Russell Raymond, Ph.D.

Prior to teaching at the University of the Incarnate Word, Dr. Raymond served for 14 years as a civilian instructor pilot for the U.S. Air Force Flight Screening Program and later as a production test pilot for Northrop Grumman in Hondo, Texas.

• A.S. Aviation Technology, Southwest Texas Junior College 1983
• B.S. Biology, University of the Incarnate Word 1998
• M.S. Biology, University of the Incarnate Word 2000
• Ph.D. Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University 2008

• Garza, Philip H., Stephanie N. Gonzales, and Russell W. Raymond. 2018. Seasonal Abundance of Lutzomyia at a Ranch Near Yancey, Texas, USA. 65th Annual Conference of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists, San Marcos, Texas.
• Bradley, R.D., M. Nunez-Tabarez, T.J. Soniat, S. Kerr, R.W. Raymond, and N. Ordonez-Garza. 2016. Molecular Systematics and Phylogeny of Peromyscus nudipes (Cricetidae: Neotominae). Special Publications, Museum of Texas Tech University (65): 201-211. Texas Tech University, Natural Science Research Laboratory.
• Kernan, K.S., Kilbreath, A.C., and Raymond, R.W. 2014. Temporal Abundance of Lutzomyia anthophora at a Ranch in Poth, Texas. James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man. Irving, Texas.
• Raymond, R.W., C.P. McHugh, and S.F. Kerr. 2011. Sand flies of Nicaragua, reports of collections from eight localities from 2001 - 2006. 61st Annual James Steele Conference on Diseases in Nature Transmissible to Man.
• Raymond, R.W., C.P. McHugh, S.F. Kerr. 2010. Sandflies of Nicaragua, a checklist and reports of new collections. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 105 (7): 889-894.

• BIOL 3442 Ecology and Laboratory
• BIOL 4473 Parasitology and Laboratory

Lutzomyia spp., the biological vectors of Leishmania mexicana