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Background & Experience
- The Ohio State University: M.Sc. in Entomology
- Cornell University: Ph.D. in Entomology
- Tel Aviv University: Curator of Entomology & Insect Surveys
- Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale University): Entomology Collection Manager
- Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard University): Entomology Curatorial Associate
- National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution): Entomology Collections Manager
I have over 50 years of museum and collections experience, as a curator/collections manager and researcher, as a scientific visitor in various institutional collections, as well as conducting entomological field work on five continents. I have been a primary instructor for 6 entomology Collections Management Workshops (sponsored by the Entomology Collections Network and the U.S. National Science Foundation): 2016 (Smithsonian Institution); 2017 (Milwaukee Public Museum); 2018 (Californian Academy of Sciences); 2022 (Arizona State University); 2023 (Cleveland Museum of Natural History), and 2024 (Yale University). In 2011, I co-instructed collections management workshops pertaining to all natural history collections at Tel Aviv University and the La Plata Museum (Argentina). I am a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Institution, Curatorial Affiliate at the Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale University) and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, an Associate Curator of Entomology and Museum Advisor at the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History (Tel Aviv University), and on the Board of Trustees of the Virginia Museum of Natural History.
Contact: Dr. David G. Furth
5901 Mount Eagle Dr., #1516
Alexandria, VA 22303 USA
Email: furthmuseumc@gmail.com
Phone: 703-869-2077
Curriculum vitae 
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