Dr. Caroline S. ChabooDr. Chaboo has been conducting field research in insect diversity and biology in Peru since 2007.
The program is led by Dr. Caroline S. Chaboo. She is a curator in entomology in the KU Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum. Dr. Chaboo is an assistant professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. She collaborates with entomologists at the Natural History Museum of the National University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru and with the non-governmental organization, Amazon Conservation Association.
Caroline Chaboo, curator, focuses on the biology, behavior and systematics of chrysomelid leaf beetles. After developing a hypothesis of broad evolutionary relationships, she is looking more closely at small groups, collecting and incorporating data from beetle life history, host plant choices, and insect defenses. Her research program goals are to refine evolutionary relationships, improve current classification schemes, and examine the evolution of various features, e.g., host plant choice, maternal care, gregariousness, construction behavior and morphology.