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Curriculum Vitae
Mark G. Volkovitsh
Senior Research Scientist
Affiliation & contact information:
Laboratory of Insect Systematics
Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Universitetskaya naberezhnaya 1
St.Petersburg, 199034 Russia
Tel.: +7(812) 328 12 12, +7(812) 714 51 67
FAX: +7(812) 714 04 44
E-mail: polycest@zin.ru
Date & place of birth:
October 28, 1950, Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia
Research interests:
Systematics and faunistics of metallic wood borers (Coleoptera, Buprestidae), adult and larval morphology, zoogeography, and ecology of buprestids of the Palaearctic and the World; Biological control of weeds using phytopathogenic microorganisms and phytophagous insects
Education:
*1979 - Ph.D., Zoology & Entomology
(Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Leningrad/St. Petersburg)
*1972 - M.Sc., Zoology & Entomology
(Leningrad State University, Leningrad/St.Petersburg)
Post-graduate & post-doctoral training:
*1992 - Training course in phythopathology (Department of Plant Pathology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA)
*1976-1979 - Post-graduate course
(Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Leningrad/St. Petersburg)
Professional experience:
*1979 - present - Junior Research Scientist, Research Scientist, Senior Research Scientist, Laboratory of Insect Systematics, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences St.Petersburg, Russia
*1972-1979 - Laboratory assistant, Laboratory of Insect Systematics, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences St.Petersburg, Russia
Professional affiliations:
* 1993 - Entomological Society of America
* 1993 - European Association of Coleopterology
* 1990 - Coleopterists Society, USA
* 1971 - Russian (All-Union) Entomological Society
Invited lectures and seminars:
*1978 - Agricultural Entomology. Special course in Agricultural Institute, Orel, Russia
*1972-1976 - Systematics and identification of Coleoptera. Seminars in Department of Entomology, Leningrad State University
International conferences and workshops
(with oral presentations):
* 2007 - XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Montpellier, France, April, 2007
* 2003 - XI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Canberra, Australia, 27/4 - 2/5 2003. (3 posters, abstracts, proceedings).
* 2000 –Buprestonet Millennium Meeting, Abruzzo National Park, Italy, 12-18 September 2000 (oral presentation, abstract). * 1999 - X International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds. Bozeman, Montana, USA, July 4-14, 1999 (3 posters, abstracts, proceedings)
* 1998 - VIth European Congess of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, August 23-29 (poster, abstract).
* 1996 - XX International Congress of Entomology. Firenze, Italy, August 25-31 (abstract).
* 1996. III International Bioherbicide workshop, 19-21 January 1996. Stellenbosch, South Africa (2 posters, abstracts).
* 1996. 1st Intern. Fusarium Biocontrol Workshop, October 28-31, 1996. College Park, MD, USA (2 posters, abstracts)..
* 1995 - 1st International Symposium on Buprestidae, Visegrag, Hungary, 18-23 September 1995 (3 oral presentations, abstracts).
* 1994 - International Symposium "Data bases and computer graphics in zoological investigations". Zoological Institute RAS, St.Petersburg, April 1994 (oral presentation, abstract, paper).
* 1994 - 9th International Symposium on Aquatic weeds. 12-16 September 1994, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (poster, abstract)
* 1988 - Soviet-Finish Symposium "The connections between entomofauna of the North Europe and Siberia. Zoological Institute AN USSR, Leningrad/St.Petersburg, March 1987 (oral presentation, abstract, proceedings).
* 1986 - XI. Internationales Symposium uber die Entomofaunistik Mitteleuropas, Gotha, 18-24 Mai 1986 (abstract).
* 1986 - International conference "Prirodnye usloviya i biologicheskiye resursy Mongol'skoi Narodnoi Respubliki". Moscow, October 1986. (oral presentation, abstract, proceedings).
(posters, abstracts):
*2007. Volkovitsh, M.G.; Dolgovskaya, M.Yu.; Reznik, S.Ya.; Zaitsev, V.F.; Cristofaro, M.; Tronci, C.; Markin, G.P. Sphenoptera foveola (Col.: Buprestidae) as a potential agent for biocontrol of skeleton weed, Chondrilla juncea. XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, La Grande Motte, France, 22nd-27th April 2007. Abstract Book, Posters: Theme 5 – Target and agent selection. # 44: 113. (Poster).
*2007. Reznik, S.Ya.; Spasskaya, I.A.; Dolgovskaya, M.Yu.; Volkovitsh, M.G.; Zaitzev, V.F. The ragweed leaf beetle in Russia: current distribution, abundance, and implication for biological control. XII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, La Grande Motte, France, 22nd-27th April 2007. Abstract Book, Posters: Theme 7 – Release activities and post-release evaluations. # 156: 172. (Poster).
