EDUCATION
1988-1992 | Ph.D. in Entomology, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology and Soil Sciences, St. Petersburg State University. |
1983-1988 | M.S. in Biology and Zoology (with Honours), Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology and Soil Sciences, St. Petersburg State University. |
EMPLOYMENT
2004-present | Curator of Entomology (Associate Professor), Department of Research and Collections, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. |
2004 | Senior Research Fellow, Laboratory of Entomology, Institute of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, Russia. |
1999-2003 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas. |
1998-2003 | Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology and Soil Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, Russia. |
1996-1997 | Senior Lecturer, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology and Soil Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, Russia. |
1992-1996 | Research Fellow, Laboratory of Entomology, Institute of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, Russia. |
1991-1992 and 1995-1996 |
Junior Lecturer, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology and Soil Sciences, St. Petersburg State University, Russia. |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Insect systematics and phylogeny
- Evolutionary radiation of arthropods in mountainous habitats
- Insects and conservation programs
- Biogeography
- Glaciation impact on insect faunas
- Adaptations of soil arthropods
- Insect larvae
- Non-parasitic insects associated with mammals and birds
(see also Current Projects)
SERVICE TO SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
- Zootaxa: Editor for Staphyliniformia (2004 - present)
- Zoology in the Middle East: Advisory Board member (2000-2004)
- Curator of the staphylinid collection at the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia (1991-1997)
MEMBERSHIPS
- Coleopterists Society
- Entomological Society of America
- Norwegian Entomological Society
- Russian Entomological Society
FIELD TRIPS
U.S.A.: California (November 2008)
Uganda (July-August 2008)
South Africa (June-July 2008)
Austria (May 2008)
U.S.A.: California (December 2007)
Kenya (November 2007)
Ethiopia (October 2007)
Norway (August 2007)
U.S.A.: Southern Appalachians (May 2007)
U.S.A.: California (December 2006)
Kenya (November 2006)
Peru (September 2006)
U.S.A. (Southern Appalachians June-Jyly 2006)
South Africa (March 2006)
U.S.A.: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana (November 2005)
U.S.A.: western states (June-July 2005)
U.S.A.: Southern Appalachians (September-October 2003)
U.S.A.: Texas (June-July 2003)
U.S.A.: California and Oregon (June 2002)
U.S.A.: Appalachian Mountains (July-August 2001)
U.S.A.: Rocky Mountains (August 2000)
U.S.A.: California (June 2000)
Chile (December 2000)
U.S.A.: Colorado and California (August 1999)
Costa Rica (December 1998)
U.S.A.: Alaska (July 1998)
Russia: Northern Caucasus: Krasnodar Terr. (July 1996)
Guyane Française (June-July 1995)
Ukraine: Carpathians (August 1994)
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan (May-June 1994)
Russia: Sakhalin Island and Kuril Islands (August 1992)
Azerbaidzhan (April-May 1992)
Ukraine: Crimea (August-September 1990)
Georgia: Abkhasia, Adzharia, Kakhetia (July 1990)
Southern Moldavia, Steppe Ukraine (June 1990)
Turkmenistan (April-May 1990)
Kirghizia (September-October 1989)
Russia: Ulyanovsk, Volgograd regions (August 1989)
Ukraine: Carpathians (May 1988)
Russia: Far East: Maritime terr. (August-September 1987)
Ukraine: Crimea (June, September 1986)
Russia: Northern Caucasus: Kabardino-Balkaria (July 1986)
Ukraine: Crimea (May 1985)
Ukraine: Crimea (May 1984),
Russia: Kola peninsula (August 1984)
Georgia: Abkhasia (June-July 1982)
Georgia: Abkhasia (July-August 1981)
Georgia: Abkhasia (April-June 1980)
Last updated: April 16, 2009