Link to Dave Carmean's Home Page

Link to the best home page

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Systems Consultant, Simon Fraser University, 1996- 1997, April 1998-Present.
Departmental advisor for biocomputing. Maintained and helped department with Macintosh, Unix, and Windows computers as well as Novell LAN for the Biology Department.

Visiting Scientist, Umeå University, Sweden. 1997-1998.

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Simon Fraser University, 1994-1995.
Sequencing DNA and phylogenetic analysis
Training personnel in PCR and sequencing techniques
Manager of Molecular Laboratory for Dr. Bernard J. Crespi

Research Assistant, University of California, Davis, 1989-1993.
Sequencing DNA of Holometabola for phylogenetic analysis (UC Berkeley)
Systematic study of the Trigonalidae (Hymenoptera)
Responsible for computer accessibility and databases of Bohart Museum

Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis. Insect taxonomy/field ecology (1992), Biogeography (1991, 1992), Parasitology (1989).

Research Assistant, Oregon State University, 1985-1988.
Studied yellowjackets and their associates. Created and organized computer databases of Trigonalidae and Symphyta literature, and Lepidoptera host plants.

Research Assistant, Washington State University Cooperative Extension, Seattle.
Part time, Oct. 1984-May 1985. Root weevils, with Sharon Collman.

Entomologist, Basseterre, St. Kitts (West Indies) Integrated Pest Control Unit, 1982-1984. Biological Control, with Everton Dolphin, Trevour Blanchette, and Conrad Kelly.

Science and Agriculture Teacher, Bumbuna, Sierra Leone, West Africa, 1980-1982.
(Peace Corps Volunteer, 1980-1984.)

Research Assistant, Washington State University, Pullman, 1978-1980. Laboratory and field research of yellowjacket behavior and life history.

EDUCATION
1993. Ph. D. Entomology, University of California, Davis.
A generic revision of the trigonalyid wasps (Hymenoptera) and a molecular
study of 18S rDNA and the holometabolous insects.

1989. M.S. Entomology, Oregon State University. Corvallis, Oregon.
Biology of the yellowjacket parasitoid Bareogonalos canadensis (Harrington)
(Hymenoptera: Trigonalidae).

1980. B.S. Entomology and B.S. Biology. Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.

1975. Argenta Friends School, Argenta, British Columbia.
(All 8 of our graduating class were in the top 10!)

SPECIAL TRAINING
18S rDNA workshop. UmeŚ University, Sweden (1997).
Molecular Evolution Workshop, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts (1992).
Parasitic Hymenoptera Training Session, Maryland Center for Systematic Entomology, College Park, Maryland (1988).

HONORS AND AWARDS
U.C. Davis Jastro-Shields Research Grant (1992)
U.C. Davis Nature Reserve System Student Research Grant (1989, 1992)
Pacific Branch Entomological Society of America Student Poster Award (1987)
Outstanding Entomology Senior of the Year (1980)
Crowson Scholarship, Telford Scholarship (1979-80)

PRESENTATIONS
PAUP*: computer program for phylogenetic analyses. 18S rDNA workshop, UmeŚ University, Sweden (May, 1997).

Phylogeny versus Homoplasy in the Trigonalidae. International Society of Hymenopterists. Davis, California. 1995.

How to get into a yellowjacket nest. British Columbia Parasitologists' Meeting. Burnaby, British Columbia. 1994.

18S rDNA and phylogeny of Holometabola: why Diptera are not (representative) insects. Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting. Athens, Georgia. 1994.

Yellowjackets. University of California/ Pest Control Operator's of California Education Conference. Walnut Creek, California. 1990.

Wasps, Yellowjackets, Hornets, and Bees. Oregon State University Extension Service, Medford, Oregon. February, 1988.

The yellowjacket parasitoid Bareogonalos canadensis in Oregon. Entomological Society of America Western Regional Meeting, Portland. 1987.

PUBLICATIONS
Berbee, ML, Carmean, D., and K. Winka 2000 Ribosomal DNA and Resolution of Branching Order among the Ascomycota: How Many Nucleotides Are Enough? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 17: 337-344
Carmean, D. and L. Kimsey. 1998. Phylogenetic revision of the parasitoid wasp family Trigonalidae (Hymenoptera). Systematic Entomology 23: 35-76.
Crespi, B., D. Carmean and T. W. Chapman. 1997. Ecology and evolution of galling thrips and their allies. Annual Review of Entomology 42:51-71.
Crespi, B., D. Carmean, L. Vawter, and C. Von Dohlen. 1996. Molecular phylogenetics of Thysanoptera. Systematic Entomology 21:79-87.
Berbee, M. L. and D. Carmean. 1995. Review of computer program "MacClade," Mycotaxon 61: 494-495.
Carmean, D., and B. Crespi. 1995. Do long branches attract flies? Nature 373: 666. (Scientific Correspondence).
Carmean, D. 1995. Trigonalyidae. In "Hymenoptera of Costa Rica," P. Hanson and I. Gauld, eds. 187-192.
Carmean, D., L. S. Kimsey, and M. L. Berbee. 1993. 18S rDNA sequences and the holometabolous insects. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 1: 270-278.
Carmean, D. 1991. Biology of the Trigonalyidae, with notes on the vespine parasitoid Bareogonalos canadensis. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 18: 209-214.
Carmean, D. 1989. Sex and deposition of the holotype of Bareogonalos canadensis (Harrington) (Hymenoptera: Trigonalyidae). Proceedings Entomological Society of Washington. 91: 287-288.
Carmean, D., J. C. Miller, and B. Scaccia. 1989. Overwintering of Phryganidea californica in the Oregon Cascades and notes on its parasitoids (Lepidoptera: Dioptidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 65: 74-76.

Dave Carmean David Carmean Quaker David A. Carmean David Alan Carmean Tacoma Washington Corvallis Seattle (hey, these are for my old friends to find me!)