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Address: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, BSW,
PO Box 210088,1041 E. Lowell, University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721-0088,
USA
Tel: 520-626-8830 (office), 520-621-4005 (lab);
FAX: 520-621-9190 Web:
UA Faculty Web Page;
tenbestphotos.com; E-mail

EDUCATION
- Mathematics and Physics School No 444, Moscow, Russia
- B.S., Biology; Mathematical Biology, Moscow State University, Russia, 1985-1989
- M.S., Comp. Anatomy & Pop. Ecology, Moscow State University, Russia, 1989-1991
- M.S., Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, United States, 1992-1994
- Ph.D., Organismal Biology and Ecology, University of Montana, United States, 1994-1999
- Postdoctoral Fellow, COS and Mathematics, Auburn University, United States, 2000-2002

HONORS
AND AWARDS
- “Most Inspirational Faculty”, Graduating seniors, College of Science, Univ. Arizona, 2006, 2007
- Director, Cooper Ornithological Society,
2006-2009
- Elective
Member, the American Ornithologists' Union, 2003
- Visiting
Foreign Researcher, Uppsala University, 2004-2008
- The
John Maynard Smith Prize - European Society for Evolutionary
Biology, 2001, The Genetics
Newsletter
- The
Dobzhansky Award - International Society for the Study
of Evolution, 2001, UM Focus,
AU News
- College of Science & Mathematics
Fellowship, Auburn University, 1999-2000
- Bertha Morton Fellowship Award for
Excellence in Research, University of Montana, 1998
- Bertha Morton Graduate Awards for
Research, University of Montana 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
- "The Highest Appraisal" Award -Thesis,
Dept. "Publication Endorsement" for MSU Press, 1990

EDITORIAL
SERVICE

EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY
-
2006-curr. Associate Professor, University of Arizona, Ecology
and Evolutionary Biology
- 2002-2006 Assistant Professor, University of Arizona, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- 2002-curr.
University of Arizona; Faculty Curator of Birds, University of Arizona's Museum of Natural History
-
1998-99 University of Montana, Instructor/Lecturer
- 1991-92
Alaska Fish & Wildlife Research Center; Research Associate
- 1991-92
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), Kaktovik; Research Associate
- 1990
Moscow Univ. Lab of Ornithology, Expeditions to the Caucasus National
Preserves; Lead Biologist
- 1987-1990
Moscow Univ. Zool. Museum, Biological Surveys of the Far East, Korea,
and Sea of Japan; Lead Biologist
- 1986-89
Moscow Univ. Zool. Museum, Winter expeditions to the Middle East and
Transcaucasia; Research Associate
- 1984-1990
Moscow Univ. Lab of Ornithology, Biological Surveys of Western Himalaya
Avifauna; Project PI
- 1987-1989
Losiny Ostrov National Park; Staff Biologist
- 1986-1988
RSFR Academy of Sciences; Biological Surveys of Kamchatka Peninsula;
Ornithologist

TEACHING
Instructor/Lecturer
University of Arizona
- ECOL
330 - Evolution of Animal
Form and Function (Writing Emphasis, 2003-2007)
- ECOL
596E -Concepts in Developmental
Evolution (2004)
- ECOL
597G -Grant Writing in Biological Sciences (2005-2007)
- ECOL
610 - Ecology & Evolution Research (2002-2003)
- ECOL
492, 595 - Directed research, Independent Study (2002-2007)
- ECOL
497, 498 - Honor Thesis (2002-2007)
- ECOL 497A - Teaching Biology (undergrad TA training), (2003)
University
of Montana, others
- BIOL
302 -Comparative Vertebrate
Embryology (1998/45)(1999/32)
- BIOL 499 - Honors Thesis Projects
(7 students)
- BIOL 200 -General Botany (summer class) (1989/68)
- BIOL 200 -General Zoology (summer class) (1989/68)
- Postgraduate
Workshop: “Path Analysis in Biology” - University
of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Part-time Instructor/Guest Lecturer/Teaching Assistant
- ECOL 600 -Evolution Core (2003)
- ECOL 405 -Behavioral Ecology (2003)
- BIOL 306 -Mammalogy
and Mammalogy Lab (1996/97; 1997/82; 1998/74)
- BIOL 232 -Genetics & Evolution (1996/168 - TA for 6 sections; 1997/85)
- BIOL 450 -Animal Behavior (1995/42 - TA)
- BIOL 340 -Ecology Lab (1994/51; 1995/47)

