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Born in Montréal in 1965
Bilingual [French and English]

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
•Post-doctoral fellow, Portland State University. Molecular systematics of the genus Cicurina (Araneae: Dictynidae). Advisor: Susan Masta. January 2006 to date
•Post-doctoral fellow, San Diego State University. Identity of Cicurina cueva (Araneae: Dictynidae). Advisor: Marshal Hedin. September 2004 to December 2005
•Post-doctoral fellow, San Diego State University. Genetic variability and molecular taxonomy of eyeless species of the genus Cicurina (Araneae: Dictynidae). Advisor: Marshal Hedin. March 2002-December 2003.
•Ph.D. Biological Sciences, Université de Montréal. Beetle (Coleoptera) diversity in the boreal forest successions of Western Québec [La diversité des coléoptères (Coleoptera) au cours de la maturation des forêts boréales de l’ouest du Québec]. Advisor: P.P. Harper. March 2002. Award: Dean’s honor list for Ph.D.
•M.Sc. Biological Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal. Impact of simulated forest fires on soil macroarthropods [Impact immédiat de feux de forêt simulés sur les macroarthropodes édaphiques]. Advisor: Daniel Coderre. April 1994
•B.Sc. Biology (ecology major), Université du Québec à Montréal. June 1990.

GRANTS, AWARDS and FUNDING
•2004. Grant. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (N.S.E.R.C.). Post-doctoral grant, $80,000 (CAD) / 2 years. Competitive grant.
•2003. Award. Léon-Provencher award. Société d’Entomologie du Québec (S.E.Q.). Award received with N. Dupérré for our contribution to the knowledge of Québec spiders.
•2002. Award. Université de Montréal. Dean’s honor list for Ph.D.
•2002. Award. President’s prize of the Entomological Society of Canada (E.S.C.). Best student talk, $100 (CAD). Competitive award.
•2002. Grant. Fonds Études Supérieures, end of Ph.D. program (F.E.S.), Université de Montréal. $2,500 (CAD). Competitive grant.
•2001. Funding. Funding from the program Étalez votre Science. $22,000 (CAD) for the Guide d'identification des Araignées du Québec monograph. Competitive funding.
•2000. Award. President’s prize from the Entomological Society of America (E.S.A.). Best student talk, $100 (USD). Competitive award.
•2000. Grant. Fonds Études Supérieures, Ph.D. program (F.E.S.), Université de Montréal. $5,000 (CAD). Competitive grant.
•1999. Grant. Fonds de Bourses en Sciences Biologiques, Ph.D. program (F.B.S.B.), Université de Montréal. $2,500 (CAD). Competitive grant.
•1999. Award. K.J. Fox award from the Entomological Society of New Zealand. Best poster, $50 (NZD). Competitive award.
•1999. Grant. Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'Aide à la Recherche (F.C.A.R., Québec). Grant for traveling and internship in a foreign country. $12,600 (CAD). Competitive grant.
•1998. Funding. Landcare Research, New-Zealand. Funding for reseach. $4000 (NZD).
•1998. Funding. Ministère des Ressources Naturelles (Québec Government). Funding for the Guide d'identification des Araignées du Québec monograph. $4,000 (CAD).
•1997. Award. Melville-Duporte award from the Société Entomologique du Québec (S.E.Q.). Best student talk, $250 (CAD). Competitive award.
•1996. Grant. Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'Aide à la Recherche (F.C.A.R., Québec). Ph.D. grant. $39,000 / 3 years (CAD). Competitive grant.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Time spent in other laboratories and institutions
•June 2006 American Museum of Natural History, New York. Curation and study of eyeless Cicurina and other cave spiders, particularly Linyphiidae. Contact: N.I. Platnick.
•January 2004 California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. Curation and study of the Cicurina and Syspira (Araneae) collections. Contact: C. Griswold and D. Ubick.
•October-November 2001 San Diego State University, learning molecular techniques. Contact: M. Hedin.
•January-September 2001 Canadian National Collection of Athropods and Nematodes, Ottawa. Curation, identification, and exchange with researchers. Contact: C.D. Dondale.
•May 2000, 2002 American Museum of Natural History, New York. A week researching rare scientific references. Contact: N.I. Platnick.
•Summer 1999-2002, 2004 Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard (Cambridge). A week researching rare scientific references, 2002, 2004: study of the Cicurina collection. Contact: L. Leipensberger.
•December 1998-May 1999 Landcare Research, Auckland, New-Zealand. Research project on the relation between the size of remnant forest islands and the diversity of Carabidae. Contact: M.-C. Larivière and D. Gleeson.
•November 1996 Carleton University, Ottawa. Identification of Leiodidae. Contact: S.B. Peck.

