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PhD Entomology, Clemson University
MS Entomology, Louisiana State University
BS Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech
My post-doctoral appointment with the MEM is, at its core, grant writing and teaching. I assist the grant team in securing funds for research, outreach, and curation while teaching Aquatic Entomology and mentoring students in the museum.
Aquatic Research
My focal taxa falls within the aquatic Hemiptera, largely Nepomorpha. I’m cataloguing and updating the taxonomy for southern corixids (Water Boatmen) and exploring questions around wetlands, ditches, and other temporal habitats. Research is not technically part of my current position, but I fit in field work and museum excursions when I can.
Outreach & Extension
During my PhD, the Entomology Club founded the Museums in Miniature project (see our resources page here on the MEM site!) I brought the project with me when I relocated for this post-doc and am working to expand it to Mississippi. My focal groups tend to be the very young (ages 3-7) and retired (Master Gardeners, Master Naturalists, etc.), two groups where enthusiasm goes a long way.
Service
Midsouth Entomologist Interim Editor
Entomological Society of America FIT Section Early Career Professional Committee Member
Entomological Society of America Outreach and Education Committee Southeastern Branch Representative
Museums in Miniature Project Manager
Mississippi State University Post-Doc Advisory Board
Peer Reviewed Publications (Chronological)
Wooden, P.L.S. and M.D. Kaller (In Prep). An annotated list of aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) of Louisiana.
Wooden, P.L.S., N.K. Artley, C.M. Silva, M.L. Ferro (In Review) From trash to teacher: utilizing the unlabeled, unsealed, and unprocessed for community engagement. Natural History Collections and Museomics.
Wooden, P.L.S., W.E. Kelso, M.D. Kaller (Accepted Pending Revision). Effects of flooding on aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblage structure on a connected and disconnected regulated river floodplain. Hydrobiologia.
Wooden, P.L.S., N.K. Artley, C.M. Silva (2024). Museums in Miniature: Bringing Entomology to South Carolina Classrooms. American Entomologist, 70 (2): 28–30.
Wooden, P.L.S and M.S. Caterino (2024) Trechus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Appalachia: a phylogenetic insight into the history of high elevation leaf litter communities. Diversity.16(4): 212 https://doi.org/10.3390/d16040212.
Holt, J.R., L. Bernaola, K.E. Britt, C. McCullough, M. Roth, J. Wagner, M. Ragozzino, L. Aviles, F. Huval, M. Pandey, B.W. Lee, M. Asche, A. Hayes, A. Cohen, A. Marshall, H.E. Quellhorst, R.V. Wilkins, V. Nguyen, J. Maille, R.K. Skinner, J.J. Ternest, S. Anderson, S.W. Gula, K. Hauri, J. Eason, M. Mulcahy, S. Lee, J.W. Villegas, P.L. Shorter. (2020). Synergisms in Science: Climate Change and Integrated Pest Management Through the Lens of Communication—2019 Student Debates. Journal of Insect Science, 20(5): 1–11.
Shorter, P.L., D.A. Hennen, P.E. Marek. (2018). Cryptic diversity in Andrognathus corticarius Cope, 1869 and description of a new Andrognathus species from New Mexico (Diplopoda, Platydesmida, Andrognathidae). ZooKeys, 786: 19–41.
Non Peer Reviewed Publications
Shorter Wooden, P.L., F. Huval, C. Carlton, G. Reagan. (2020). Dasymutilla occidentalis, Eastern Velvet Ant (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). LSU AgCenter. Bug Biz Pest Management and Insect Identification Series.
Shorter Wooden, P.L., F. Huval, C. Carlton, G. Reagan. (2020). The Greenhouse Millipede, Oxidus gracilis (Diplopoda: Paradoxosomatidae). LSU AgCenter. Bug Biz Pest Management and Insect Identification Series.
Shorter Wooden, P.L., F. Huval, C. Carlton, G. Reagan. (2020). Lawn Shrimp, Arcitalitrus sylvaticus (Amphipoda: Talitridae). LSU AgCenter. Bug Biz Pest Management and Insect Identification Series.
Shorter, P.L. (2016). The Beekeeper. Aisthesis: The Interdisciplinary Honors Journal, 7: 48–50.
Presentations (since joining the MEM)
Wooden, P.L.S., N.K. Artley, C.M. Silva. If you give a child a critter: establishment and expansion of Museums in Miniature in the Southeast. Presented, Entomological Society of America Meeting, November 2024.
Wooden, P.L.S., N.K. Artley, C.M. Silva. From trash to teacher: utilizing the unlabeled, unsealed, and unprocessed for community engagement. Presented, Entomological Collections Network Meeting, November 2024.
Wooden, P.L.S. Calling Dr. Bug: An aquatic entomologist joins the MEM. Presented, Mississippi Entomological Association meeting, October 2024.
Wooden, P.L.S. Museums in Miniature: Bringing Entomological collections to Mississippi schools. Presented, Mississippi Entomological Association meeting, October 2024.
