Recent professional activities by Ronald A. Hellenthal, Emeritus Professor, Biological Sciences and Director, Notre Dame Museum of Biodiversity

Author: Kelli Brown

Barbara Hellenthal, left, curator, and Ron Hellenthal, director of the Museum of Biodiversity with a replica of a Tyrannosaurus Rex skull discovered in Montana by late Notre Dame Geology professor J. Keith Rigby Jr.

Community Service:

St. Joseph County:
Appointed Member and Chair, On-Site Waste Water Advisory Board, St. Joseph County Health Department.
Appointed Member, Water Quality Advisory Board, St. Joseph County Health Department.
Appointed Member, Juday Creek Taskforce, St. Joseph County Surveyor’s Office, (advisory to the St. Joseph Co. Drainage Board).

State of Indiana:

Appointed Member and Chair, Indiana Pesticide Review Board (Gubernatorial appointed commission responsible for the regulation of pesticides in Indiana).

Teaching (Notre Dame main campus):

BIOS30406/31406 (General Entomology lecture and lab) – Fall 2022.
BIOS30408/31408, 60408/61408 (Arthropods and Human Disease lecture and lab) – Spring 2023, 2024.
BIOS60562/61562 (Aquatic Entomology lecture and lab) – Fall 2021, 2023.
BIOS48498 (Undergraduate Research) – Spring 2021 through Fall 2023 (total of 37 credit hours over the past 6 semesters including advisor for 2 Capstone Sustainability Minor projects and 1 Biological Sciences Undergraduate Honors Thesis.)
BIOS60557 (Topics in Entomology: Insect Identification Systems) – Spring 2021.
BIOS60557 (Topics in Entomology: Medical Entomology) – Spring 2022.

Academic Lectures and Conference Presentations:

Guest lecturer in Prof. Robert Nerenberg’s Civil Engineering course, Biological Process Design (SP23-CE-40341) – Spring 2021, 2023.
                        
Other Service to the University:
Emeritus Director, Notre Dame Museum of Biodiversity.
Consultant to the Department of Landscape Services and the Utilities Department on insect and Notre Dame lakes management issues.

Member Profile