Ph.D., Zoology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1996

M.S., Biology, Texas A&M University, 1987

B.S., with distinction, Biology, Hendrix College, 1983

Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois

Department of Entomology, University of Illinois

Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Entomological Society of America
American Entomological Society
Florida Entomological Society
Michigan Entomological Society
New York Entomological Society
National Speleological Society, Biospeleology Section
International Heteropterists' Society
Société Internationale de Biospéologie
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

The main focus of the Taylor Lab is the study of the biota of caves, karst, groundwater, & other subterranean environments, especially where there is relevance to conservation and management issues

Sidorov, D.A., A.D. Katz, S.J. Taylor, and M.V. Chertoprud. 2016. A reassessment of the phylogenetic utility of genus-level morphological characters in the family Bogidiellidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda), with description of a new species of Eobogidiella Karaman, 1981. ZooKeys 610: 23–43. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.610.9100

Katz, A.D., S.J. Taylor, F.N. Soto-Adames, A. Addison, G.B. Hoese, M.R. Sutton and T. Toulkeridis. 2016. New records and new species of springtails (Collembola: Entomobryidae, Paronellidae) from lava tubes of the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). Subterranean Biology 17: 77–120. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.17.7660

Taylor, S.J. and M.L. Niemiller. 2016. Biogeography and conservation assessment of Bactrurus groundwater amphipods (Crangonyctidae) in the central and eastern United States. Subterranean Biology 17: 1–29. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.17.7298

Taylor, S.J., J.K. Krejca, M.L. Niemiller, M.J. Dreslik, and C.A. Phillips. 2015. Life history and demographic differences between cave and surface populations of the Western Slimy Salamander Plethodon albagula (Caudata: Plethodontidae), in central Texas. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 10(2): 740–752.

Yanahan, A.D. and S.J. Taylor. 2014. Vegetative communities as indicators of ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) diversity. Biodiversity and Conservation 23(6): 1591-1609. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0688-4

Baker, G.M., S.J. Taylor, S. Thomas, R. Olson, K. Lavoie, M. Denn, S.C. Thomas, H. Barton, K.L. Helf, R. Ohms, J. Despain, J. Kennedy, and D. Larson. 2013. National Park Service Cave Ecology Inventory and Monitoring Framework. Pages 117–125 in Land L, Joop M, editors. 2013. National Cave and Karst Management Symposium: Proceedings of the Twentieth Conference, November 4–8, Carlsbad, New Mexico: NCKRI Symposium 3. Carlsbad (NM): National Cave and Karst Research Institute. xii + 175 pp.

Soto-Adames, F.N. and S.J. Taylor. 2013. New species and new records of springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) from caves in the Salem Plateau of Illinois, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 75(2): 146–175. DOI: 10.4311/2011LSC0257

Soto-Adames F.N. and S.J. Taylor. 2013. Chaetotaxy and character evolution in Trogolaphysa (Collembola, Entomobryoidea, Paronellidae), with descriptions of two new species from caves in Belize. Zookeys 323: 35–74. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.323.4950

Taylor, S.J., A. Addison and T. Toulkeridis. 2012. Biological potential of under-studied cave fauna of the Galapagos Islands. Revista Geoespacial 8: 13–22.

Taylor, S.J. and J.R. Holsinger. 2011. A new species of the subterranean amphipod crustacean genus Stygobromus (Crangonyctidae) from a cave in Nevada, USA. Subterranean Biology 8: 39–47. doi: 10.3897/subtbiol.8.1130

Current curriculum vitae available on lab personnel page