Dale Hartwell Clayton (born October 23, 1957), a parasitologist and professor of evolution at the University of Utah. Clayton is the taxonomist of Strigiphilus garylarsoni. Information Dale Clayton named the new species of feather louse after his favorite cartoonist, Gary Larson. Clayton has been interested in the relationships between parasites and their hosts since he was in high school. He was so intrigued with these relationships that he was able to use the research that he gathered in a high school science fair project in his Ph.D. thesis. The information was on the impact of parasites on avian conditions. He is specifically interested in the factors that allow parasite specificity, specification, co-specification, competition, and adaptive radiation. Thus far, his favorite research has been on birds and their feather-feeding lice. Career Dale Clayton teaches the following classes: Ecology and Evolution Ornithology Advanced Field Ornithology Grad Core Seminar: Ecology and Evolution Education Dale Clayton has received his education from the following institutions: NSF-NATO Postdoc, Oxford University (England), 1990–91 Ph.D. in Evolutionary Biology, University of Chicago, 1989 M.S. in Entomology, University of Minnesota, 1983 B.A. in Biology (Psychology minor), Hartwick College, NY, 1979 Additional Education Tropical Ecology (O.T.S.), Universidad de Costa Rica, 1984 General and Med-Vet Acarology, Ohio State University, 1985 Honors Dale Clayton has received the following honors: Nominee: University of Utah Distinguished Innovation & Impact Award, 2011 Griswold Lecture, Cornell University, 2010 Nominee: University of Utah Distinguished Teaching Award, 2009 Henry Baldwin Ward Medalist, American Society of Parasitologists, 2008 E. Paul Catts Memorial Lecture, Washington State Univ., 2008 Fellow, American Ornithologists’ Union, 2007 Secretary, Society for the Study of Evolution, 2006–2008 Strickland Memorial Lecture, Univ. Alberta, 2004 NSF-CAREER Award, 1997 Elective Member, American Ornithologists' Union, 1996 NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship – Oxford University, 1990 American Ornithologists’ Union Council Award, 1988 References 21st-century American zoologists University of Utah alumni Living people 1957 births