Scholarship Project

Jeremy Blaschke

Associate Professor of Biology

41 Results

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article(s)

• "Six in one: cryptic species and a new host record for Olixon Cameron (Rhopalosomatidae, Hymenoptera) revealed by DNA barcoding," Journal of Hymenoptera Research, Volume 97, 363-378. (May 2024) (with Allaina L. Armstrong, Jayme E. Sones, Volker Lohrmann, Paul D. N. Hebert, Dan H. Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs)
• "Using DNA barcoding to identify high-priority taxa (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park," Environmental Entomology, Volume 53, Issue 4, 730–739. (May 2024) (with Emerie Landers, Brandon Claridge, Will Kuhn, Victoria Seymour, Hettie Peek, Scout Fluet, Jake Ramgren, Jake Phelps, Brayden Paulk, Lydia Cordner)
• "Parasite Soup: Faith and Science in the History of Parasitology," Journal of Religion & Science. (January 2022)
• "†Cretolixon – a remarkable new genus of rhopalosomatid wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Rhopalosomatidae) from chemically tested, mid-Cretaceous Burmese (Kachin) amber," Fossil Record, Vol. 23 Issue 2, 215-236. (December 2020) (with Lohrmann, V., Zhang, Q., Michalik, P., Müller, P., Jeanneau, L., and Perrichot, V.)
• "DNA barcoding of rhopalosomatid larvae reveals a new host record and genetic evidence of a second species of Rhopalosoma Cresson (Hymenoptera, Rhopalosomatidae) in America north of Mexico.," Journal of Hymenoptera Research, Vo. 74, 35-46. (December 2019) (with Miller, Lance A. ; Benefield, Torie D. ; Lounsbury, Sarah A. ; Lohrmann, Volker)
• "Molecular phylogeny and evolution of world Tachinidae (Diptera)," Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 139. (October 2019) (with John O. Stireman III, Pierfilippo Cerretti, James E. O'Harac, John K. Moultone)
• "Biodiversity Survey and Molecular Identification of the Phasiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA," Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, Vol. 121 Issue 1, 1-14. (February 2019) (with James E. O'Hara, John K. Moulton)
• "Towards a Young-Earth model of parasite evolution," Journal of Creation Theology and Science Series B: Life Sciences, Vol. 8, 1. (October 2018)
• "Molecular phylogenetics and piercer evolution in the bug-killing flies (Diptera: Tachinidae: Phasiinae)," Systematic Entomology, Vol. 43 Issue 1, 218-238. (January 2018) (with JOHN O. STIREMAN III, JAMES E. O'HARA, PIERFILIPPO CERRETTI, JOHN K. MOULTON)
• "Explosive radiation or uninformative genes? Origin and early diversification of tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)," Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 88, 38–54. (July 2015) (with Winkler, I.S., D.J. Davis, J.O. Stireman III, J.E. O’Hara, P. Cerretti, and J.K. Moulton)
• "Ancestral state reconstruction as a new method for identifying baramins of parasites and pathogens," Journal of Creation Theology and Science Series B: Life Sciences, Vol. 4, 23-24. (October 2014)
• "Preliminary insights into the phylogeny and speciation of Scalesia (Asteraceae), Galápagos Islands," Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas , Vol. 3 Issue 1, 177-191. (October 2009) (with R.W. Sanders)

Presentation(s)

• "Community, autonomy, and the emergence of parasitism" (with Wentley, M.G., A.S. Rhodes)
  Origins 2020, Online Conference. (July 2020)
• "Evidence for a recent transition into parasitism within four Phyla of marine animals" (with Rhodes, A.S., M.G. Wentley)
  Origins 2020, Online Conference. (July 2020)
• "The diversity of parasitoid flies of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA" Symposium: The All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory of Great Smoky Mountains Nat. Park, Annual meeting, St. Louis, MO. (November 2019)
• "Insect diversity and behavior" Augustine School, Jackson, TN. (October 2019)
• "Conservation and the beauty of animals in a post-Fall world" Reclaiming Wisdom Beginning with Creation, Cedarville, OH. (July 2019)
• "Bugs, bacteria, and beauty" Union University Research Seminar, Jackson, TN. (May 2019)
• "Life history notes of the rare ectoparasitoid wasp Rhopalosoma nearcticum" (with Lounsbury, S.A.)
  Association of the Southeastern Biologists, Memphis, TN. (April 2019)
• "Examining the antibiotic effects of hemolymph from immune challenged squash bugs (Anasa tristis)" (with Lemon, J.J.)
  Association of the Southeastern Biologists, Memphis, TN. (April 2019)
• "Should all species be conserved? Thoughts on Trinitarian ecology and the problem of parasites. " Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture: Stewardship of Creation, Waco, TX. (October 2018)
• "Towards a Young-Earth model of parasite evolution" Origins 2018, Pittsburgh, PA. (July 2018)
• "Piercer evolution in the bug-killing flies" Union University Research Seminar, Jackson, TN. (May 2017)
• "The evolution of reproductive strategies in tachinid parasitoids (Diptera: Tachinidae)" (with Cerretti, P., J.O. Stireman III, J.E. O’Hara, J.K. Moulton, I.S. Winkler)
  International Congress of Entomology, Orlando, FL. (September 2016)
• "Phylogeny and diversification of world Tachinidae (Diptera)" (with Stireman III, J.O., J.K. Moulton, P. Cerretti, J.E. O’Hara, I.S. Winkler)
  International Congress of Entomology, Orlando, FL. (September 2016)
• "Research update: pine bark beetle associated tree destruction in North America" (with J. Francis, R.W. Sanders, T.C. Wood)
  Origins 2014, Colorado Springs, CO. (July 2014)
• "Ancestral state reconstruction as a new method for identifying baramins of parasites and pathogens" Origins 2014, Colorado Springs, CO. (July 2014)
• "Bug eaters: the natural history of phasiine parasitoids" University of Guyana, Georgetown, South America. (May 2014)
• "Molecular systematics of the Phasiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae)" Entomological Society of America, Southeastern Branch Meeting, Greenville, SC. (March 2014)
• "Evolution and phylogeny of the parasitoid subfamily Phasiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae)" Entomological Society of America, Southeastern Branch Meeting, Greenville, SC. (March 2014)
• "Aquatic insect diversity and identification" Grace Christian Academy HS, Knoxville. (September 2012)
• "The Hebrew taxonomy of living things" Origins 2011, Rapid City, SD. (July 2011)

Award/Recognition(s)

• Newell Innovative Teaching Award From Proposal to Publication: Implementing a Graduate Level Resarch Experience in an Undergraduate Course, 2021
• Carla D. Sanderson Faculty of the Year Award 2021
• Biology Faculty Researcher of the Year 2019
• Newell Innovative Teaching Award Bugs, Books, and Beauty: Using Invertebrate Zoology to Train Future Community Scientists, 2017
• Biology Faculty Researcher of the Year 2017
• Chancellor's Distinguished Graduate Fellows Program Award University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 2013
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Honorable Mention National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA, 2013

Dissertation

• "Evolution and Phylogeny of the Parasitoid Subfamily Phasiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae)." (August 2015) at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• "Molecular systematics of the subfamily Phasiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae)" (August 2013) at University of Tennessee, Knoxville