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October 2005 January 2014 CURRICULUM VITAE and LIST OF PUBLICATIONS PERSONAL DETAILS Name: YAEL DEVORA LUBIN Date and Place of Birth: 23 September 1945 Cambridge, MA, USA Date of Immigration: September 1984 Address and Telephone: Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Midreshet Ben-Gurion 84990, Israel Tel (work): 08-659-6782, Tel (home): 08-653-2968, Fax: 08-659-6772 Email: [email protected] EDUCATION 1963-1964 Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel B.S. 1965-1967 Columbia University, New York, USA M.S. 1967-1968 Columbia University, New York, USA* Ph.D. 1968-1972 University of Florida, Gainesville, USA** *M.S. Thesis: Communication among termites. Advisor: Dr. F. E. Warburton **Ph.D. Dissertation: Behavioral ecology of tropical tent spiders of the genus Cyrtophora (Araneae, Araneidae), Advisor: Dr. J. H. Kaufmann Special honors and fellowships awarded during studies: Phi Beta Kappa, 1967 Columbia University Graduate Fellowship, 1967 University of Florida Graduate Fellowship, 1968 NDEA Title IV Fellowship, 1969 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 1 2013 Professor Emeritus 2001-2005 Head, Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Sede Boqer Campus, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 2000-2013 Full Professor, as above 1995-2000 Associate Professor, as above 1988-1995 Senior Lecturer, tenured, as above 1986-1988 Adjunct Lecturer, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Biology Department) Research Scientist B, Mitrani Center for Desert Ecology, Blaustein Institute for Desert Research 1984-1986 Researcher, Mitrani Center for Desert Ecology, Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 1982-1983 Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Florida (Department of Zoology) 1981-1983 Entomologist, Charles Darwin Research Station, Galapagos, Ecuador 1980 Visiting Lecturer, University of Papua New Guinea (Biology Department) 1976-1984 Research Associate, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama 1975-1976 Biologist, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution 1973-1974 Biologist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama (Tropical Ecology) 1969 Research Assistant, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama 1969 Teaching Assistant, University of Florida 1968 Teaching Assistant, Columbia University, New York 1966-1967 Research Assistant, Barnard College, New York (Cell physiology) 1965 Research Assistant, City College, New York, (Microbial genetics) PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Positions in Academic Administration 2011 Organizer, 26th European Congress of Arachnology, Israel 2010-2011 Member, BGU Executive Committee 2009-2014 Member, Steering committee of the Israel Taxonomy Initiative 2009-2011 Chair, Ecology Teaching Committee, Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies 2009-2011 Member, BIDR library committee 2 2000-present Chair & organizer, Annual Sede Boqer Ecology Symposium in memory of Merav Ziv 2006-present Member, advisory committee on National Natural History Collections, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities 2009, 2008, 1998 Grants committee chairman, Israel Science Foundation, Ecology Section 1998-present Grant committee member, various years: Israel Science Foundation, US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, Ministry of Agriculture – Open Spaces section 2002-2003 Chair, Ecology seminars 1998, 1987-89 Chair, Blaustein Institute Seminars 1997 Advisor, Research Student Committee, Life Sciences Department, BGU 1995-1998 Committee member, Inter-university Ecology Fund 1995 Committee member, Israel Science Foundation, Ecology Section 1994 Co-Chairman, Workshop on Distribution and Abundance of Terrestrial Invertebrates in Israel, Sede Boqer 1993 Co-Chairman, Workshop on Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Conservation in Israel, Sede Boqer 1993-96 Committee member, Blaustein International Center 1989 Member of Organizing Committee, Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, Sede Boqer 1987 Member of Organizing Committee, Binational Workshop on Desert Ecology, Sede Boqer 1984 Principal Coordinator, Tropical Ecology Graduate Program, University of Panama and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute 1983 Organizing Committee member, Ninth International Congress of Arachnology, Panama 1978 Staff Member and Instructor, Organization for Tropical Studies, Costa Rica (b) Professional Consulting: Review Experience Professional Journals (partial list): American Naturalist, Animal Behaviour, Behavioral Ecology, Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, Ethology, Evolution, Israel Journal of Zoology, Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, Journal of Arachnology (subject editor), Journal of Chemical Ecology, 3 Naturwissenschaften, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, PLoS