GRANT
SUPPORT
- 2005-2010
The Packard Foundation Fellowship in Science and Engineering,"Evolution
of diversity in animal coloration: A novel evolutionary synthesis"
- 2005-2010
NSF CAREER, Integrative Biology, "Evolution and ontogeny
of conditional mating tactics" (PI) >>
- 2004-2008
NSF, Mathematical Biology, “Evolution of conditional mating tactics in the
house finch: Empirical and mathematical insights into origin and maintenance"
(PI) >>
- 2006-2008
NSF DDIG (Rebecca Young), Population and Evolutionary Processes, "Developmental
origins and evolutionary consequences of modularity in a complex trait"
>>
- 2002-2006
NSF, PopBio, “The evolution of maternal effects in a model avian
system” (PI) >>
- 2000-2002
NSF, PopBio ”The evolution of sexual dimorphism in recently established
populations: An ontogenetic perspective” (PI) >>
- Other:
2001, 2002 NSF REU supplements; 1998 NSF Travel Award; 1986-1992 MSU
Lab of Ornithology Annual Research Grants

NATIONAL
& INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (selected, last 3 years):
-Steering Committee, NSF Research Coordination Network: Integrating Ecology and Endocrinology in Avian Reproduction (2005-cur)
-NSF
Panels: DDIGs, Behavioral Systems (Integrative Organismal Biology),
Mathematical Biology (2004, 2005), Animal Behavior (2006-7)
-Newcomb Cleveland Prize Reviewer,
AAAS (2006)
-Expert
Dissertation Opponent: Gothenburg University, Sweden (2003); The University
of Queensland, Australia (2003)
-American
Ornithologists' Union Research Awards Committee
-Reviewer
for scientific journals (> 2001, selected): Evolution (42, then AE); American
Naturalist (27); Proceedings of the Royal Society London:
Biol. Sciences (27); Ecology (4); Heredity
(19); Journal of Evolutionary Biology (29, then AE); Science
(3); Nature (2); Trends in Ecology and Evolution
(4); J. Animal Ecology (9); Animal Behaviour (7);
Behavioral Ecology (19); Behav. Ecol. & Sociobiol.
(4); Ardea (6); Auk (17); Condor (12);
Birds of North America (3); Southwestern Naturalist
(3);Theoretical Biology (2); J. Avian Biology (11);
Wilson Bulletin (12); Ibis (5); American Midl.
Naturalist (2); Ethology (7); Ethologia (3);
Nature News (2); Science News (2); Genetica
(11); PNAS (3)
-Reviewer
for the National Science Foundation (USA) Programs: Animal Behavior
(16 proposals), Population Biology (24); Ecological & Evolutionary
Physiology Program (20), Evolution of Developmental Mechanisms (2),
Collaborative Research (11), NSF EPSCor (9)
-Board
& Ad hoc Reviewer for the United Kingdom National Environment
Research Council (12), Austrian Science Foundation (6), Marie Curie
European Union Postgraduate Fellowships (8).
-Reviewer:
Princeton University Press (3 books, 4 book proposals); Oxford Series
in Ecology and Evolution (3 books); Academic Press (Elsevier) (Evolution
textbooks; 3)

RESEARCH
FEATURED IN
2005-2006
Scientific
American, Science,
UA
News, CBC
Radio interview, Quirks
& Quarks site, Arizona
Daily Star, Image
of the Day-LiveScience, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Terra
Daily, Noorderlicht
Online, VPRO, Biology-Blog,
Die Zeit, Die
News in Kürze-3Sat,
InnovReport, NewsWise
2000-2002
Science
(News of the Week);Trends of Ecology
& Evolution ; Scientific
American; Natural History; USA
Today; Wissenschaft;
National
Geographic;
National Public Radio; The New York Times;
Discovery Channel Canada; NewsDay of New York; The Economist;
Science Highlights (CalAcademy of Science);
Academic Press InScight;
Climate Ark; Forests.org;
Auburn
University News; University
of Arizona News: Science Page
<2000
BBC Wildlife Magazine;Green Umbrella Ltd. U.K. Television documentary
"Triumph of Life", Episode "Mate choice in the house finches"; Miami
Herald; Contra Costa Times; Anchorage Daily News; The Philadelphia
Inquirer; Charlotte Observer; Detroit Free Press; Arizona Republic;
The News and Observer of Raleigh

MEMBERSHIP
IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
- Society
for the Study of Evolution
- American
Society of Naturalists
- Society
for Integrative & Comparative Biology
-
American Association for the Advancement of Science
- European
Society for Evolutionary Biology
- Cooper
Ornithological Society
- American
Ornithologists' Union
- Ecological
Society of America

PROFESSIONAL
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