisible
Worlds television production (2009)
American Museum of Natural History, Dinosaurs: Ancient Fossils, New
Discoveries exhibit
(2004)
Lyman, F. 1998. Inside the Dzanga-Sangha Rain Forest. Workman, NY
BBC & Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama
(1993)
Reviews:
Proposals: National Science
Foundation (USA), National Research Foundation (South Africa)
Journals: Apidologie,
Behavioral Ecology, PLoS ONE
Committees:
Search committee, UT: Animal Behavior assistant professor
position (2008)
Educator
Mentorship/supervision:
MasterÕs (Schriftliche
Hausarbeit) thesis, Martin Stiegler, Univ. WŸrzburg, Germany (2006-2007)
Undergrads: 20 students at Univ. of AZ, Cranberry Lake
Biol. Station, Univ. of WŸrzburg, UT, Cornell
Course
design & lecture:
Visual impact: the use and abuse of visual information,
Univ. Konstanz, Germany (2011-2012)
Creating visuals for scientific publication, Max Planck
Institute, Seewiesen, Germany (2011)
Graduate
teaching assistance:
Invertebrate Zoology: UT (spring
2009, 2008)
Entomology: UT (fall 2008, 2007,
2006, 2004, and spring 2009, 2006)
Animal Behavior: Cranberry Lake Biol.
Station, NY (spring 2006); Univ. of Arizona (fall 2001, 2000)
Aquatic Entomology: UT (fall 2005)
Field Biology: UT (spring 2004)
Teaching Biology: Univ. of Arizona (fall 2002)
Guest teaching:
Production
of Knowledge in the Natural and Social Sciences course, Centre for Contemporary
Studies, Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore, India (2010)
Behavioral biology course: Univ. WŸrzburg, Germany (2010)
Teacher training course: Salisbury Univ., MD (2009)
Comparative Physiology course: UT (2009)
UT SAGE (Seminars for Adult Growth and
Enrichment) (2008)
Sleep course: Univ. of Arizona (2003)
Desert Biota courses: MSU, held in Southwestern USA
Southwest desert course: Western Washington Univ. (2000)
Animal Drawing course: AMNH (1999)
K-12
teaching:
GK-12 Fellow: Covington Middle
School, Austin, TX (spring 2005)
www.esi.utexas.edu/k-12-a-the-community/gk-12-program/137-gk-12-past-participants
Inquiry-based educator: Content
through Inquiry Project, Tucson, AZ schools (2001)
High school educator: AMNH Education
Dept. courses (1998-1999):
Insects in art & history; Ant
magnified—insects and art; Molding & casting
Public outreach:
SLEEP. Science Under the Stars
lecture series, Brackenridge Field Lab, Austin, TX (2009)
Storytelling and role-playing workshop: Turtle Bay
Exploration Park, Redding, CA (2005)
Development of ant identification
key: www.sbs.utexas.edu/Muelleru/AntOutreach/index.html (2003)
Resource guide/lecturer: expedition
of Peruvian Amazon (International Expeditions/AMNH, 2000)
AMNH tours: school groups, teachers, trustees,
visiting scientists (1997-1999)
History of natural history museums
(lectures): The World Financial Center, NY (1998)
Making microbes with the masses
workshop: AMNH (1998)
Today Show (ABC): AMNH Hall of Biodiversity (1998)
Science videos:
Infrared videography of honey bees
for the BBC series ÒInvisible WorldsÓ (2009)
Termite communication:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcpdXtw7PvA (2008)
Ant dissection: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3zgj3pnRNs (2005)
Cultural entomology:
Wild Basin Nature Ctr., Austin, TX (2007)
Bob Bullock Museum, Austin, TX (2004)
Entomophagy lecture & feast: Watermargin Cooperative, Cornell Univ. (1993)
Insect presentations, tours:
School groups, K-12 (AZ, MA, MD, MI, MO, Newark Museum
middle school, NY, TX)
Explore UT: university-wide open house, Austin, TX (2005)
Zen Center of New York City (1998)
Earth Watch: Barro Colorado
Island, Panama (1993)
Radio:
Science podcast (2010)
ÒThe Awkward OffÓ, KVRX, Austin, TX (2009)
Modern rock radio station ÒBug GuyÓ
appearances: Springfield, MO (1996)
Art
Illustrations/models
in scientific publications:
Mueller, U.G. et al. (in
prep.) Fungus Growing Ants of the United States.
Abbott, J.C. 2011. Illustrated by
B.A. Klein. Damselflies of Texas. University
of Texas Press.
Loi‡cono, M. and C. Margar’a. 2010. Insectos y hombres: una diversidad de interacciones. Argentina.
Rabeling, C., J. M. Brown and M. Verhaagh. 2008. Newly discovered sister lineage sheds light
on
early ant evolution. PNAS. 105:14913-14917.
Rittschof, C. C. and T. D. Seeley. 2008. The
buzz-run: how honey bees signal ÔTime to go!Õ Animal
Behaviour. 75:189-197.
Moczek, A.P. 2007. Developmental plasticity
and the origins of diversity: a case study on horned
beetles. In:
Phenotypic plasticity in insects: mechanisms and consequences. Edited by: T.N.
Ananthakrishnan and D. Whitman. Science Publishers,
Inc. Plymouth, UK.
Mueller,
U.G., N.M. Gerardo, D.K. Aanen, D.L. Six and T.R.
Schultz. 2005. The evolution of
agriculture in
insects. Annual
Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics.
Moczek, A.P. 2005. The evolution and development of
novel traits, or how beetles got their horns.
Bioscience. 55:937-951.
Roubik, D.W. 2004. Sibling species among Glossura
and Glossuropoda
in the Amazon region
(Hymenoptera; Apidae: Euglossini). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 77:235-253.