Specialized courses, classes and workshop
•June 2003 Sierran spiders and their allies, San Francisco State University. D. Ubick.
•July 2001 Workshop on Linyphiidae, Chicago Field Museum. M. Draney.
•August 2000 Biology of spiders, Western Carolina University. F. Coyle and W. Shear.
•June-July 1996 Workshop on soil acarology, Ohio State University. D.A. Walter, J.B. Kethley, C. Welbourne, and V. Behan-Pelletier.

Teaching
•June 2004 Teaching assistant for the field class Sierran spiders and their allies, Darrell Ubick (San Francisco State University, USA).
•Summer 1998-2001 Teaching assistant for the field class Écologie des Animaux terrestres (BIO-2854, Montréal University). Supervision of students (1st cycle) in planning of experimental design, using of collecting techniques, identification, statistical analysis and scientific redaction.
•Winter 1997-1998, 2000-2001 Teaching assistant for the class Entomologie (BIO-2440, Montréal University). Morphology and identification of the main families of Québec.
•June 1993 Teaching assistant for the field class Écologie Animale, insect portion (BIO-6840, Université du Québec à Montréal). Supervision of students (1st cycle) for the planning of experimental design, using of collecting techniques, identification, statistical analysis and scientific redaction.

Scientific expeditions
•August-September 2006. China (5 weeks).
•April 2004 Spiders and other troglobites in central Californian caves (1 week).
•August, September, December 2003. Spider of the genus Cicurina in several states: CA, WA, WY, MT, UT, OR, ID, NM, TX, AZ, AR, OK, MO and provinces: QC, ON, MB, AB (3 months).
•August 2002, April 2003. Mygalomorph spiders, emphasis on the genus Atypoides. N CA and OR.
•May 2002 Salticidae spiders of the genus Habronattus in sand dunes of OR (1 week).
•April 2002 Homalonychidae spiders of the genus Homalonychus, Baja California, Mexico (10 days).
•November 2001 Spider of desert bushes of SW USA: Sonoran, Mojave, Chihuahua deserts (1 week).
•August 2001, 2002 Spiders of the Appalachians with emphasis on Nesticus and Hypochilus genera (3 weeks).
•January 1999 Carabidae of Nothofagus forests of New-Zealand. The Catlins region, South Island, New-Zealand (1 month).

Curation
•January 2004 California Academy of Science, San Francisco, $1,000. Curation and study of spiders of the genus Cicurina. Contact: C. Griswold and D. Ubick.
•February 2001 Canadian National Collection of Athropods, Ottawa, $1,500 from the CanaColl foundation. Curation of the type-collection (spider). Contact: C.D. Dondale.
•1994-2000 Personal collection of boreal beetles and spiders (100,000 beetles and 25,000 spiders).
•1990-1993, 2003-2004 Database conception, data entering and informatic labeling (Collection de l’Université du Québec à Montréal, personal collection, and Canadian National Collection of Athropods, Ottawa).

COMMUNICATIONS
Publications
Twenty-three publications in referred journals, 4 monographs (one in press), 4 book chapters, 7 papers published in non-referred journals, 3 papers in press, and several papers in preparation.
Talks and posters
Twenty-five talks, of which 8 as invited lecturer, and 13 posters in provincial, national and international meetings, in addition to several talks given for small groups.

INFORMATIC SKILLS and COMPUTOR GRAPHICS
•I am experienced with several computer programs including: word processing, computer graphics, statistical analysis, phylogenetic analysis, databasing, digital imaging and page lay-out.
A few examples of my graphic work (not the NRC one!)

