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Valerie Behan-Pelletier, Ph.D.
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Contact details
Telephone: 613-759-1799
Fax: 613-759-1927
E-mail: behanpv@agr.gc.ca
Overview
Val has conducted most of her research on the systematics, biogeography and ecology of brachypyline Oribatida. She has also published on mite biodiversity in soils in various habitats.
Projects
- Systematics, biogeography and ecology of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida)
- Global Litter Invertebrate Decomposition Experiment
- Collaborator, Soil and Sediment Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
- Visiting Instructor, Acarology Summer Program, Ohio State University
- Collaborator and Visiting Instructor, Project ALAS Arthropods of La Selva, Costa Rica
- Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Research Chair on Bridging Intellectual and Social Capital in Canadian Communities.
- 1986 - 2003: Member, Scientific Committee, Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods)
- Member, Entomological Society of Canada
- Member, Acarological Society of America
- Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1998-2002: Executive Secretary, International Congress of Acarology
- Member, Organising Committee, XIV International Colloquium of Soil Zoology, Rouen.
Resent Presentations
- More than 75 publications on systematics, ecology, morphology, diversity and faunistics of oribatid mites. To see a list of these along with pdf files of some, click here.
Education
- Ph.D. (Soil Zoology) l978 - McGill University, Montreal
- M.Sc. (Soil Zoology) l972 - McGill University, Montreal
- B.Sc. (Zoology) l969 - University College, Dublin, Ireland
Professional Experience
- l98l- Research Scientist, Research Branch, Agriculture and Agrifood Canada, Ottawa.
- 1988- Adjunct Professor, Department of Renewable Resource Science, McGill University, Montreal
- 1996- Visiting Instructor, Acarology Summer Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
- 1992- Collaborator and Visiting Instructor, Arthropods of La Selva (ALAS) project in Costa Rica
- l978-l98l: Professor, Biology Department, CEGEP John Abbott College, Québec.
- 1972-1974: Research Assistant, International Biological Program, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
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