Curriculum Vitae
Walter R. Tschinkel
March 08, 2013
General Information
University address: Biological Science College of Arts and Sciences Biology Unit I 0203 Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4370 Phone: 850-644-4489; Fax: 850-644-0481
E-mail address: [email protected]
Web site: http://www.bio.fsu.edu/faculty-tschinkel.php
Professional Preparation
1992 B.A., Wesleyan University, Middletown Connecticut. Major: Biological Sciences.
1968 Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley. Major: Biochemistry.
1965 M.A., University Of California, Berkeley. Major: Biochemistry.
Postdegree Education and Training
1968–1970 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Thomas Eisner, Sponsor.
Professional Experience
1980–present Professor, Biological Science, Florida State University.
1975–1980 Associate Professor, Biological Science, Florida State University.
1970–1975 Assistant Professor, Biological Science, Florida State University.
1970 Lecturer, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
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1963–1964 Teaching Assistant, Zoology Department, University of California, Berkeley.
1961–1962 Teaching Assistant, Biology Department, Wesleyan University.
1958 Lab Assistant, Virus Lab, Yale Medical School.
Language Proficiency
German - native in speaking, reading, and writing.
Fellowship(s)
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (1968–1970). National Institutes of Health Predoctoral Fellowship (1965–1968). National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship (1962–1965).
Honors, Awards, and Prizes
Fellow, Entomological Society of America (2012). ($0). Nomenclatural honor, In a paper in Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, J. J. Smith, B. F Platt, G. A. Ludvigson, and J. R. Thomasson named a new fossil species of ant nest Daimoniobarax tschinkli. (2011). R. O. Lawton Distinguished Professorship, Florida State University (2007). Distinguished Research Professorship, Florida State University (2001). Named Professorship (Margaret Menzel Professor of Biological Science), Florida State University (2000). Professorial Excellence Award, Florida State University (1999). Teaching Incentive Award, Florida State University (1997). Teaching Incentive Award, Florida State University (1995). University Teaching Excellence Award, Florida State University (1993). Elected Membership, Society of the Sigma Xi (1964).
Current Membership in Professional Organizations
American Association for the Advancement of Science Cambridge Entomological Club Entomological Society of America International Union for the Study of Social Insects
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Teaching
Courses Taught
Animal Diversity Laboratory (BSC2011) Graduate Tutorial in Biological Science (BSC5932) Insect Biology (ZOO4823) Animal Behavior (ZOO4513) Selected Topics in Zoology (ZOO5935) Selected Topics in Biological Science (BSC4933) Insect Diversity of North Florida (ZOO4823) Senior Tutorial in Biological Science (BSC4931) Selected Topics in Biological Science (BSC5936)
Doctoral Committee Chair
Seal, J. N., graduate. (2006). Cassill, D., graduate. (1996). Larval feeding in fire ants. [currently Assoc. Prof. at Univ. of S. Florida] McInnes, D., graduate. (1994). Habitat effects on fire ant colony founding. [whereabouts unknown] Porter, S. D., graduate. (1985). Fire ant polymorphism. [currently employed by USDA] Howard, D. F., graduate. (1976). Food traffic in fire ants. [currently employed by FDACS] Hess,