* 2004. Reznik, S.Ya., Volkovitsh, M.G., Dolgovskaya, M.Yu., & Cristofaro, M. Introduction of the ragweed leaf beetle Zygogramma suturalis F. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) into Russia for biological control of common ragweed, Ambrosia artemiisifolia L. (Asteraceae) as a model of biological invasion. In: 3rd International Conference on Biological Invasions, Neobiota – from ecology to control. Poster 61. 30. September – 1. October 2004. Zoological Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland. P. 111 (poster).
* 2003 M.Yu.Dolgovskaya, A.Konstantinov, S.Ya.Reznik, N.Spencer, M.G.Volkovitsh. Flea beetles associated with purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria, in Russia. XI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Canberra, Australia, 27/4 - 2/5 2003. (poster, abstract).
* 2003 V.F.Zaitzev, S.Ya.Reznik, M.G.Volkovitsh, M.Yu.Dolgovskaya, A.Konstantinov, N.Spencer. Prospects for the search for weed biocontrol agents in Russia. XI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Canberra, Australia, 27/4 - 2/5 2003. (poster, abstract).
* 2003 A.Konstantinov, M.G.Volkovitsh, S.Ya.Reznik, M.Yu.Dolgovskaya, M. Cristofaro, F. Lecce and C. Tronci. Psylliodes. chalcomera, a flea beetle candidate for biological control of yellow starthistle Centaurea solstitialis. XI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Canberra, Australia, 27/4 - 2/5 2003. (poster, abstract).
* 1999 - Volkovitsh M, R.Dolgovskaya, S.Reznik, M.Cristofaro, and A.Konstantinov. The life history and Biology of Aphthona russica sp.nov., a new potential biologiccal control agent of Euphorbia esula L. X International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds. Bozeman, Montana, USA, July 4-14, 1999 (poster, abstract)
* 1999 - Konstantinov A., M.Cristofaro, and M.Volkovitsh. Leafy Spurge biological control exploration for natural enemies from the leaf beetle genus Aphthona Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae). X International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds. Bozeman, Montana, USA, July 4-14, 1999 (poster, abstract)
* 1999 - Dolgovskaya M.Yu., S.A.Podlipaev, S.Ya.Reznik, M.G.Volkovitch, A.Pilgeram, and D.C.Sands. Preliminary results of the sccreening of Euphorbia esula pathogens collected in Russia. X International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds. Bozeman, Montana, USA, July 4-14, 1999 (poster, abstract)
*1998 - Volkovitsh M. & Ruicanescu A. Rectification in the species list of subfamily Acmaeoderinae (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) from the Romanian fauna. VIth European Congress of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, August 23-29 (poster, abstract)
* 1996 - Podlipaev, S.A., Reznik, S.Ya., M.Yu.Dolgovskaya, M.G.Volkovich, & D.Sands. Fusarium strains isolated from Papaver spp. in the former Soviet Union. Abstr. of First Intern. Fusarium Biocontrol Workshop, October 28-31, 1996. College Park, MD, USA. P. 11.
* 1996 - Reznik, S.Ya., M.G.Volkovich, Podlipaev S.A., M.Yu.Dolgovskaya & D.Sands. Biocontrol of Papaver somniferum and Cannabis sativa in Russia with Fusarium: field evaluation. Abstr. of First Intern. Fusarium Biocontrol Workshop, October 28-31, 1996. College Park, MD, USA. P. 45.
* 1996 - Dolgovskaya, M.Yu., Podlipaev, S.A, Reznik, S.Ya., Volkovich, M.G., McCarthy, M. & Sands, D. 1996. Preliminary results of the screening of fungal pathogens for the control of Papaver somniferum in the former Soviet union. III International Bioherbicide workshop, 19-21 January 1996. Stellenbosch, South Africa: 9.
* 1996 - Dolgovskaya, M.Yu., Podlipaev, S.A, Reznik, S.Ya., Volkovich, M.G., McCarthy, M. & Sands, D. Screening of fungal pathogens for the control of Papaver somniferum in the former Soviet union. Proceedings of the IX International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds. 19-26 January 1996. Stellenbosch, South Africa: 543.
