Joseph Schubert Email & Phone Number

Melbourne

▪ Maintenance and management of the museum’s entomological specimens from the wet and dry research collections and registration of specimens to the museum’s database using EMu and MVWISE.▪ Proficiency with microscopy and handling preserved arthropods (wet and dry), andfollowing the necessary protocols of the invertebrate collection.▪ Assisting with public enquiries regarding invertebrate identifications.

Melbourne, Australia

▪ Experimental work on trait limits of Collembola (mass, critical thermal limits, development time, anddesiccation resistance), species interaction trials, and abundance surveys.▪ Mass rearing of multiple species of Collembola cultures. Strict records of fecundity and development time kept for each species.▪ Competence with various PC2 laboratory procedures, protocols, and equipment.▪ Development of an interactive taxonomic key to the Collembola of the Jock Marshall Reserve for… Show more ▪ Experimental work on trait limits of Collembola (mass, critical thermal limits, development time, anddesiccation resistance), species interaction trials, and abundance surveys.▪ Mass rearing of multiple species of Collembola cultures. Strict records of fecundity and development time kept for each species.▪ Competence with various PC2 laboratory procedures, protocols, and equipment.▪ Development of an interactive taxonomic key to the Collembola of the Jock Marshall Reserve for laboratory use using XPER3.▪ Highly skilled with ImageJ, Leica Application Suite, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, LUCID, and XPER3. Show less

Melbourne, Australia

▪ Identification of living and preserved invertebrates in the Victorian Agricultural Insect Collection, mostnotably on the Pierce’s Disease Project.▪ DNA extraction/isolation and PCR techniques of pest weevil species.▪ Assisting with rearing live invertebrates in a controlled environment (Parasitoid Mastrus sp. wasps andcoddling moths in a biological control project).