Wells, Jeffrey

Jeffrey Wells
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Associate Professor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

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jedwell@fiu.edu

305-348-1320

selected publications

Article
- 2017
  
  A Statistical Method to Construct Confidence Sets on Carrion Insect Age from Development Stage. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STATISTICS. 22:161-171.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13253-017-0280-y Web of Science: 000400275800003
- 2017
  
  Inverse prediction for heteroscedastic response using mixed models software. COMMUNICATIONS IN STATISTICS-SIMULATION AND COMPUTATION. 46:4490-4498.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/03610918.2015.1118508 Web of Science: 000405864600021
- 2017
  
  Isolation of the Male-Specific Transformer Exon as a Method for Immature Specimen Sex Identification in Chrysomya megacephala (Diptera: Calliphoridae). JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY. 54:496-500.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjw198 PMID: 28031348 Web of Science: 000398103900034
- 2017
  
  The Role of a PMI-Prediction Model in Evaluating Forensic Entomology Experimental Design, the Importance of Covariates, and the Utility of Response Variables for Estimating Time Since Death. INSECTS. 8.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/insects8020047 Web of Science: 000404617800014
- 2016
  
  Commonly Used Intercarcass Distances Appear to Be Sufficient to Ensure Independence of Carrion Insect Succession Pattern. ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 109:72-80.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/aesa/sav102 Web of Science: 000371679400009
- 2016
  
  Inverse prediction for multivariate mixed models with standard software. STATISTICAL PAPERS. 57:929-938.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00362-016-0815-2 Web of Science: 000387849900005
- 2016
  
  The forensically important blow fly, Chrysomya megacephala (Diptera: Calliphoridae), is more likely to walk than fly to carrion at low light levels. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL. 266:245-249.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.06.004 PMID: 27343754 Web of Science: 000386334600056
- 2015
  
  An evaluation of sampling methods used to produce insect growth models for postmortem interval estimation. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE. 129:405-410.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00414-014-1029-6 PMID: 24929639 Web of Science: 000350032800024
- 2015
  
  Body Size, Rather Than Male Eye Allometry, Explains Chrysomya megacephala (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Activity in Low Light. JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE. 15.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/iev114 PMID: 26411786 Web of Science: 000361889800003
- 2014
  
  Evaluating the utility of hexapod species for calculating a confidence interval about a succession based postmortem interval estimate. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL. 241:91-95.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.05.007 PMID: 24905150 Web of Science: 000340046700019
- 2014
  
  Population genetic structure of an invasive forensically important insect. ELECTROPHORESIS. 35:3193-3200.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/elps.201400108 PMID: 24934687 Web of Science: 000345272200023
- 2014
  
  Verification of AFLP kinship methods of entomological evidence by sequencing. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL. 245:58-62.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.09.024 PMID: 25447175 Web of Science: 000345628100020
- 2013
  
  Estimating postmortem interval using RNA degradation and morphological changes in tooth pulp. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL. 229.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2013.03.035 PMID: 23647867 Web of Science: 000318913300036
- 2013
  
  First Report of Blaesoxipha plinthopyga (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) from a Human Corpse in the USA and a New State Geographic Record Based on Specimen Genotype. JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES. 58:1378-1380.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12246 PMID: 23899435 Web of Science: 000323894200042
- 2013
  
  Molecular Systematics of the Calliphoridae (Diptera: Oestroidea): Evidence From One Mitochondrial and Three Nuclear Genes. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY. 50:15-23.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1603/ME11288 PMID: 23427647 Web of Science: 000313570600002
- 2011
  
  Chrysomyinae (Diptera: Calliphoridae) is monophyletic: a molecular systematic analysis. SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY. 36:415-420.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00568.x Web of Science: 000292103200003
- 1985
  
  PUTTING THE URBAN IN URBAN-EDUCATION. PHI DELTA KAPPAN. 67.
  Web of Science: A1985ARY8900015
Letter
- 2017
  
  Commentary on J-P. Michaud, G. Moreau, Predicting the visitation of carcasses by carrion-related insects under different rates of degree-day accumulation, Forensic Sci. Int. 185 (2009) 78-83. FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL. E16-E19.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.08.034 PMID: 27769553 Web of Science: 000391546900004
- 2014
  
  Misstatements Concerning Forensic Entomology Practice in Recent Publications. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY. 489-490.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1603/ME13200 PMID: 24897840 Web of Science: 000335660900001
- 2014
  
  REPLY: A Reply to Tarone et al., Campobasso and Introna, and Michaud et al.. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY. 907-907.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1603/ME14076 PMID: 25276916 Web of Science: 000341644600001

principal investigator on

Statistical Methods for Combining Multivariate and Categorical Data in Postmortem Interval Estimation awarded by National Institute of Justice 2014 - 2016

teaching activities

BSC3941-U49: Biological Sciences Research Internship Fall Term 2019
BSC4915-U04: Honors Research Fall Term 2019
BSC5406-U01: Forensic Biology Fall Term 2019
BSC5935-U04: Topics In Biology Spring Term 2019
BSC6913-U41: Student Research Lab Fall Term 2019
BSC6913-U42: Student Research Lab Spring Term 2019
CHS4533-U01: Forensic Biochemistry Applications Fall Term 2019

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publication subject areas

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Chemistry
Education & Educational Research
Entomology
Evolutionary Biology
Legal Medicine
Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
Mathematical & Computational Biology
Mathematics
Veterinary Sciences

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