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Akito Kawahara
AfFL Curator
NH-LEPIDOPTERA | FLORIDA MUSEUM NATURAL HISTORY
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08-2025
Collaborative Research: Acoustic deflection in bat-moth interactions: revealing the mechanism and evolution of a sensory illusion
Collaborative Research: Acoustic deflection in bat-moth interactions: revealing the mechanism and evolution of a sensory illusion
NATL SCIENCE FO
12-2023
OR-DRPD-ROF2019: Developing novel genomic resources and biomaterial characterization methods for the study of wild moth silk
OR-DRPD-ROF2019: Developing novel genomic resources and biomaterial characterization methods for the study of wild moth silk
UF OFFICE OF RESEARCH
07-2023
Identification of insect eggs using image analysis
Identification of insect eggs using image analysis
US DEPT OF AG APHI
05-2023
CRISPR-based diagnostics
CRISPR-based diagnostics
US DEPT OF AG APHI
08-2022
NSF DEB-NERC: Phylogenomics and Sensory Systems Evolution in Silkmoths and Relatives
NSF DEB-NERC: Phylogenomics and Sensory Systems Evolution in Silkmoths and Relatives
NATL SCIENCE FO
08-2022
DSR Matching Support - Support for NSF Fellowship
DSR Matching Support - Support for NSF Fellowship
UF DIV OF SPONSORED RES MATCHING FUND
06-2022
Validating bulk insect molecular identification for invasive insect pests
Validating bulk insect molecular identification for invasive insect pests
US DEPT OF AG APHI
12-2021
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: BUTTERFLYNET--AN INTEGRATIVEFRAMEWORK FOR COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: BUTTERFLYNET--AN INTEGRATIVEFRAMEWORK FOR COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY
NATL SCIENCE FO
06-2021
Digitization TCN: Collaborative research: Lepidoptera of North America Network: Documenting Diversity in the Largest Clade of Herbivores
Digitization TCN: Collaborative research: Lepidoptera of North America Network: Documenting Diversity in the Largest Clade of Herbivores
NATL SCIENCE FO
06-2020
Development of a bulk DNA extraction method
Development of a bulk DNA extraction method
US DEPT OF AG APHI
05-2019
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Characterization of vertebrate host communities through mosquito blood meal-derived DNA for biodiversity conservation and epidemiological applications
DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Characterization of vertebrate host communities through mosquito blood meal-derived DNA for biodiversity conservation and epidemiological applications
NATL SCIENCE FO
01-2019
The battle of the sexes in the endangered Brazilian Campos: butterfly conservation and unusual mating strategies
The battle of the sexes in the endangered Brazilian Campos: butterfly conservation and unusual mating strategies
NATL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIET
04-2018
CSBR: Natural History Collections: Building a central database and curation improvements for The McGuire Center for Lepidoptera at the Florida Museum of Natural History
CSBR: Natural History Collections: Building a central database and curation improvements for The McGuire Center for Lepidoptera at the Florida Museum of Natural History
NATL SCIENCE FO
12-2017
SG:ARTS: Hawaiian Philodoria green-island leaf mining moths:Revisionary systematics, phylogenetics and biogeography of a threatened fauna
SG:ARTS: Hawaiian Philodoria green-island leaf mining moths:Revisionary systematics, phylogenetics and biogeography of a threatened fauna
NATL SCIENCE FO
12-2017
Developing a general method for molecular identification of trapped pests
Developing a general method for molecular identification of trapped pests
US DEPT OF AG APHI
12-2016
Research and Exploration of endangered Hawaiian Leaf Mining Moths and their Threatened Plants: Fieldwork to Discover, Protect, & Conserve a Rare and Endangered Fauna.
Research and Exploration of endangered Hawaiian Leaf Mining Moths and their Threatened Plants: Fieldwork to Discover, Protect, & Conserve a Rare and Endangered Fauna.
NATL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIET
12-2016
Houlihan - Darwin's Hawkmoth
Houlihan - Darwin's Hawkmoth
NATL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIET
11-2016
Collaborative Research:Alternative strategies & evolutionary routes in the escalation of the bat-moth arms-race: Ultrasonic striduation on hawkmoths.
Collaborative Research:Alternative strategies & evolutionary routes in the escalation of the bat-moth arms-race: Ultrasonic striduation on hawkmoths.
NATL SCIENCE FO
04-2016
Comparative genomics of a leaf-mining moth:
Comparative genomics of a leaf-mining moth:
UF DIV OF SPONSORED RES OPPORTUNITY FUN
04-2016
Comparative genomics of a leaf-mining moth:
Comparative genomics of a leaf-mining moth:
UF DSR OPPORTUNITY FUN
10-2015
The Hawaiian Leaf Miner Project -Johns NSG
The Hawaiian Leaf Miner Project -Johns NSG
NATL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIET
08-2015
Mu Alpha Theta : Geometric Morphometrics in Silk moths
Mu Alpha Theta : Geometric Morphometrics in Silk moths
MU ALPHA THETA
08-2015
Procambarus aplachicolae genetic work
Procambarus aplachicolae genetic work
US DEPT OF INTERIOR FISH AND WILDLIFE S
03-2015
Optimizing Spatial Distribution of Pheromone Traps for M
Optimizing Spatial Distribution of Pheromone Traps for M
CITRUS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FO
03-2014
Digital Identification of Microlepidoptera Solanaceae
Digital Identification of Microlepidoptera Solanaceae
FL DEPT OF AG AND CONSUMER SE
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