CURRICULUM VITA OF PAUL E. MAREK

PRESENT ADDRESS:

55A McCoppin Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

Email: pmarek@calacademy.org

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 23 June 1977, Solon, Ohio

FAMILY STATUS: Single with 2 roommates

ACADEMIC DEGREES:

Diploma, Walsh Jesuit High School, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; 1996
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Loyola University of Chicago, Illinois; 2000.
Masters in Systematic Biology and Ecology, San Francisco State University, California; 2000-present.

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

Curator of San Francisco State University Entomology Museum; September 2001-present

Teaching assistant at San Francisco State University (Insect Taxonomy, BIO 461); January 2002-present.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND ORIGINAL WORKS:

Survey of the Asian Long-horned beetle invasion in Chicago.  Department of Biology, Loyola University of Chicago.  February 1998.

A literature review of the familial classification of Curculionoidea.  Department of Biology, Loyola University of Chicago.  August 1998-January 1999.

A cladistic analysis of the weevil genus group Attelabina. Department of Biology, Loyola University of Chicago.  January 1999-May 1999.

A cladistic analysis of North American Diplous (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences.  May 1999-August 1999.

Heterotrophic utilization in a stream environment: The effects of elevated CO₂ on leaf phytochemistry and the detritivory of Tipula abdominalis (Diptera: Tipulidae).  Department of Biology, Loyola University of Chicago.  September 1999-May 2000.

Curation and identification of Florida Carabidae from the University of Central Florida. February 2000- August 2000

Assistance in the curation of the Staphylinids of Australia. Department of Zoology-Division of Insects, Field Museum of Natural History.  February 2000- August 2001

A species list of the family Rhinocricidae (Diplopoda: Spirobolida). Department of Zoology-Division of Insects, Field Museum of Natural History.  May 2000- August 2000

Species List and Bibliography of the ground beetles of China. Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences. September 2000-present

Systematic Revision of the ground beetle genus Diplous (Coleoptera: Carabidae). California Academy of Sciences. May 1999-present.

SURVEYS  AND COLLECTING TRIPS:

Survey of the Asian Long-horned beetle invasion in Chicago. Department of Biology, Loyola University of Chicago.  August 1998-January 1999.

Field Museum of Natural History collecting trip to Carbondale, IL (groups collected: Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Diplopoda).  16 June-19 June 2000.

California Academy of Sciences collecting trip- Southern California (groups collected: Coleoptera- Diplous, Arachnida- Callileptineta).  22 January-24 January 2001.

California Academy of Sciences collecting trip- Samwel Cave (groups collected: Coleoptera- Carabidae, Arachnida- Leptonetidae).  9 April- 14 April 2001.

SKILLS, ABILITIES, LAB TECHNIQUES AND SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE:

Microsoft: Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Corel WordPerfect, Dreamweaver, EndNote, Papyrus 7, PAUP*, Maclade, Sequencher, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator.

coleopteran wing dissection and slide-spreading technique, diplopod gonopod excision, carabid genitalia preparation, museum curation, insect collecting (aquatic and terrestrial).

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Undergraduate Research Symposium: Second Place Award. May 1999.

Dean’s List. 1996-2000.

SCHOLARSHIPS, INTERNSHIPS AND GRANTS:

National Science Foundation REU Internship. Summer Systematics Institute- California Academy of Sciences. June 1999. $3500

Loyola University Mulcahy Scholarship. A study on the effects of elevated CO₂ on insect detritivory. September 1999-May 2000. $2000

National Science Foundation PEET Internship.  The Field Museum of Natural History,  Department of Zoology-Division of Insects, PEET Millipede Lab.  The Systematics of Diplopoda. May 2000-August 2000. $2000

Graduate Assistantship. California Academy of Sciences. 2000-present. $10,596

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Coleopterist Society
Entomological Society of America
Pacific Coast Entomological Society