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Tharina Bird
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Alexander V. Gromov
Laboratory of
Entomology Education: Secondary School No 5 (Atbasar, Kazakhstan) [former USSR equivalent of undergraduate degree], 1989; M.Sc., Biology, 1994, Kazakh State University (Almaty, Kazakhstan); Ph.D., Entomology, 1995–, Institute of Zoology (Almaty, Kazakhstan). Appointments: Senior Laboratory Assistant, Laboratory of Entomology, Institute of Zoology, Almaty, Kazakhstan (1993–1995); Junior Research Scientist, Laboratory of Entomology, Institute of Zoology, Almaty, Kazakhstan (1998–); DAAD Forschungsstipendium Scholarship (4 months), Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (2003–2004); NATO Project (1 month), Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (2004); Scholarship, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Germany (2005); Volunteer, GIS-specialist, Institute of Geological Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan (2006–). Research Interests: I have a long-term interest in and extensive knowledge of Solifugae worldwide. Since 1993, I published 11 papers dedicated to the taxonomy and zoogeography of solifuges. I traveled to and studied the solifuge collections of 6 major European and Russian museums and examined solifuge materials loaned from 23 other American, European and Asian museum collections. I have accumulated a large collection of solifuges, including 116 species and about 2000 specimens, obtained through fieldwork and exchanges with foreign colleagues. I have personally collected solifuges in several countries in the Palaearctic region, including Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and the United Arab Emirates. |
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