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.
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