Titles

• Research Specialist, Global Locust Initiative, School of Sustainability/School of Life Sciences

Biography

Geoffrey Osgood was a research specialist at the Global Locust Initiative Laboratory, where he managed the GLI lab spaces and coordinates research logistics.  Previously, he worked as an undergraduate research assistant where he collaborated on community ecology projects with monarch butterflies and blue milkweed beetles. He has also worked as a kennel attendant/vet tech and with a wide variety of other animals in various capacities including insects, dogs, cats, reptiles, amphibians, and marine invertebrates. His passion for learning about all things living brought him to the GLI, where he is supporting locust research efforts in order to improve global understanding of locust biology and management.

Education

• BS, Animal Biology (minor in Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity), University of California-Davis, 2018