# Jason Bond

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{{Short description|American biologist}}{{Infobox academic
| name = Jason Bond
| image = Jason Bond looks under moss for spruce-fir moss spiders (8125774114).jpg
| caption = Bond in 2012
| education = [Western Carolina University](/source/Western_Carolina_University) ([BS](/source/Bachelor_of_Science))<br>[Virginia Tech](/source/Virginia_Tech) ([MS](/source/Master_of_Science), [PhD](/source/PhD))
| discipline = [Biology](/source/Biology)
| sub_discipline = [Arachnology](/source/Arachnology)<br>[Myriapodology](/source/Myriapodology)
| workplaces = [Auburn University](/source/Auburn_University)<br>[East Carolina University](/source/East_Carolina_University)<br>[University of California, Davis](/source/University_of_California%2C_Davis)
}}

'''Jason E. Bond''' is an American biologist working as a Professor of Entomology and the Schlinger Chair in Insect Systematics at the [University of California, Davis](/source/University_of_California%2C_Davis). 

== Education ==
Bond attended [Western Carolina University](/source/Western_Carolina_University), earning a Bachelor of Science degree in biology in 1993. He earned a Master of Science in biology (1995) and Ph.D. in evolutionary systematics and genetics (1999) from [Virginia Tech](/source/Virginia_Tech).<ref name="auburn" />

== Career ==
Bond was a Professor of Biology, Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences and Director of the Auburn University Museum of Natural History at [Auburn University](/source/Auburn_University).<ref name="auburn">{{cite web|url=https://www.auburn.edu/academic/cosam/faculty/biology/bond/|title=Jason E. Bond|publisher=[Auburn University](/source/Auburn_University)|type=faculty page|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831152148/https://www.auburn.edu/academic/cosam/faculty/biology/bond/|archive-date=August 31, 2018}}</ref> When he was an associate professor with the Department of [Biology](/source/Biology) at [East Carolina University](/source/East_Carolina_University), he discovered the [spider](/source/spider) ''[Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi](/source/Myrmekiaphila_neilyoungi)'' and numerous other species in the genus ''[Aptostichus](/source/Aptostichus)''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spider-young-idUSSP19797120080512|title=Neil Young gets new honor -- his own spider|last=Goldsmith|first=Belinda|date=May 11, 2008|access-date=December 10, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210082934/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spider-young-idUSSP19797120080512|archive-date=December 10, 2019|work=[Reuters](/source/Reuters)|editor-last=Tourtellotte|editor-first=Bob}}</ref>

On August 6, 2008, Bond appeared on ''[The Colbert Report](/source/The_Colbert_Report)'', where he named the spider ''[Aptostichus stephencolberti](/source/Aptostichus_stephencolberti)'' after host [Stephen Colbert](/source/Stephen_Colbert).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/california-spider-named-stephen-colbert-article-1.317362|title=California spider named for Stephen Colbert|last=Melago|first=Carrie|date=August 1, 2008|work=[Daily News](/source/Daily_News_(New_York))|access-date=December 10, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705223620/https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/california-spider-named-stephen-colbert-article-1.317362|archive-date=July 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-spider-species-named-for-angelina-jolie-bono/|title=New spider species named for Angelina Jolie, Bono|date=January 19, 2013|access-date=December 10, 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413060756/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-spider-species-named-for-angelina-jolie-bono/|archive-date=April 13, 2019|publisher=[CBS News](/source/CBS_News)|agency=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press)}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080628190351/http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cas/biology/bond_jason.cfm Jason Bond Faculty page]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150416040614/http://core.ecu.edu/biol/bondja/Bond_Lab_Website/Home.html The Bond Lab]
*{{YouTube | UId_xg1xMX8| Celebrity Spiders - Auburn University interview}}

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