May Berenbaum

May Berenbaum

May Berenbaum is an entomologist and the author of six books about bugs. A summa cum laude graduate of Yale with a PhD in biology from Cornell, she has taught at the University of Illinois since 1980, where she founded the Insect Fear Film Festival. She has received awards for environmental achievement and the public understanding of science, and wrote a humour column for the journal American Entomologist. Berenbaum also inspired a recurring X Files character in her image, Dr Bambi Berenbaum

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