Roubik, D.W. and P.E. Hanson. 2004. Orchid
bees of tropical America: Biology and field guide.
InBio Press, Heredia, Costa Rica.
Solomon, S.E., et al. 2004. Nesting biology of the fungus growing
ants Mycetarotes
Emery (Attini,
Formicidae). Insectes
Sociaux. 51:333-338.
Engel, M.S. 2000. Classification of the
bee tribe Augochlorini (Hymenoptera: Halictidae). Bulletin
of the American Museum of Natural
History. 250:4-89.
Ward, B. 2000. Eyewitness Books: Epidemic. Dorling Kindersley Publ., Inc.
New York, NY.
DeSalle, R., ed. 1999. Epidemic! World of
Infectious Disease. The New Press. New York,
NY.
Lyman, F. 1998. Inside the Dzanga-Sangha Rain Forest. Workman Publ. New York, NY.
Conway, G., et al.
1997. Jak1 kinase is
required for cell migrations and anterior specification in
zebrafish embryos. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences USA. 94:3082-3087.
Seeley, T.D. 1996. Wisdom of the Hive: the Social
Physiology of Honey Bee Colonies. Harvard Univ.
Press. Cambridge, MA. (adapted from original)
Vance, S.A.
1996. Morphological and behavioural sex reversal in mermithid-infected mayflies.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of
London Series B-Biological Sciences. 263:907-912.
Conway, G.
1995. A novel gene expressed
during zebrafish gastrulation identified by
differential
RNA display. Mechanisms of Development.
52:383-391.
Gallery
and art museum exhibits:
Engaging Insects: USM Art Gallery, Gorham, Maine (2011)
Projection of art on bands: Boy with a Fish (Ithaca Festival, NY, 2011),
Gorch
Fock (EmoÕs, Austin, TX, 2004), Lori Surfer & Co. (Room 710, 2003)
Book of Hours: Arnold Klein Gallery, www.lmstudio.com/BOH/ (2010)
Entomologia:
Observatory,
Proteus Gowanus art complex, Brooklyn, NY (2010)
Invisible Worlds: Filmed and edited infrared sequences
for BBC program (2009)
Horizon:
Arnold Klein Gallery, Royal Oak, MI (2009)
Insects and Art: Royal Entomological Society,
University of Plymouth, UK (2008)
Dionysium: Alamo Drafthouse,
South Lamar, Austin, TX (2006)
Art Wing: Entomological Soc. of America, Fort
Lauderdale, FL (2005)
Numbers: Arnold Klein Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
(2004)
The Great Insect Fair: HUB Gallery, PennState
Univ. (2002)
Bugs! A ChildrenÕs Exhibition of Bugs
in Art:
Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK (2001)
Mimesis (Museum of Contemporary Art: Hazmat Gallery, Tucson, AZ (2001)
Insects and Arachnids as Art Media: designed and installed showcase
exhibit for Univ. of Arizona (2001)
Earth: Arnold Klein Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
(2001)
Insectal
art: curated
art within HexaPodium scientific meeting, Tucson, AZ
(2000)
Bugs: Click Gallery, Royal Oak, MI (2000)
Natural
history museum exhibits:
Biology models/sculptures and illustrations featured in
museums, including:
Bronx Zoo, Bronx, NY Congo
Rainforest permanent exhibit
American Museum of Natural History, NY, NY
Hall of Biodiversity permanent exhibit
Epidemic!: The World of Infectious Disease
traveling exhibit
Endangered! temporary exhibit
Up in Central Park temporary exhibit
Royal Tyrrell Museum, Alberta, Canada
Earthworks, Kansas City, MO
Living Desert Museum, Palm Desert, CA
Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays, KS
Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, MT
Needles Visitor Center, Canyonlands,
UT
Salato Wildlife Education Center,
Frankfort, KY
Smithsonian traveling exhibit
Public Museum of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, MI
Other
art:
AMNH illustrations: Hall
of Biodiversity activity book, Planetarium & Education Dept. websites
Chicken in a Snowstorm Press collaborations (with Karen
Anne Klein)
Logos: Southwestern Association for Biologists meetings, Paperwasp Studio, After Dark Jewelry
Awards
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Fellowship (2011)
George C. Eickwort Student
Research Award, http://iussi.cyberbee.net/awards/
(2010)
IUSSI travel award (2010)
George H. Mitchell Award for Excellence in Graduate
Research (2009)
University Continuing Fellowship, UT (2009)
Deutscher Akademischer
Austauschdienst (DAAD) Fellowship (2008)
Carl Gottfried Hartman Graduate Fellowship (2008)
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Dept. Travel Fellowship
(2008)
Texas Academy of Sciences Student Research Competition
Award (2007, 2008)
Teaching Assistant Awards, UT
(Entomology: 2005, Invertebrate Zoology: 2008)
National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation
Improvement Grant (2007)
UTOPIA Grant (2007)
Texas EcoLab grants (2005, 2006,
2007)
Dorothea Bennett Memorial Graduate Research Fellowship
awards (2004, 2005, 2007)
Sleep Research Society: Honorable Mention Abstract award
(2006)
IUSSI: Honorable Mention poster award (2006)
PresidentÕs Prize: Hon. Mention, Entomological Soc. of
America (2003, 2005, 2006)
Continuing University Tuition Fellowship, UT (2005)
Environmental Science Institute GK-12 Fellowship (2005)
Sleep Research Society Trainee Research Excellence Award
(2003)
Mellon Foundation Grant (2002)
National Science Foundation Research Training Grants
(2002)
Cornell Arts Grant (1993)
Addendum activities and interests
Scientific illustration and natural history exhibit design
and production.
Cultural entomology (insects in all realms, spheres and
permutations of human interaction and
representation), and the history and art of natural
history museums.