Timothy Tomon, Government Administration

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Timothy Tomon has over twenty years experience with entomological methods including taxonomy/systematics and forest entomology.

Forest Pest Management Specialist at Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
July 2014 - Present | Penfield, PA
Responsible for the field implementation of the activities of the Division of Forest Pest Management, over a multicounty area encompassing roughly the northwest corner of the State. Activities include forest pest suppression, forest insect and disease survey and detection and information and education programs necessary to fulfill the Bureau of Forestry's goals of monitoring and managing destructive forest insects and diseases on Pennsylvania's public and private forest resources.
Curatorial Assistant at Carnegie Museum of Natural History
March 2005 - February 2009
Responsible for a variety of tasks including curation (sorting and preparing insect specimens), training and supervising work-study and volunteers, fieldwork, assisting with research activities, molecular laboratory work, and public activities.
Forest Entomologist at West Virginia Department of Agriculture
March 2009
Plan, develop and execute forest insect detection, survey and control projects on state and privately owned lands. Conduct forest insect surveys throughout the state to detect the presence of both endemic and exotic insect pests, the numbers of these pests, and the amount of damage they are causing. Collate and evaluate the information and data collected.

Penn State University
M.S.
University of Pittsburgh
1992 – 1996
BS
Concentration: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Natural history, photography, hiking.