*1996 - Volkovitsh M.G. The larval characters of buprestid beetles and their taxonomical value (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). XX International Congress of Entomology. Firenze, Italy, August 25-31 (abstract)
* 1994 - Dolgovskaya M.Yu., Podlipaev S.A., Reznik S.Ya., Volkovitch M.G. Preliminary results of the isolation of pathogenic fungi associated with Eurasian Water Milfoil. 9th International Symposium on Aquatic weeds. 12-16 September 1994, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (poster, abstract)
* 1986 - Volkovitsh M.G. Holzfressende Kafer (Prachtkafer, Bockkafer, Borkenkafer) des Schonreviers "Wald an der Worskla". XI. Internationales Symposium uber die Entomofaunistik Mitteleuropas, Gotha, 18-24 Mai 1986 (abstract)
* 1986 - Alexeev,A.V & Volkovitsh,M.G. Biogeographic delineation of the fauna of buprestid beetles (Coleoptera, Buprestdae) of the Mongolian People's Republic. International conference "Prirodnye usloviya i biologicheskiye resursy Mongol'skoi Narodnoi Respubliki". Moscow, October 1986.
Total number of publications: 126
Selected publications:
Volkovitsh M.G. 1979. A review of Palaearctic groups of the tribe Acmaeoderini (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 58(2): 333 -354 (In Russian) /English translation: Entomological Review, Washington 1979 (1980) 58(2): 78-99/.
Volkovitsh M.G. 1986. Review of the buprestid tribe Acmaeoderini (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) of the fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries]. In: Kirejtshuk, A.G. (Ed.). Morfologiya, sistematika I faunistika maloizuchennykh grupp nasekomykh. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR 140: 16-43 (In Russian with English summary).
Alexeev A.V., Volkovitsh M.G. 1989. A review of buprestid-beetles (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) of the Mongolian People's Republic. Nasekomye Mongolii, 10: 301-368 (In Russian).
Alexeev A.V., Volkovitsh M.G., Kabakov O.N. Material on the fauna of the buprestid beetles (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) of Afghanistan. 1990. Part 1. In: Kirejtshuk A.G. (Ed.). Problemy sistematiki zhestkokrylykh nasekomykh. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademia Nauk SSSR 211: 59-83 (In Russian); 1991. Part 2. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 70(4): 852-865; 1992. Part 3. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 71(2): 372-391 (In Russian with English summary).
Volkovich M.G. & Alexeev A.V. 1994. Buprestid beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Kopetdagh and the adjacent regions of Southern Turkmenistan. In: Fet, V. and Atamuradov, H. (Eds.). Biogeography and Ecology of Turkmenistan. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: 419-449.
Bily S. & Volkovitsh M.G. 1996 Revision, reclassification and larval morphology of the genus Paratassa (Coleptera: Buprestidae: Paratassini tribus n.). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemiae 60: 325-346.
Volkovitsh M.G. & Hawkeswood T.J. 1999. The larva of Prospheres aurantiopicta (Laporte & Gory) with comments on the larval characteristics of Polycestoid taxa (Insecta, Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Mauritiana (Altenburg) 17: 295-314, Table.
Volkovitsh M.G. 2001. The comparative morphology of antennal structures in Buprestidae (Coleoptera): evolutionary trends, taxonomic and phylogenetic implications. Part 1. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scietiae biologicae (Brno), 86, 2001, 43-169.
Volkovitsh, M.G. & Bily, S. 2001: Larvae of Galbella acaciae and G. felix with notes on the systematic position of Galbella (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Galbellinae). Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 65: 135-152.
Volkovitsh, M.G. 2004. New records of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Israel with description of a new species. Israel Journal of Entomology. 34: 109-152.
Korotyaev, B. A., Konstantinov, A. S., Lingafelter, S. W., Mandelshtam, M. Y., and Volkovitsh, M. G.. 2005. Gall-inducing Coleoptera. Pp. 239-271. In: Raman, A., Schaefer, C. W., and Withers, T. M. (Eds.). Biology, ecology, and evolution of gall-inducing arthropods. Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield (NH), USA, Plymouth, UK.
Bellamy, C. L. & M. G. Volkovitsh. 2005. Chapter 17. Buprestoidea Crowson, 1955, pp. 461-468. In: R. G. Beutel & R. A. B. Leschen (Eds.). Handbuch der Zoologie/Handbook of Zoology, Volume IV, Arthropoda: Insecta, Part 38, Coleoptera, Beetles, Volume 1: Morphology and Systematics. W. de Gruyter, Berlin, New York, 567 pp.
Volkovitsh, M. G. 2006. Buprestidae: Polycestinae. pp. 56-58 [New Acts, + Buprestinae, part.,], 330-342. In Lobl, I. & A. Smetana (ed.): Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 3. Stenstrup: Apollo Books, 690 pp.
Volkovitsh, M. G. & M. J. Kalashian. 2006. Buprestidae: Chrysochroinae: Sphenopterini. pp. 53-56 [New Acts], 352-369. In Lobl, I. & A. Smetana (ed.): Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 3. Stenstrup: Apollo Books, 690 pp.
