Individual Development Plan (IDP) Academic Term Postdoc

Areas to develop Goals: long-term Goals: short-term Strategies to reach goals Steps and timeline to Resources available complete goals  Assess your scholarly and  What will you do to  What could you do in the professional competencies. improve in the areas current academic year? you have identified? ‘ Acquire a faculty 1. Identify and apply for Prepare a job application Fall 2010 Eco-L email list, North American Job Search position at a research appropriate job postsings and increase publication Update CV, publish Benthological Society Website instituion that 2. Work on other objectives record, continue to disseration chapters, (www.benthos.org), emphasizes research, to build portfolio for expand objectives to watch job boards for Entomological Society of teaching, and application strenghen application faculty positions, apply for America Website collaborations. appropriate positions (www.entsoc.org), & letters of Spring 2011 recommendation. Continue to search and apply for positions

Publish papers in the 1. Publish dissertation Schedule weekly goals 1. Robert Meth (University of following subdisciplines: chapters and time allocations for Fall 2010 California, Berkeley) for Publication record 1. Life history studies a. Life history of devoting time to each Prepare and submit publication fo dissertation (basic) Neophylax project. Work with current dissertation chapters for chapters 2. Biological traits of 2. Publish dissertation and past labmates for publication, complete 2. Tim Jones (University of benthic chapters learning skills and studies of Oligophlebodes Minnesota, Twin Cities) for macroinvertebrates a. Longitudinal zonation completing projects. caddisflies preparation and publication of 3. Taxonomy and b. Biomonitoring Spring 2011 new studies systematics of 3. New studies Construct phylogeny of Trichoptera a. Oligophlebodes Uenoidae, measure 4. Comparative revision Oligophlebodes and phylogenetics of life b. Begin Neotropical Neophylax history ecology studies 4. Data collection for Uenoid phylogeny and ecology

Acquire fluency in the Learn techniques for studies Use Oligophlebodes as a Fall 2010 1. The research group of Tim Taxonomy and systematics taxonomy and in caddisfly: small case study in the Complete revision of Jones at the University of of Trichoptera systematics of 1. Morphology revision and systematics Oligophlebodes, work with Minnesota, Twin Cities Trichoptera 2. Identification of Trichoptera, in addition Neotropical caddisflies 2. The University of Minnesota 3. Species description to beginning new from the Minnesota Insect Insect Collection 4. Phylogenetic systemtics Neotropical studies. Collection Observe skills for Spring 2011 individual components Begin revision of a while other lab members Neotropical caddisfly work on their projects. group, describe species, Receive instruction on create phylogeny of individual skills from Uenoidae to learn mentor as needed. systematcs techniques

Curation and management 1. Acquire curatorial 1. Prepare Chilean Concurrent projects Concurrent projects The University of Minnesota of Insect Collections skills for the museum material for described in Objective 3 described in Objective 3 Insect Collection, as well as management of large accession into the collection will satisfy the completion will satisfy the completion previous experience in the Essig insect collections 2. Database and accession of these research goals. of these research goals. Museum of Entomology 2. Acquire modern Chilean museum material (University of California, museum techniques to into the collection Berkeley)and the Texas Natural collection management History Collection (University of (database and other Texas at Austin) electronic resources)

Teaching and mentoring 1. Create a teaching 1. Gather past materials Work incrementally to Fall 2010 Currently developed materials, portfolio and evaluations build portfolio utilizing Meet short-term goals 5.2 reviews from previous courses, 2. Design and teach 2. Generate a list of class past material, as well as and 5.3 new resources at the University new classes topics and lectures, teach adding new material. Spring 2011 of Minnesota. Field station at 3. Mentor course at Lake Wobegon in Improve field course Meet short-term goal 5.1 Lake Wobegon. undergraduate the summer of 2011 teaching experience at Summer 2011 researchers 3. Create a project Lake Wobegon, MN. Teach course at Lake description for UROP New material may be Wobegon. developed into a new course for future teaching.

Grantwriting Acquire multi-year 1. Identify potential funding 1. Identify potential Fall 2010 Current list of potential funding funding for a large sources funding sources Identify grants and create sources, previously funded grant research project 2. Identify potential 2. Identify potential a schedule of deadlines. proposals, previous proposals contributors and contributors and Identify potential submitted from Tim Jones(as collaborators collaborators collaborators. examples). Spring 2011 Write and apply for grants identified with spring deadlines

Collaborations Foster collaborations 1. Foster proposed Work to partition aspects Fall 2010 1. Profs. Abdul and Helter with researchers collaborations with Prof. of projects among 1. Outline project with 2. Website space and a team of Abdul (University of interested participants. Profs. Abdul and Helter. Trichoptera researchers for the Minnestota, Twin Cities) Solicit recommendations 2. Outline website for beginning of a collaborative and Prof. Helter (Stanford for collaborative websites Trichoptera researchers framework University) for uniting researchers. with current lab members. 2. Work to build a Spring 2011 centralized web resource for 1. Write grant application Trichoptera workers with Abdul and Helter. worldwide 2. Begin website implementation using contributions from lab members as well as delegate responsiblities.