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Science Outreach | Crystal Ernst, Ph.D.
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Crystal Ernst, Ph.D. Community ecologist, biodiversity scientist, entomologist at SFU. Wrack Invertebrate Studies on the Central Coast. Sampling aquatic insects in the rapids of Bloody Falls with high school students from Kugluktuk, NU and ArcticNet’s Schools On Board program (credit: ArcticNet). I love any excuse to talk about insects, science, and nature with other people. I especially love watching the uninitiated make personal connections with the subject matter – those “Aha! When I can, I blog.
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Teaching | Crystal Ernst, Ph.D.
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Crystal Ernst, Ph.D. Community ecologist, biodiversity scientist, entomologist at SFU. Wrack Invertebrate Studies on the Central Coast. My objective as a teacher is not only to help students accomplish the important task of learning the language of science, but to also challenge them to practice higher levels of knowledge synthesis while developing practical skills that they can apply to today’s global ecological challenges. Ernst, C.M.,. Buddle, C.M. and L. Soluk. 2014. The value of ...Available as an e...
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Awards | Crystal Ernst, Ph.D.
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Crystal Ernst, Ph.D. Community ecologist, biodiversity scientist, entomologist at SFU. Wrack Invertebrate Studies on the Central Coast. McGill University Department of Natural Resource Sciences Graduate Excellence Fellowship. McGill University Department of Natural Resource Sciences Graduate Excellence Fellowship. Entomological Society of Canada President’s Prize for presentation of a paper (Host-parasite relationships/Physiology Section). Entomological Society of Canada Postgraduate Award (PhD). You are...
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Photography | Crystal Ernst, Ph.D.
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Crystal Ernst, Ph.D. Community ecologist, biodiversity scientist, entomologist at SFU. Wrack Invertebrate Studies on the Central Coast. I have been dabbling in insect macrophotography. Since 2010. It’s a challenging and rewarding compliment to my “formal” insect work and research. My photographs have been featured in field guides. Theses, magazine articles, instructional documents and other books. Some of my work has even made its way to television, gaining a spot on a NatGeoWild feature. My first-ever e...
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Publications | Crystal Ernst, Ph.D.
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Crystal Ernst, Ph.D. Community ecologist, biodiversity scientist, entomologist at SFU. Wrack Invertebrate Studies on the Central Coast. Ernst, C.M. Hanelt, B. and C.M. Buddle. 2016. Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) parasitized by a new species of hairworm (Nematomorpha: Gordiida) in Arctic North America. In press. doi: http:/ dx.doi.org/10.1645/15-863. Klimaszewski, J., Webster, R., Langor, D., Sikes, D., Godin, B., Bourdon, C., and C. Ernst. 573: 217-256. PDF. Ernst, C.M. 9(1): 63-73. PDF. Scopoli...
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Experience | Crystal Ernst, Ph.D.
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Crystal Ernst, Ph.D. Community ecologist, biodiversity scientist, entomologist at SFU. Wrack Invertebrate Studies on the Central Coast. Recherche et Transfert de Technologie, Collège D’Alfred. Alfred, ON) May 05 Aug 05. Dung beetles roll away a ball of cow manure. Credit: Beverly Skinner/USFWS. University, Dept. of Biology. Ottawa,ON) Sep 03 May 05. Laboratory Assistant/M.Sc. candidate. Sp), I wanted to find out if any closely related native species were at risk of becoming hosts for this serious pest.
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Zoology Dissections | Crystal Ernst, Ph.D.
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Crystal Ernst, Ph.D. Community ecologist, biodiversity scientist, entomologist at SFU. Wrack Invertebrate Studies on the Central Coast. I enjoyed a four-year run as the Teaching Assistant for an introductory-level Zoology class (animal form and function) at McGill University’s Macdonald Campus. In 2012, I began creating a series of video dissection tutorials. That guide students through the basic anatomical structures of many of the most common lab organisms. Sometimes lead to overzealously picked-over s...
