Scientific Assistant and Collections Manager
(AMNH Arachnid and Myriapod Collections)

Ofelia in the lab
Ofelia Delgado was born in Mexico City. She completed her B.Sc. in Biology at the Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in 2000, based on a floristic survey of tropical dry forest. After graduating, she assisted in the curation of the Section of Odonata in the Insects National Collection, Instituto de Biología, UNAM for two years. She studied at that time the Odonata of Jalisco. Her experience in the field includes collections of arachnids, insects and plants in Central and Southern Mexico. After volunteering in Lorenzo Prendini’s molecular lab for several years, in January 2010 she came to work as the lab manager and technician. Her research will focus on sequencing and editing the DNA of sunspiders and scorpions.

Division of Invertebrate Zoology
American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024-5192
U.S.A.

Email: odelgadohernandez@amnh.org
Telephone: 212-769-5614