Lubomir Masner, Ph.D.

Honorary Research Associate

Contact details
Telephone: 613-759-1827
Fax: 613-759-1927
E-mail: lmasner@gmail.com

Systematics and biogeography of parasitic wasps of the Proctotrupoidea s.l. (Hymenoptera) worldwide
Biodiversity of parasitic Hymenoptera and frequency of species in specialized ecosystems with focus on the New World
Environmental protection and conservation, esp. species disappearance, species replacement, global climate change

B.Sc. Zoology 1952 - Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia
M.Sc. Entomology 1957 - Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia
Ph.D. Entomology 1962 - Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechoslovakia

1996-present. Honorary Research Associate, Systematic Entomology Section, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON. (systematics of proctotrupoid wasps)
1969-1996. Research Scientist, Crop Protection Program, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, ON. (systematics of proctotrupoid wasps)
1968-1969. NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC. (systematics of proctotrupoid wasps)
1964-1965. NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Biocontrol Laboratory, Agriculture Canada, Belleville, ON. (platygastrid parasitoids of cone pests)
1957-1964. Institute of Entomology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, CZ. (biocontrol of forestry pests, systematics of proctotrupoid wasps)

1996. Japan Society for Promotion of Science. 2 month Visiting Fellowship
1996. Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
1996. INBio Travel Grant (Guanacaste, Costa Rica Conservation Area)
1995-present. Research Associate, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, FL
1993-present. Research Associate, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
1990-present. External Collaborator, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad, Santo Domingo, Costa Rica
1986-present. Board of Directors, American Entomological Institute, Gainesville, FL
1986-present. Grants Committee, CanaColl, Ottawa, ON
1985-present. Panel of Judges, National Science Foundation
1983. Postdoctoral Fellowship, DSIR, New Zealand
1983. Postdoctoral Fellowship, CSIRO, Australia (3 months)
1982. Founding member, President for first two terms, International Society of Hymenopterists
1969. Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1964. Grant, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
1964. Grant, USNM, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (4 months)
1961. British Museum of Natural History, London, UK
1957. Collaborator, Organisation Internationale de Lutte Biologique (OILB) Centre d'Identification

Nearly 100 scientific papers published or ‘in press'. To see a list of these along with pdf files of some, click here.

This page last updated on 20-Jun-2006
Webmaster:
Dr. J.H. Skevington