Department of

Biology

Dr. Jeremy Blaschke

Assistant Professor 
139 White Hall
Union University
Jackson, Tennessee 38305
(731) 661-5678
jblaschke@uu.edu
Website: www.jeremyblaschke.com

Education

• Ph.D, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• M.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• B.S., Bryan College

Publications

• Winkler IS, Blaschke JD, Davis DJ, Stireman III JO, O'Hara JE, Cerretti P, & Moulton JK. 2014. Explosive radiation or uninformative genes? Origin and early diversification of tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
• Mays SE, Phillips G, Blaschke JD, Pivar RJ, Long M, Vineyard CJ, Showler A, Trout Fryxell RT. Response to carbon dioxide in laboratory-reared and wild-caught lone star ticks, Amblyomma americanum (L.) (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of Medical Entomology. In review.
• Francis J, Blaschke JD, Wood TC, Humphrey C, & Sanders RW. 2014. Students participate in grant-funded bark beetle research. The Forestry Source 19.11: 16, 18.
• Blaschke JD. 2014. Ancestral state reconstruction as a new method for identifying baramins of parasites and pathogens. Journal of Creation Theology and Science Series B: Life Sciences, Volume 4.
• Winkler IS, Stireman JO, Moulton JK, O'Hara JE, Cerretti P, & Blaschke JD. 2014. Progress towards a molecular phylogeny of Tachinidae, year two. Tahinid Times 27: 11-14.
• Blaschke JD. 2013 Student news. Tachinid Times 26: 50.
• Blaschke JD, Molecular systematics of the subfamily Phasiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae). Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2013. http://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/2393.
• Blaschke. 2011. The Hebrew taxonomy of living things. Journal of Creation Theology and Science Series B: Life Sciences, Volume 1:2.
• Blaschke JD, & Sanders RW. 2009. Preliminary insights into the phylogeny and speciation of Scalesia (Asteraceae), Galápagos Islands. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. 3.1: 177-191.

Presentations

• Blaschke JD, Winkler IS, Stireman III JO, O'Hara JE, Cerretti P, & Moulton JK. Evolution and phylogeny of the parasitoid subfamily Phasiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae). Entomological Society of America, National Meeting. Portland, OR. November 2014.
• Stireman JO, Winkler IS, Cerretti P, O'Hara JE, Moulton JK, & Blaschke JD. Towards a molecular phylogeny of world Tachinidae: a progress report. Evolution and Ecology of Parasitoid Diptera Symposium, 8th International Congress of Dipterology, Potsdam Germany, August 2014.
• Stireman JO, Winkler IS, Davis DJ, Moulton JK, Blaschke JD, O'Hara JE, & Cerretti P. Whence the Tachinidae? Higher-level Phylogeny of Diptera Symposium, 8th International Congress of Dipterology, Potsdam Germany, August 2014.
• Francis J, Blaschke JD, Sanders RW, & Wood TC. Research update: pine bark beetle associated tree destruction in North America. Origins 2014. Colorado Springs, CO. July 2014.
• Blaschke JD. Ancestral state reconstruction as a new method for identifying baramins of parasites and pathogens. Origins 2014. Colorado Springs, CO. July 2014.
• Blaschke JD, Winkler IS, Stireman III JO, O'Hara JE, Cerretti P, & Moulton JK. Molecular systematics of the Phasiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae). Entomological Society of America, Southeastern Branch Meeting. Greenville, SC. March 2014.
• Blaschke JD. The Hebrew taxonomy of living things. Origins 2011. Rapid City. SD. July 2011.

Posters

• Blaschke JD. 2014. Molecular systematics of the Phasiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae). Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America. Greenville, SC. March 2014.
• Blaschke JD. 2011. The Hebrew taxonomy of living things. Origins 2011. Rapid City, SD. July 2011.
• Blachke JD & Sanders RW. 2008. Origin and morphological diversification of Scalesia (Asteraceae), Galápagos Islands. Botany 2008. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. June 2008.