MEMBER
-S.E.Q. Société d'Entomologie du Québec.
-E.S.C. Entomological Society of Canada.
-A.A.S. American Arachnological Society.
-I.A.S. International Arachnological Society.

SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
•In charge of the Montréal branch of A.E.A.Q. (Association des Entomologistes Amateurs du Québec) (1999-2001).
•Reviewer for 10 scientific papers (New Zealand Entomologist, Journal of Arachnology, American Midland Naturalist, Ecography, Zootaxa, Journal of Cave andf Karst studies, Animal Biology, and Fabreries).
•Member of the editorial board of A.E.A.Q. (1999-2001).
•Member of the executive committee of A.E.A.Q. (1999-2001).
•Organisation commity of the Journée scientifique du Département de sciences biologiques : On affiche notre science, first and second edition (1998-2000) [Scientific day of the Biology Department of Montréal University].
•Assistance to students under the supervision of:
Richard Leshen (Landcare Research, New Zealand); Stuart B. Peck (Université Carleton, Ottawa); Christian Hébert (Centre de Foresteries des Laurentides, Québec); Claude Lavoie (Université Laval, Québec); Richard Westwood (University of Winnipeg), Marshal Hedin (San Diego State University).
•Data from my own collections were used in publications of other researchers:
-Sorensson, M. 2003 New records of Featherwing beetles (Coleoptera Ptiliidae) in North America. The Coleopterist’s Bulletin 57(4): 369-381.
-Bousquet, Y. and S. Laplante. 2000 Revision of the genus Monotoma (Coleoptera: Rhizophagidae). Proceedings of the entomological Society of Ontario. 130 : 67-96.
-Bousquet, Y. and S. Laplante. 1999. Les Coléoptères Histéridés du Québec. Fabreries, Supplément 8. 190 pp.
-Chandler, D.S. 1997. A catalog of the Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Family: Pselaphidae. United States Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Handbook No. 529-31. 118 pp.
-Laplante, S. 1997. Premières évidences de l'établissement d'une population de Silpha tristis Illiger (Coleoptera : Silphidae) en Amérique du Nord. Fabreries, 22 (4): 85-93.


