DR MIRCEA-DAN MITROIU
Contact:
'Alexandru Ioan Cuza' University of Iasi
Faculty of Biology
Invertebrate Diversity & Phylogenetics Research Group
Bd. Carol I 20A
700505 Iasi, Romania
E-mail: mircea.mitroiu@uaic.ro
http://www.bio.uaic.ro/cercetare/grupuri/nevertebrate/
Research interests:
Taxonomy of parasitic wasps, especially Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae.
Teaching:
Invertebrate systematics; Biology of animal pests; Environmental problems management; Ecosystems and risk factors; Evolutionary biology.
Education:
2016, Habilitation;
2002-2006, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Iasi, Ph.D. (cum laudae);
2002-2004, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Iasi, M.Sc.;
Oct.2000-Mar.2001, Gent Universiteit (Erasmus mobility);
1998-2002, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Iasi, B.Sc..
Career/Employment:
Oct.2016-Mar.2017, Fulbright Senior Scholar, University of California Riverside, USA;
From 2014, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Iasi, Faculty of Biology, Reader (Associate Professor);
2008-2014, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Iasi, Faculty of Biology, Lecturer;
2010-2013, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Iasi, Faculty of Biology, Postdoctoral Researcher;
2003-2008, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Iasi, Faculty of Biology, Teaching Assistant;
2002-2003, Biological Research Institute Iasi, Biological Control Laboratory, Research Assistant.
Current projects:
The Afrotropical genera of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea);
Parasitoids of synanthropic flies: DNA barcoding and morphology.
Visiting scientist:
Luomus - Finnish Museum of Natural History, Helsinki, Finland (2023);
Institut Sophia Agrobiotech, France (2018);
Zoological Museum Copenhagen, Denmark (2018);
Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, Montpellier, France (2017, 2018);
IZICO Museums of South Africa (2017);
University of California Riverside, College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Dept of Entomology (2016-2017);
The Natural History Museum London, U.K. (2008, 2010, 2015, 2022);
Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden (Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Leiden), The Netherlands (2009, 2013);
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales Madrid, Spain (2012);
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" Genova, Italy (2011);
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris, France (2011, 2017);
Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Africa Tervuren ('Africa Museum'), Belgium (2010, 2017);
Národní Muzeum Praha, The Czech Republic (2010);
Iowa State University of Science and Technology, College of Agriculture, U.S.A. (2004);
Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique Bruxelles, Belgium (2001).
Training provider:
Distributed European School of Taxonomy (DEST), Expert-in-training programme: "Collecting methods and identification of parasitic wasps, with special emphasis on Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera)" (2014-2017, 2022);
European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT) summer school, Muraska Planina, Slovakia: "Taxonomy of the European chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)" (2009).
Affiliations:
International Society of Hymenopterists (ISH);
Fauna Europaea Database (www.faunaeur.org) – Group Coordinator for Hymenoptera Apocrita excl. Ichneumonoidea; Taxonomic Specialist for part of the superfamily Chalcidoidea.
COIMBRA GROUP Life Sciences Working Group Member.
Coordinated projects:
2022: Afrotropical Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): new genera in the collections of the Natural History Museum London (SYNTHESYS+ Grant GB-TAF-TA4-016, The Natural History Museum, London, U.K.);
2017-2019: Enhanced biological control through integrated taxonomy: the case of the invasive green vegetable bug Nezara viridula (Insecta: Hemiptera) and its parasitoids (Insecta: Hymenoptera) (ANCS, CNCS-UEFISCDI, PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2016-0233);
2013-2015: Parasitoids of synanthropic flies: advanced identification methods using an integrated approach (ANCS, CNCS-UEFISCDI, PN-II-RU-TE-2012-3-0057);
2013: Diversity of the Vietnamese Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): a preliminary assessment based on material from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden (SYNTHESYS Grant NL-TAF-2618);
2010: Contribution to a future key to the genera of Afrotropical Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) (SYNTHESYS Grant BE-TAF-464, Africa Museum Tervuren, Belgium);
2008: Taxonomic studies on the European species of Macroglenes Westwood (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae) (SYNTHESYS Grant GB-TAF-3999, The Natural History Museum, London, U.K.);
2003-2006: Biodiversity of the Romanian pteromalids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae) (CNCSIS BD Grant, Romanian Ministry of Education and Research);
2001-2002: The role of pteromalids (Hym: Pteromalidae) in the regulation of the insect populations from David’s Valley Natural Reserve Iasi (CNCSIS S Grant, Romanian Ministry of Education and Research).
Team member:
2016-2019: An integrative approach to understanding the evolution and systematics of Chalcidoidea: A recent megaradiation of Hymenoptera (National Science Foundation–NSF, USA, grant 1555053);
2014-2015: Monitoring the conservation status of the Romanian species and habitats based on the 17th article of the Habitats Directive (Monitorizarea stării de conservare a speciilor şi habitatelor din România în baza articolului 17 din Directiva Habitate) (POS Mediu);
2011-2012: Improvement of the conservation status of the Black Grouse Tetrao terix in the Calimani National Park (SMIS CSNR 126);
2005-2008: Expertise center for sustainable exploitation of the ecosystems. Case study: terrestrial and aquatic periurban ecosystems from Ciric river basin, north of Iasi city (CEEX program);
2004-2005: Fauna Europaea (funded by the European Commision in the frame of FP 5; international coordination: the University of Amsterdam assisted by the University of Copenhagen and the National Museum of Natural History in Paris);
2001-2005: Modular biostation for trichogramms production (AGRAL program);
2001-2005: Producing and using trichogramms as biopesticide – the main procedure in ecological apple and pear orchards (BIOTECH program);
2001-2004: Improvement of apple quality and derived products resulted from industrialization by conversion of some conventional orchards to ecological production (AGRAL program);
2000-2002: Marginal areas as sources of insect diversity and their relations to surrounding cultivated lands (ORIZONT program);
2000-2002: Diversity of the entomofauna in apple orchards as main source of equilibrium in the ecosystem and its evolution, considering the degree and type of phytosanitary protection (ORIZONT program).
Publications:
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