CURRICULUM VITAE Dmitry А. Dubovikoff St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Biology Department of Applied Ecology, 16-line of Vasiljievskij Island, 29, fl.5, St. Petersburg 199178 Russia +7 921 180 07 60 (cell) [email protected] Birth date and place: 30 October 1978; Rostov-on-Don, Russia Family: married, one daughter Languages: Russian (native), English (fluent), Spanish (A2), German (basic) Education and Degrees: Candidate of biological sciences (PhD) Saint-Petersburg State University St. Petersburg, Russia – January 18, 2007 "The composition, ecological and geographical characteristics and the main stages of the history of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Caucasian Isthmus”, MSC in Biology, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia – graduated in November 25, 2003 Work Experience: July 2013 –current time, Senior Lecturer at Department of Applied Ecology, St. Petersburg State University Developed (original) courses: Introduction to biodiversity (module2 - terrestrial Arthropods) (10h) Biogeography of terrestrial ecosystems (26h) Social arthropods in ecosystems (26h) Arachnology (36 h, with practices); Systematics of Myriapoda (26 h, with practices); Introduction to Biology (for Chemistry students) (36 h); Terrestrial Arthropods (field course), (80 h) Methods of preparation and management of entomological collections (24 h) September 2010 – July 2013, Senior Lecturer at Department of Entomology, St. Petersburg State University February 2007 – August 2010, Lecturer on Department of Entomology Vice dean (students accommodation) of Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University January 2003 – February 2007, Junior research scientist Laboratory of Entomology, Biological Institute of St. Petersburg State University St. Petersburg, Russia Research Interests: Phylogeny, Taxonomy and Ecology of ants (Formicidae) (especially tropical diversity of odor-ants (Dolichoderinae) Paleontology of ants Other professional Teaching in Zoology (Systematic Entomology, Arachnology, interests: Myriapodology, Biogeography) Maintenance and development of museum collections Current project: Fossil Dolichoderinae (and some other ants) of Late Eocene ambers (collaborator Prof. G. Dlussky, Moscow State University) and Miocene (Randeck Maar, Germany (collaborator Dr. U. Kotthoff, University of Hamburg)) Ants of Tamaulipas, Mexico (collaborators: Drs. E. Ruiz C., J.M. Coronado B., Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico) Taxonomy and phylogeography of ant genus Ectatomma in Mexico (collaborators: Dr. A. Zaldivar R., UNAM, Mexico; Chantal Poteaux, Un. Paris 13, France) Revising of some ants genera Describing new taxa of 2 new tribes (Iridomyrmecini, Bothriomyrmecini) ants: 4 new genera (Arnoldius, Nebothriomyrmex – Australia, Usomyrma – Danish amber, Yantaromyrmex – European Late Eocene amber) New ant species from Australia, Afghanistan, Caucasus, Costa Rica, Vietnam, Madagascar, Mexico, India, Baltic and Danish amber, Miocene sediments and African copals. Professional associations: Russian Entomological Society, since 1997 (Member of Presidium, since 2012) AneT (Network for the Study of Asian Ants), Committee member, since 2011 Student supervision and Current students: thesis reviewing: Alina Terekhova (Russia), BS student, Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Miocene deposits of Germany and Japan Vasiliy Bastaev (Russia), BS student, Spiders of Bogdinsko-Baskunchakskiy Natural Reserve (Astrakhan region) Arseny Shudrick (Russia), MS student, Ants-plant relations on example of the ant genus Pseudomyrmex and Acacias in Mexico Duan Zhuydzyuan (China), MS student, Ants of Lower Svir' Natural Reserve and their role in monitoring of natural protected areas Tatiana Shauro (Russia), MS student, Methods of Bat Community protection in Sablinskie caves from human influence. Tetiana Shoshura (Ukraine), MS student, The ecological requirements for wintering of pond bat in Leningrad region Aguilar Velasco Reina Gabriela (Mexico), MS student, Phylogeography of ants genus Ectatomma in Mexico, co-supervisor Marilyn Mendoza Ramirez (Mexico), PhD student, Phylogeography of ant genus Neoponera in Mexico, co-supervisor Former students: Vasilisa Chemyreva, master student, thesis: “Fauna and system of the tribe Spilomicrini (Hymenoptera,Proctotrupoidea, Diapriidae) of Russia”, master degree, 2013. PhD thesis reviewing: Konstantin Samartzev, True cyclostome braconid wasp (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) of the Middle and Lower Volga territories of Russia. Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, 2014. Ekaterina Egorenkova, Fauna and ecological features of parasitic wasps of subfamily Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae) of Middle Volga region, Institute of the Problem of Ecology and Evolution, Moscow, 2009. Vladimir Perepechaenko, Braconid wasp of the tribe Dacnusini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) of Ukraine, Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, 2009. Konstantin Nadeyn, Beetles of the genus Psilliodes Latreile, 1825 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) of Russia and adjacent countries, Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, 2007. Editorial work: Caucasian Entomological Bulletin, (Russia), editor. Halteres, (India), editor Journal of the Entomological Research Society, (Turkey), advisory board Expeditions and field works: European part of Russia (1995 – 2014) Caucasian Isthmus, (1996 – 2010), long term expeditions (Russian part, Azerbaijan, Abkhazia). Lower Volga: Astrakhan and Volgograd Provinces of Russia (June 2004); Astrakhan Province (20 June – 3 July 2014) Japan: Osaka Pref., Kioto Pref., Mie Pref. (October 2009) Finland, May 2010, August 2011, August-September 2012 Thailand: Bangkok, Songkla Prov (October 2011) México: Tamaulipas, Jalisco, Veracruz, D.F., Est. de Mexico, Michoacan (11 January – 10 June 2012); Queretaro, Jalisco, D.F. (May 2014); Queretaro, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tlaxcala, Morelos (August-October 2014) Malaysia: Borneo, Sabah (October 2013) Guatemala: Guatemala, Escuintla, Chimaltenango, Sacatepequez, Solola, Santa Rosa (September 2014) Work at museums: Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia, since 2001 – current time (as volunteer curator of Formicidae collection) Institute of Zoology NAS, Kiev, Ukraine May 2001, January 2007 (work with collection) Zoological Institute Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, Baku, June 2003 (work with collection) Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan 6 October – 6 November 2009 (academic exchange program) Osaka Natural History Museum, Osaka, Japan, 20 – 30 October 2009 (work with collection (fossil and recent ants)) Zoological Museum, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, 26 April – 7 May 2010 (consultations about spider taxonomy, work with collection) Zoological Museum of Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 2003 – 2013 Regular short visits (on 3- 10 days). Zoological Museum of Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany, 17 January 2011 – 16 February 2011 (academic exchange program, work with collection) Humbold Museum of Natural History, Berlin, Germany, 20-24 January 2011 (work with collection) Geological-Paleontological Institute of Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany, 1- 14 February 2011 (work with fossil ants collection (ambers, sediments)) Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki, Finland, 29 August – 9 September 2011; 13 August – 12 September 2012 (reorganizing and maintenance ants collection) Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Cd. Victoria, Mexico, 13 January – 12 June 2012 (organizing ants study and collection) Colleccion Nacional de Insectos, Instituto Biologia del UNAM, Cd. De Mexico, D.F., Mexico, March 2012, 2014 (organizing and maintenance ants collection) Institut Biologi Tropica dan Pemuliharaan, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu (work with ants collection), October 2013 Recent Grants Grant of Bank Santander and SpbSU, Biodiversity of ants (Hymenoptera, (without travel grants): Formicidae) of Mexico. Genera Ectatomma, Dolichoderus and Pseudomyrmex. 2014, head. Grant of the President of the Russian Federation for young Candidate of Sciences, Biological diversity and genesis of fauna of aculeate Hymenoptera of Russia (Hymenoptera, Aculeata), 2013-2014, participator Publications: 1. H. Bharti, I. Gul, D.A. Dubovikoff. First description of male of Cataglyphis cugiai Menozzi, 1939 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Himalaya, with notes on the species ecology and biodiversity conservation of the region // Caucasian Entomological Bulletin, 2014, Vol. 10, № 1. P. 137-139. 2. G. Dlussky, A. Radchenko, D. Dubovikoff. 2014. A new enigmatic ant genus from late Eocene Danish Amber and its evolutionary and zoogeographic significance. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 59 (4). p. 931- 939. 3. Dlussky, G.M., Dubovikoff D.A. Yantaromyrmex gen. n. – a new ant genus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Late Eocene ambers of Europe // Caucasian Entomological Bulletin, 2013, Vol. 9, № 2. P. 305-314. 4. H. Bharti, R. Kumar, D.A. Dubovikoff. A new species of the genus Tapinoma Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from India // Caucasian Entomological Bulletin, 2013, Vol. 9, № 2. P. 303-304. 5. Dubovikoff D.A. Pachycondyla kipyatkovi sp. n., a new ant species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of P. wasmannii-group from Madagascar. Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society. St. Petersburg, 2013. Vol. 84 (2): 36–38. 6. J. M. Coronado-Blanco, Dmitry A. Dubovikoff, E. Ruíz-Cancino, M. Vásquez-Bolaños, K. Y. Flores-Maldonado, J. Víctor Horta-Vega. Formicidae (Hymenoptera) del estado de Tamaulipas, México. CienciaUAT, 2013.