Jonathan A. Coddington, Director, Smithsonian Barcode Network and Senior Scientist and Curator of Arachnids & Myriapods Dept. Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. He earned M. A., and Ph.D. from Harvard University (1978 and 1984) and B.S. Yale University (1975). He has worked as Associate Director for Science (NMNH) and is Former Chair of Departments of Entomology, Invertebrate Zoology, and Vertebrate Zoology. Jonathan is interested in Systematics, Biodiversity, Evolution, Behavior, Arachnology, Biodiversity Genomics. He is a member of the Willi Hennig Society, Society of Systematic Biology, American Arachnological Society, International Society of Arachnology (all lifetime members). Jonathan has received awards from the International Society of Arachnology Eugène Simon Award for lifetime achievement; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; Ernst Mayr Award, Society of Systematic Biology.