	Pierre Paquin Curriculum Vitae

Born in Montréal in 1965 Bilingual [French and English] ACADEMIC BACKGROUND •Post-doctoral fellow, Portland State University. Molecular systematics of the genus Cicurina (Araneae: Dictynidae). Advisor: Susan Masta. January 2006 to date •Post-doctoral fellow, San Diego State University. Identity of Cicurina cueva (Araneae: Dictynidae). Advisor: Marshal Hedin. September 2004 to December 2005 •Post-doctoral fellow, San Diego State University. Genetic variability and molecular taxonomy of eyeless species of the genus Cicurina (Araneae: Dictynidae). Advisor: Marshal Hedin. March 2002-December 2003. •Ph.D. Biological Sciences, Université de Montréal. Beetle (Coleoptera) diversity in the boreal forest successions of Western Québec [La diversité des coléoptères (Coleoptera) au cours de la maturation des forêts boréales de l’ouest du Québec]. Advisor: P.P. Harper. March 2002. Award: Dean’s honor list for Ph.D. •M.Sc. Biological Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal. Impact of simulated forest fires on soil macroarthropods [Impact immédiat de feux de forêt simulés sur les macroarthropodes édaphiques]. Advisor: Daniel Coderre. April 1994 •B.Sc. Biology (ecology major), Université du Québec à Montréal. June 1990. GRANTS, AWARDS and FUNDING •2004. Grant. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (N.S.E.R.C.). Post-doctoral grant, $80,000 (CAD) / 2 years. Competitive grant. •2003. Award. Léon-Provencher award. Société d’Entomologie du Québec (S.E.Q.). Award received with N. Dupérré for our contribution to the knowledge of Québec spiders. •2002. Award. Université de Montréal. Dean’s honor list for Ph.D. •2002. Award. President’s prize of the Entomological Society of Canada (E.S.C.). Best student talk, $100 (CAD). Competitive award. •2002. Grant. Fonds Études Supérieures, end of Ph.D. program (F.E.S.), Université de Montréal. $2,500 (CAD). Competitive grant. •2001. Funding. Funding from the program Étalez votre Science. $22,000 (CAD) for the Guide d'identification des Araignées du Québec monograph. Competitive funding. •2000. Award. President’s prize from the Entomological Society of America (E.S.A.). Best student talk, $100 (USD). Competitive award. •2000. Grant. Fonds Études Supérieures, Ph.D. program (F.E.S.), Université de Montréal. $5,000 (CAD). Competitive grant. •1999. Grant. Fonds de Bourses en Sciences Biologiques, Ph.D. program (F.B.S.B.), Université de Montréal. $2,500 (CAD). Competitive grant. •1999. Award. K.J. Fox award from the Entomological Society of New Zealand. Best poster, $50 (NZD). Competitive award. •1999. Grant. Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'Aide à la Recherche (F.C.A.R., Québec). Grant for traveling and internship in a foreign country. $12,600 (CAD). Competitive grant. •1998. Funding. Landcare Research, New-Zealand. Funding for reseach. $4000 (NZD). •1998. Funding. Ministère des Ressources Naturelles (Québec Government). Funding for the Guide d'identification des Araignées du Québec monograph. $4,000 (CAD). •1997. Award. Melville-Duporte award from the Société Entomologique du Québec (S.E.Q.). Best student talk, $250 (CAD). Competitive award. •1996. Grant. Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'Aide à la Recherche (F.C.A.R., Québec). Ph.D. grant. $39,000 / 3 years (CAD). Competitive grant. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Time spent in other laboratories and institutions •June 2006 American Museum of Natural History, New York. Curation and study of eyeless Cicurina and other cave spiders, particularly Linyphiidae. Contact: N.I. Platnick. •January 2004 California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. Curation and study of the Cicurina and Syspira (Araneae) collections. Contact: C. Griswold and D. Ubick. •October-November 2001 San Diego State University, learning molecular techniques. Contact: M. Hedin. •January-September 2001 Canadian National Collection of Athropods and Nematodes, Ottawa. Curation, identification, and exchange with researchers. Contact: C.D. Dondale. •May 2000, 2002 American Museum of Natural History, New York. A week researching rare scientific references. Contact: N.I. Platnick. •Summer 1999-2002, 2004 Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard (Cambridge). A week researching rare scientific references, 2002, 2004: study of the Cicurina collection. Contact: L. Leipensberger. •December 1998-May 1999 Landcare Research, Auckland, New-Zealand. Research project on the relation between the size of remnant forest islands and the diversity of Carabidae. Contact: M.