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Andrea Kautz

Research Entomologist, Powdermill Nature Reserve

Andrea Kautz
  • Powdermill Nature Reserve
    1795 Route 381
    Rector, PA 15677
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Biography

Andrea Kautz is a research entomologist working at Powdermill Nature Reserve, the environmental research center of Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Her main work involves collecting and imaging aquatic macroinvertebrates for a National Science Foundation-funded project aimed at building the macroinvertebrates website to aid in the identification of aquatic insects and other arthropods used in water quality monitoring.

She received her MS in entomology (2015) and her BS in zoology (2012) from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. During her time at Ohio State, Kautz interned with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Division of Surface Water, surveying the aquatic macroinvertebrates found in rivers and streams around the state for biomonitoring purposes. Her master’s thesis focused on the community composition and diet of a particular group of predatory flies, the long-legged flies (Dolichopodidae), in Ohio agroecosystems.

Her other projects include building the insect teaching collection at Powdermill, surveying and promoting pollinators at the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and assisting in a salamander population genetics study.

  • Oh deer, that’s a lot of parasites!

    Oh deer, that’s a lot of parasites!

    December 14, 2020
    When a permitted hunter harvested a deer from Powdermill Nature Reserve in mid-November, I took the opportunity as an entomologist to inspect …
  • One man’s trash is another man’s weather instrument

    One man’s trash is another man’s weather instrument

    November 24, 2020
    A piece of debris was recovered by staff Friday afternoon while hiking along Powdermill Run at Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s biological …
  • The Molecular Lab at Powdermill

    The Molecular Lab at Powdermill

    July 13, 2020
    The Molecular Lab at Powdermill is a great resource because it allows us to analyze samples in-house from field studies being conducted …
  • Fourth of July and the Firefly

    Fourth of July and the Firefly

    June 30, 2020
    Although many fireworks shows are cancelled this Fourth of July, this is a great opportunity to get out over the holiday weekend …
  • Box Turtle Time Capsule

    Box Turtle Time Capsule

    September 4, 2019
    The year is 1974. Powdermill founder and Carnegie Museum of Natural History Director Dr. Graham Netting measures and marks a female box …
  • Another Reason to Love Ladybugs

    Another Reason to Love Ladybugs

    April 10, 2019
    The Marsh Machine at Powdermill is great for recycling the nature center’s wastewater. It’s also great for building up huge populations of …

Publications

2016 Kleinke, B., S.P. Prajzner, C.A. Gordon, N.C. Hoekstra, A.R. Kautz, A.M. Vossbrinck, and M.M. Gardiner. Submitted. Pollination Investigators: A citizen science approach to measuring pollination services. Insect Conservation and Diversity.                        

2015 Kautz, A.R. 2015. Local Management and Landscape Effects on the Predator Guild in Vegetable Crops, with a Focus on Long-legged Flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Master’s Thesis. The Ohio State University. (Accession No.  OSU1437474798)

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