Myrmecologist:
Myrmecology (/mɜːrmɪˈkɒlədʒi/; from Greek: μύρμηξ, myrmex, “ant” and λόγος, logos, “study”) is a branch of entomology focusing on the scientific study of ants. [Wikipedia]
Noted in “Edward O. Wilson, Harvard naturalist often cited as heir to Darwin, dies at 92,” Patricia Sullivan, WaPo:
In high school, with the encouragement of a myrmecologist from the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, [Edward Wilson] set about realizing the goal of surveying all the ant species in Alabama. When the time came for college, his father was unemployed, so the young Wilson struck upon the idea of enlisting in the Army and using the GI Bill for his education. But his damaged eye caused him to fail his Army physical. Finally, he discovered that the University of Alabama admitted all White graduates of its high schools, and he raced through college in three years.