-C. Larivière and D. Gleeson. •November 1996 Carleton University, Ottawa. Identification of Leiodidae. Contact: S.B. Peck. Specialized courses, classes and workshop •June 2003 Sierran spiders and their allies, San Francisco State University. D. Ubick. •July 2001 Workshop on Linyphiidae, Chicago Field Museum. M. Draney. •August 2000 Biology of spiders, Western Carolina University. F. Coyle and W. Shear. •June-July 1996 Workshop on soil acarology, Ohio State University. D.A. Walter, J.B. Kethley, C. Welbourne, and V. Behan-Pelletier. Teaching •June 2004 Teaching assistant for the field class Sierran spiders and their allies, Darrell Ubick (San Francisco State University, USA). •Summer 1998-2001 Teaching assistant for the field class Écologie des Animaux terrestres (BIO-2854, Montréal University). Supervision of students (1st cycle) in planning of experimental design, using of collecting techniques, identification, statistical analysis and scientific redaction. •Winter 1997-1998, 2000-2001 Teaching assistant for the class Entomologie (BIO-2440, Montréal University). Morphology and identification of the main families of Québec. •June 1993 Teaching assistant for the field class Écologie Animale, insect portion (BIO-6840, Université du Québec à Montréal). Supervision of students (1st cycle) for the planning of experimental design, using of collecting techniques, identification, statistical analysis and scientific redaction. Scientific expeditions •August-September 2006. China (5 weeks). •April 2004 Spiders and other troglobites in central Californian caves (1 week). •August, September, December 2003. Spider of the genus Cicurina in several states: CA, WA, WY, MT, UT, OR, ID, NM, TX, AZ, AR, OK, MO and provinces: QC, ON, MB, AB (3 months). •August 2002, April 2003. Mygalomorph spiders, emphasis on the genus Atypoides. N CA and OR. •May 2002 Salticidae spiders of the genus Habronattus in sand dunes of OR (1 week). •April 2002 Homalonychidae spiders of the genus Homalonychus, Baja California, Mexico (10 days). •November 2001 Spider of desert bushes of SW USA: Sonoran, Mojave, Chihuahua deserts (1 week). •August 2001, 2002 Spiders of the Appalachians with emphasis on Nesticus and Hypochilus genera (3 weeks). •January 1999 Carabidae of Nothofagus forests of New-Zealand. The Catlins region, South Island, New-Zealand (1 month). Curation •January 2004 California Academy of Science, San Francisco, $1,000. Curation and study of spiders of the genus Cicurina. Contact: C. Griswold and D. Ubick. •February 2001 Canadian National Collection of Athropods, Ottawa, $1,500 from the CanaColl foundation. Curation of the type-collection (spider). Contact: C.D. Dondale. •1994-2000 Personal collection of boreal beetles and spiders (100,000 beetles and 25,000 spiders). •1990-1993, 2003-2004 Database conception, data entering and informatic labeling (Collection de l’Université du Québec à Montréal, personal collection, and Canadian National Collection of Athropods, Ottawa). COMMUNICATIONS Publications Twenty-three publications in referred journals, 4 monographs (one in press), 4 book chapters, 7 papers published in non-referred journals, 3 papers in press, and several papers in preparation. Talks and posters Twenty-five talks, of which 8 as invited lecturer, and 13 posters in provincial, national and international meetings, in addition to several talks given for small groups. INFORMATIC SKILLS and COMPUTOR GRAPHICS •I am experienced with several computer programs including: word processing, computer graphics, statistical analysis, phylogenetic analysis, databasing, digital imaging and page lay-out. A few examples of my graphic work (not the NRC one!) MEMBER -S.E.Q. Société d'Entomologie du Québec. -E.S.C. Entomological Society of Canada. -A.A.S. American Arachnological Society. -I.A.S. International Arachnological Society. SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT •In charge of the Montréal branch of A.E.A.Q. (Association des Entomologistes Amateurs du Québec) (1999-2001). •Reviewer for 10 scientific papers (New Zealand Entomologist, Journal of Arachnology, American Midland Naturalist, Ecography, Zootaxa, Journal of Cave andf Karst studies, Animal Biology, and Fabreries). •Member of the editorial board of A.E.A.Q. (1999-2001). •Member of the executive committee of A.E.A.Q. (1999-2001). •Organisation commity of the Journée scientifique du Département de sciences biologiques : On affiche notre science, first and second edition (1998-2000) [Scientific day of the Biology Department of Montréal University]. •Assistance to students under the supervision of: Richard Leshen (Landcare Research, New Zealand); Stuart B. Peck (Université Carleton, Ottawa); Christian Hébert (Centre de Foresteries des Laurentides, Québec); Claude Lavoie (Université Laval, Québec); Richard Westwood (University of Winnipeg), Marshal Hedin (San Diego State University). •Data from my own collections were used in publications of other researchers: -Sorensson, M. 2003 New records of Featherwing beetles (Coleoptera Ptiliidae) in North America. The Coleopterist’s Bulletin 57(4): 369-381. -Bousquet, Y. and S. Laplante. 2000 Revision of the genus Monotoma (Coleoptera: Rhizophagidae). Proceedings of the entomological Society of Ontario. 130 : 67-96. -Bousquet, Y. and S. Laplante. 1999. Les Coléoptères Histéridés du Québec. Fabreries, Supplément 8. 190 pp. -Chandler, D.S. 1997. A catalog of the Coleoptera of America north of Mexico. Family: Pselaphidae. United States Department of Agriculture. Agricultural Handbook No. 529-31. 118 pp. -Laplante, S. 1997. Premières évidences de l'établissement d'une population de Silpha tristis Illiger (Coleoptera : Silphidae) en Amérique du Nord. Fabreries, 22 (4): 85-93.
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