Gerasimos 'Gerry' Cassis
Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia

     I am a Principal Research Scientist at the Australian Museum, in Sydney, Australia. I have been at the Museum since 1989 and my position is principally concerned with the systematics, biodiversity and ecology of insects. My main research interest is in the systematics of the Heteroptera, particularly those of the Australian region. My current research projects concern the systematics and biogeography of the families Gelastocoridae, Miridae, Tingidae, Reduviidae, Thaumastocoridae, Scutelleridae and Pentatomidae. I currently have five PhD students, of which two are working on the systematics of the Heteroptera: 1. Nik Tatarnic (Miridae: Orthotylinae: Halticini); 2. Annie Noack (Thaumastocoridae). The other PhD students are working on ecological projects involving Heteroptera.

        Previous to my work at the Australian Museum, I worked for five years at the Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, where I worked on the systematic catalogues of the Australian Heteroptera and Scarabaeoidea. I obtained my PhD from Oregon State University (Major Professor: Dr Jack Lattin) on the systematics of the mirid tribe Dicyphini. I obtained my BSc (Honours) at the University of Sydney (Major Professor: Fred McDonald) where I worked on Australian scutellerids. 

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