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Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy

Faculty of Biological Sciences

University of Wroclaw

Przybyszewskiego 65

51-148 Wroclaw

Poland

Email: scirtes [at] o2.pl, rafal.ruta [at] uwr.edu.pl

EDUCATION

Wroclaw University, Poland:

PhD, 2010 (Phylogenetic classification of Scirtidae (Insecta: Coleoptera))

MSc, 2005 (Faunistic revision of Polish Scirtidae (Insecta: Coleoptera))

Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland:

BSc, 2003

EMPLOYMENT

2009-present Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Wroclaw University

TEACHING

Invertebrate zoology

Evolutionary biology

Field excursions (invertebrate systematics and ecology)

Phylogenetics

Principles of phylogenetic systematics

RESEARCH GRANTS

Polish Ministry of Science grant N 303 337435 (Phylogenetic classification of Scirtidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) (2008-2010)

Synthesys grant FR-TAF-890 - Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (2005)

Synthesys grant BE-TAF-1969 - Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren (2006)

Synthesys grant AT-TAF-2276 - Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (2006)

Synthesys grant BE-TAF-1416 - Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels (2011)

Synthesys grant DK-TAF-1414 - Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen (2011)

Synthesys grant SE-TAF-2074 - Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Stockholm (2012)

Synthesys grant SE-TAF-2879 - Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Stockholm (2013)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Polish Entomological Society, member 2000-present (member of the board since 2007)

Polish Taxonomical Society, member 2005-present (member of the board since 2011)

The Coleopterists Society, member 2010-present

Naturalist's Club (Swiebodzin), member 2002-present

Physiographic Society (Warszawa), member 2001-present

Entomological Society of America, member 2012-2014

International Mire Conservation Group (IMCG), member 2014-present

Journal articles reviewed for: Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Prague, Aquatic Insects, Belgian Journal of Zoology, Wiadomości Entomologiczne, Koleopterologische Rundschau, PLOS ONE, Przegląd Przyrodniczy, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Zootaxa, etc.

INTERNATIONAL FIELD EXPERIENCE

Ecuador, Napo prov. (2009, 4 weeks)

Japan, Shikoku (2014, 1 week)

Kazakhstan (2006, 4 weeks; 2007, 3 weeks)

Kyrgyzstan (2006, 2 weeks)

New Caledonia (2010, 7 weeks)

New Zealand (2016, 3 weeks)

South Africa (2012, 4 weeks; 2013, 6 weeks)

Ukraine, Crimea (2003, 2 weeks; 2005, 2 weeks; 2008, 2 weeks)

COLLECTIONS VISITED

Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra, Australia (2016)

Ditsong Museum of Natural History, Pretoria, RSA (2012, 2013)

Ehime University Museum, Matsuyama, Japan (2014)

Entomological Department, National Museum, Praha-Kunratice (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)

Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town, RSA (2013)

Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Genève (2008)

Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (2012, 2018)

Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris (2005, 2008, 2011, 2015)

Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (2008)

Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (2006)

Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm (2012, 2013)

Naturkundemuseum Erfurt, Germany (2012)

New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Auckland, New Zealand (2016)

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (2011)

Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren (2006, 2011, 2015)

Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg, Germany (2018)

South Australian Museum, Adelaide, Australia (2016)

The Natural History Museum, London (2006)

Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen (2011)

LANGUAGES

English, French (basic)