Richard S. Zack

Richard Zack is a professor of entomology at Washington State University. He studies insect diversity, especially as it occurs in unusual habitats, such as hot springs, and on federal and other governmental lands. He has conducted extensive studies of insect diversity on the Hanford Nuclear Site in south-central Washington, Mount Rainier National Park, and Fairchild Air Force Base west of Spokane, WA. He has been conducting studies in Guatemala for over 20 years in cooperation with Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. He is an award wining teacher and enjoys teaching non-biology oriented students about the wonders of the insect world.