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Serguei V. Triapitsyn, Ph.D CURRICULUM VITAE (RÉSUMÉ) Serguei V. Triapitsyn, Ph.D. Principal Museum Scientist Entomology Research Museum Department of Entomology University of California Riverside, CA 92521, U.S.A. Tel.: (951) 827-7817 Fax: (951) 827-3086 E-mail: [email protected] EDUCATION Moscow Timiriazev Agricultural Academy, USSR, Ph.D., 1991, Agricultural Entomology. PhD Thesis, entitled: "Biological basis for controlling onion thrips, a vector of tomato spotted wilt virus on tobacco in the Crimea". Russian Peoples' Friendship University at Moscow, USSR, 1980-1986, 1986, undergraduate diploma in Agronomy (Plant Protection, Entomology, Biological Control). Thesis, entitled: "Pests of the tea plant in the Krasnodar region and their biological control". Russian Peoples' Friendship University at Moscow, USSR, 1986, Interpreter diploma, Spanish. Russian Peoples' Friendship University at Moscow, USSR, 1986, Interpreter diploma, English. Secondary School, Leningrad, USSR, 1970-1980. EXPERIENCE Present Employer. As Principal Museum Scientist at the Department of Entomology, UCR, I am in charge of the Entomology Research Museum and its collections of about 3 million specimens. In addition, I supervise UCR Department of Entomology Quarantine facility, the Senior Museum Scientist, the Quarantine Staff Research Associate, as well as temporary Museum and Quarantine personnel. As part of my duties, I am also conducting research in the taxonomy and biology of parasitic Hymenoptera as well as biological control. My areas of specialization are egg parasitoids of Auchenorrhyncha and other Hemiptera, the families Mymaridae as well as some Trichogrammatidae, Aphelinidae, Encyrtidae, and thrips- and leafhopper-attacking Eulophidae (Chalcidoidea). Serguei-1 Previous Employer. Postdoctoral Scientist at the Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside (Nov. 1991 - June 1994). Supervisors: G. Gordh, G. Walker. PRESENTATIONS/MEETINGS ATTENDED Four presentations of the results of my research work at the Annual Conferences of Young Scientists of the RPFU, Moscow in 1986, 1989, 1990, and 1991 (two of them were published). The 1993 International Conference on Thysanoptera, September 28-30, 1993, Vermont, U.S.A., poster presentation entitled "Biological control of the onion thrips on tobacco seedlings in Ukraine". This is published in the Proceedings of this Conference. 3rd Annual Research Workshop on Pest Management on Grapes, Nov. 17-18, 1993, Kearney Agricultural Center. Seminar, entitled "Biological control of the beet leafhopper in California", Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, Nov. 22, 1993. Lecture, University of Sonora at Caborca, Sonora, Mexico: Biological control using egg parasitoids". October 1994. Presentation, 4th Annual Workshop on Grape Pest Management: "A new Anagrus identified parasitizing eggs of grape leafhoppers". Vol. 8, 1994. Kearney Agricultural Center, California. Co-Moderator and Lecturer, the Joint Workshop on methods and techniques of sampling, collecting and preserving insects from agricultural ecosystems, with bases of their identification. University of Yucatan, Merida, Mexico. May 1995. Seventy-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America. Paper presentation: Taxonomy and biology of the thrips parasitoid genera Ceranisus and Cryptomphale (with D. Headrick). June 19, 1995, San Diego, CA. Third International Conference of the International Society of Hymenopterists. Paper presentation: Host associations and systematics of Anagrus spp. (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae): egg parasitoids important for biological control of leafhoppers on grape (Vitis spp.). Poster presentation: Techniques for mass-rearing Anagrus nigriventris Girault (Hym.: Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of the beet leafhopper, Circulifer tenellus (Baker) (Hom.: Cicadellidae) (with M. S. Moratorio). August 12-17, 1995. Serguei-2 Participant, Grape IPM Innovator Workshop: a look at reduced risk pest management. November 9, 1995, Callaway Vineyard & Winery, Temecula, California. Invited speaker: Curation of slide-mounted specimens: problems and solutions. December 16, 1995, Entomology Collections Network Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada. Paper presentation, Taxonomy and biology of the thrips parasitoid genera Ceranisus and Cryptomphale (with D. Headrick). December 18, 1995, Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada. Speaker (invited), Oleander Scorch Symposium, Riverside, CA, March 14, 1996: "Bio-control of leafhopper vectors of Xylella fastidiosa". Poster presentation at the XX International Congress of Entomology, Firenze, Italy, August 25-31, 1996: Taxonomy and biology of the thrips parasitoid genus Ceranisus Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) (abstract published in the Proceedings). Presentation (biological control of vine mealybug in California), 6th Annual Research Workshop on Pest Management on Grapes, Nov. 12, 1996, Kearney Agricultural Center. Instructor (lecture & practice), Biocontrol Workshop organized by Mark Hoddle @ UCR, 28.VII.