Volkovitsh M. G. 2007. Review of the genus Microacmaeodera (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)with descriptions of four new species. Folia Heyrovskyana. Series A., 14 (3): 67-86.
Volkovitsh M.G. 2008. A revision of the Buprestid subtribe Xenopsina subtr. n. with description of new species from the genera Xenopsis Saund. and Sommaia Toyama (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Polycestinae.) and notes on its systematic position. Entomological Review, vol. 88, no. 6: 696-720.
Konstantinov, A. S., Korotyaev, and Volkovitsh, M. G. 2009. Chapter 7. Insect Biodiversity in the Palearctic Region. Pp. 107-162. In: R. G. Foottit & P.H. Adler (Eds.). Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, England.
Work in foreign Museums:
* British Museum of Natural History, London, UK, (2009) (2 weeks)
* National Museum of Natural History(Smithsonian Institution), Washington, D.C. U.S.A. (2008) (1 month)
* Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France (2008) (10 days)
* ENEA, Rome, Italy (2000), (24 days); 2005 (2 months)
* National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution), Washington, D.C. U.S.A., (1999) (2 months)
* Department of Zoology, Tel-Aviv University, Israel (1994, 1996) (3-5 days)
* Narodni Museum v Praze, Prague, Czech Repubic (1990, 1991, 1993-1996, 1999-2004, 2006-2007) (1-2 weeks)
* Museum of Zoology, Helsinki University, Finland (1992, 1993, 1994, 2004) (5-14 days)
* Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland (1990) (2 weeks)
* Institute of Zoology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria (1988) (2 weeks)
* Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary (1987) (2 weeks)
Collecting trips:
USSR, Russia:
* 1990-2008 - International and Russian expeditions for exploration and field testing of micropathogenes and phytophagous insects promising for biological control of weeds (Krasnodar and Stavropol ter., Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Armenia, West and East Siberia) (14-30 days); group leader.
* 1973-1991 - expeditions to Central Asia, Kazakhstan and Transcaucasia (1.5-4 months); expedition leader from 1981.
* 1969, 1971 - zonal student expeditions to Crimea (14-16 days)
* 1969-1971 - "Forest on the Vorskla river" reserve, Belgorod prov., pregraduate practice (2.5-3 months)
* 1968 - Astrakhan reserve, Astrakhan prov. (1 month)
Foreign collecting trips:
* 2008 – Armenia (10 days)
* 2007 – Ukraine (10 days)
* 2004, 2005, 2007 – Kazakhstan (2 weeks – 1 month)
* 2002 – China, Yunnan (1 month)
* 2000 – Italy (3 weeks)
* 2000 – Nepal (1 month)
* 1999 - U.S.A., Montana, Rocky Mountains (1 week)
* 1998 – Spain, Canary Islands, Tenerife (2 weeks)
* 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2006 - Turkey (2-3 weeks)
* 1994, 1996 - Israel (1-2 months)
* 1992 - Mexico (2 weeks)
* 1988 - Bulgaria (1 month)
Professional awards and Research Grants:
* 2008 – Short term visitor award $ 3000, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, U.S.A. (25 days).
* 2007-2009 - Long-term research grant No. 07-04-00482-р, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) (Research leader - Prof. G.S.Medvedev), investigator.
* 2005-2006 – Collaborative linkage Grant 981318 of NATO Science Programme “Bio-Indicators of desertification end erosion in Turkey” (Research leader – Dr. L. Gultekin), investigator.
* 2005 – Short-term research grant, ENEA, Rome, Italy (2 months).
* 2004-2006 - Long-term research grant No. 04-04-49109-a, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) (Research leader - Prof. G.S.Medvedev), investigator.
* 2001-2003 - Long-term research grant No. 01-04-49641, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) (Research leader - Prof. G.S.Medvedev), investigator.
* 2000-2001 – Agreement # 58-5436-G-F082 with USDA ARS: Discovery of potential biological control agents of leafy spurge in Russia (Research leader - Prof. V.F. Zaitsev.), investigator
* 1998-2000 - Long-term research grant No. 98-04-49763, the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) (Research leader - Prof. G.S.Medvedev), investigator.
* 1994-1995 - Long-term research grants program, International Science Foundation, - The Buprestidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) of the Former Soviet Union, Principal Investigator.
* 1993 - Grant, International Science Foundation, Short-term research grants program.
* 1992 - Stipend, International Science Foundation, Biodiversity.
Editorial activity
* Folia Heyrovskyana (Czech Republic) – Editorial Board member
* Journal of the Entomological Research Society (Turkey) – Editorial Board member
Last updated: May 4, 2009