one, Zoologischer Anzeiger (Editorial staff) Granting Agencies: Israel Inter-university Ecology Fund, Israel Ministry of Agriculture – Chief Scientist grants, Israel Science Foundation, U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation, National Geographic Society, National Science Foundation (USA), Australian Research Council, New Zealand Research Council, South African Foundation for Research and Development, ISOPE (European Union), (d) Courses Taught Arachnid Ecology (Ben-Gurion Univ. & Hebrew University, Faculty of Agriculture) Animal Behavior and Conservation Biology (Ben-Gurion Univ.; graduate) Behavioral Ecology (Ben-Gurion University; graduate) Topics in Behavioral Ecology (Ben-Gurion University; graduate) Animal Behavior (Ben-Gurion University; undergraduate) Ecology Field Camp (Ben-Gurion University; undergraduate) Tropical Ecology (University of Panama; graduate & undergraduate) Arachnology (University of Florida; graduate & undergraduate) Ethology (University of Florida; graduate) (e) Membership in Professional Societies American Arachnological Society, Animal Behaviour Society, Behavioral Ecology Society, British Arachnological Society, International Society of Arachnology, European Society of Arachnology, International Organization for Biological Control, Israel Society of Ecology and Environment, Israel Society of Zoology, AWARDS, HONORS, RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS (POST-DOCTORAL) (a) Honors & Awards 1984-2000 Research Associate, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology 2013-2015 President, International Society of Arachnology (b) Research Fellowships 1972 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Post-doctoral Fellowship (Behavioral ecology of tropical araneid spiders) 4 SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS Chapters in Collective Volumes 1. Montgomery, G. G. and Y. D. Lubin. 1978. Prey influences on movements of Neotropical anteaters. Pp.103-131, In: Proceedings of the 1975 Predator Symposium, R. L. Phillips & C. Jonkel (eds.), Montana Forest and Conservation Experimental Station, University of Montana 2. Lubin, Y. D. 1983. Tamandua mexicana; Nasutitermes; Nephila clavipes. Pp. 494-496, 743-747, In: D. H. Janzen (ed.), Costa Rican Natural History, University of Chicago Press. 3. Lubin, Y. D. 1983. Changes in the native fauna of the Galapagos Islands following invasion by the little fire ant, Wasmannia auropunctata. Pp. 229-242, In: Evolution in the Galapagos Islands, R. J. Berry (ed.), Academic Press, London 4. Lubin, Y. D. 1986. Web building and prey capture in the Uloboridae. Pp. 132-171, In: Spiders: Webs, Behavior, and Evolution, W. A. Shear (ed.), Stanford University Press. 5. Bilde, T. & Lubin, Y. 2010. Group living in spiders: Cooperative breeding and coloniality. In: Spider Behaviour: Flexibility and Versatility. M. Herberstein, ed., pp. 275-306. Cambridge Univ. Press. 6. Lubin, Y. 2010. Social evolution in spiders. Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. M.D. Breed & J. Moore, eds. Academic Press, Oxford, Vol. 2, pp. 329-334. 7. Moya-Larano, J., Foellmer, M., Pekar, S., Arnedo, M.A., Bilde, T. and Lubin, Y. 2013. Evolutionary Ecology: Linking traits, selective pressures and ecological functions. Chapter 3, Pp. 112-153, In: Spider Research in the 21st Century. D. Penney, ed. Siri Press. 8. Birkhofer, K., Entling, ME and Lubin, Y. 2013. Agroecology: trait composition, spatial relationships, trophic interactions. Chapter 6, pp. 200-229, In: Spider Research in the 21st Century. D. Penney, ed. Siri Press. Editorship of Collective Volumes 1986. Eberhard, W.G., Y. D. Lubin & B. Robinson (eds.) Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Arachnology, Panama, 1983. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C. 1997. Ayal, Y. & Lubin, Y. (guest editors). Conservation of land invertebrates in Israel. Ecology and Environment, vol. 3(4), pp. 118-175 (in Hebrew, English summaries) 1998. Lubin, Y. (guest editor) Spiders of Israel: Systematics, Ecology and Behaviour. Israel Journal of Zoology, 44 (2) 5 2012. Lubin, Y. and Gavish-Regev, E. (Guest editors). Arachnology 2011. Proceedings of the 26th Congress of Arachnology. Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 43:1-89 Articles in Refereed Journals 1. Applebaum, S.W. and Y. Lubin. 1967. The comparative effects of vitamin deficiency on development and on adult fecundity of Tribolium castaneum. Ent. exp. & appl., 10:23-30. 2. Lubin, Y. D. 1973. Web structure and function: the non- adhesive orb-web of Cyrtophora moluccensis (Doleschall) (Araneae: Araneidae). Forma et Functio, 6:337-358 3. Lubin, Y. D. 1974. Adaptive advantages and the evolution of colony formation in Cyrtophora (Araneae: Araneidae). Zool. J. Linnean Soc., London, 54: 321-339 4. Robinson, M. H., Y. D. Lubin, & B. Robinson. 1974. Phenology and natural
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