-1.VIII.1997 (in Spanish). Speaker, Landscape Management Research Conference, 18 September 1997, Riverside, CA: Biological control of glassy- winged sharpshooter. Entomology Collections Network Annual Meeting, 13-14 December 1997, Nashville, Tennessee (attended). Paper presentation (presented on behalf of the authors by Don Nordlund): Triapitsyn, S. V. & M. S. Moratorio. Host associations of Anagrus nigriventris Girault (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) and techniques for its rearing under insectary conditions. The 5th International Symposium on Trichogramma and other egg parasitoids, Cali, Columbia, 4-7 March, 1998. Two poster presentations, California Conference on Biological Control (June 10-11, 1998, University of California, Berkeley). Entomology Collections Network Annual Meeting, 7-8 November 1998, Mesquite, Nevada (attended). Serguei-3 Annual Entomological Society of America Meeting, 8-12 November 1998, Las Vegas, Nevada. Presentation entitled: "Identification of two imported Aphelinoidea species, egg parasites of beet leafhopper, Circulifer tenellus (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)". By Imad M. Bayoun, Gregory P. Walker, Kelly Wilder, Nasser A. Zareh, Serguei Triapitsyn. Speaker, 8th Annual Research Workshop on Grape Pest Management, 24 November 1998, Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier, California. Presentation entitled: "The species composition of Anagrus spp., egg parasitoids of Erythroneura leafhoppers in North American vineyards". 73rd Annual Western Orchard Pest and Disease Management Conference, Portland, Oregon, 6-8 January 1998. Presentation entitled: "Egg parasites of leafhoppers found in vineyards and orchards of El Dorado County, California". By Mario S. Moratorio and Serguei V. Triapitsyn. 4th International Hymenopterists Conference held 6-11 January 1999 in Canberra, Australia (attended). Speaker, 10th International Auchenorrhyncha Congress held 6-10 September at Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales. 2 paper presentations (abstracts printed): Triapitsyn, S. V. Surveying for leafhopper egg parasitoids - problems and solutions. Moratorio, M. S. & S. V. Triapitsyn. Egg parasitoids of economic importance found in fruit and berry crops in northern California (10 September 1999). Entomology Collections Network Annual Meeting, 10-11 December 1999, Athens, Georgia (attended and provided information for D. Yanega's presentation on Aphytis). California Conference on Biological Control II. July 11-12, 2000, Riverside, California (attended and presented a poster, Proceedings published). Entomology Collections Network Annual Meeting, 2 December 2000, Montreal, Canada (attended). ESA and International Society of Hymenopterists Annual Meeting, 6 December 2000, Montreal, Canada (attended). International Symposium on Systematics and Biology of Aphelinidae and Trichogrammatidae, University of California, Riverside, 18-19 June 2001 (attended). Glassy-winged Sharpshooter and Pierce's Disease Workgroup annual meeting (Bakersfield, CA, 29-30 October 2001). Serguei-4 Presentation talk: D. Morgan, G. Simmons, C. Pickett, S. Triapitsyn, and M. Hoddle. S. V. Triapitsyn (speaker) and M. S. Hoddle. Search for and collect egg parasitoids of glassy-winged sharpshooter in southeastern USA and northeastern Mexico. Presentation talk, 2001 Research Symposium, Pierce’s Disease Control Program, Coronado Island, San Diego, CA, 5-7 December 2001. Entomology Collections Network Annual Meeting, 8-9 December 2001, San Diego, CA (organized, as one of the members of the Organizing Committee, and attended). D. J. W. Morgan, G. S. Simmons, C. H. Pickett, S. V. Triapitsyn, M. S. Hoddle, & W. A. Jones. Update on biocontrol of GWSS. Part I: foreign exploration, quarantine processing and mass-rearing. Progress on the biological control of the glassy- winged sharpshooter in California. Poster presentation, ESA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 9-14 December 2001. S. V. Triapitsyn. Taxonomy and host associations of Gonatocerus spp. (Mymaridae) - egg parasitoids of proconiine leafhoppers. Presentation, Egg parasitoids for biocontrol of insect pests, 6th International Symposium, 15-18 Sept. 2002, Perugia, Italy. S. V. Triapitsyn (speaker) and M. Hoddle. Search for and collect egg parasitoids of glassy-winged sharpshooter in southeastern USA and northeastern Mexico. Presentation talk, 2002 Research Symposium, Pierce’s Disease Control Program, Coronado Island, San Diego, CA, 15-18 December 2002 (presentation on 17 December in Biological Control of the glassy- winged sharpshooter Session
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