Brian D. Farrell CV - Farrell Lab at Harvard University

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Brian D. Farrell

Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University
26 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
farrellb [at] oeb.harvard.edu
Phone: (617) 496-1057
Fax: (617) 495-5567

Curriculum Vitae

Education | Employment | Teaching | Honors, Awards, and Grants | Professional Service

University Service | Publications | Talks

Education
1991–1992	Sloan Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
1985, 1991	M.S., Ph.D., University of Maryland
1981	B.A., University of Vermont

Employment
2002–2003	Visiting Professor, Jardin Botanico Nactional, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2001– present	Professor of Biology, Department of Organismal and Evolutionary Biology; Curator of Entomology, Museum of Comparative Biology, Harvard University
1998–2001	John L. Loeb Associate Professor in the Natural Sciences, Department of Organismal and Evolutionary Biology; Associate Curator in Entomology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
1995–1998	Assistant Professor, Department of Organismal and Evolutionary Biology; Assistant Curator in Entomology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
1993–1995	Assistant Professor, Department of Enivornmental, Population and Organismal Biology, University of Colorado
1991–1992	Sloan Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University
1987–1991	Curatorial Fellow, Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution
1982–1987	Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland

Current Teaching
OEB 156	Tropical Insect Systematics, Harvard University
OEB 214	Macroevolution of Interactions
OEB 10	Foundations of Biological Diversity
BIO S158	Biodiversity of Hispaniola

Honors, Awards, and Grants
2005–2009	NSF EF 0531768 ($1,679,185.00). "Collaborative Research: Assembling the beetle tree of life" (Harvard University portion)
2005	Awarded keys to the city of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, for service to the country.
2004	Stone Foundation. Support for Boston Harbor Islands All Taxa Biotic Inventory (ATBI) ($100,000)
2003–2006	NSF DBI 0237505. Adding high resolution digital images to the online database of insect primary types in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. ($430,000)
2002–2005	NSF DEB 0206520. Biotic Surveys and Inventories. Documenting Vanishing Endemism: Insects and Plants of Montane Habitats in Hispaniola. ($450,000)
2002–2005	NSF DEB 0072702. Participant in Arthropod Biodiversity from Rainforest to Cloud Forest, Project ALAS, Phase IV. (PI: G. Hartshorn plus 14 other participants)
2002–2004	NSF DDIG 0308815. Phylogeny of specialization in Neodiprion sawflies. To support dissertation research of Catherine Linnen. ($10,500)
2002–2003	David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. For sabbatical support in the Dominican Republic and camera/computer equipment to establish a permanent bioinformatics center onsite. ($20,000)
2002	David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. Travel grant to bring entomology class to Dominican Republic. ($5,000)
2002	Putnam Fund for MCZ Expeditions. For fieldwork in Dominican Republic. ($6,000)
2000–2002	NSF DDIG 0073291. The Evolution and Biogeography of Moneilema Beetle (Cerambycidae)/Cactus Interactions. To support dissertation research of Christopher Smith. ($9,491)
2000–2002	NSF DDIG 0073330. The Phylogenetics and Molecular Genetics of Resouce Specialization in the Seed Beetle Genus Stator (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). To support dissertation research of Geoffrey Morse. ($9,866)
1999	Putnam Fund for MCZ Expeditions. For fieldwork in Papua New Guinea and Australia. ($12,000)
1998	Putnam Fund for MCZ Expeditions. For fieldwork in North America. ($6,000)
1997	Putnam Fund for MCZ Expeditions. For fieldwork in Argentina. ($9,000)
1996	Putnam Fund for MCZ Expeditions. For fieldwork in the Caribbean. ($8,000)
1997–2000	USDA. Molecular Systematics of Bark Beetle Pests: Scolytidae and Platypodidae. ($180,000)
1996–1998	NSF DDIG 9623763. Evolution of Resource Specialization in the Bark Bettle Genus Dendroctonus. To support dissertation research of Scott Kelley. ($10,000)
1995–1996	Harvard University Faculty Aide Program. For support of undergraduate research assistants. ($1,800)
1994–1996	USDA. Molecular Systematics of Psoroptes Mites and Evolution of Virulence. To support Dr. Robert Ramey of Cornell University. ($80,000)
1994–1995	Swiss National Fellowship. Molecular Study of Hybrid Zone Between Specialist Milkweed Herbivores. To Support Dr. Suzanne Dobler of U. Basel. ($80,000)
1994–1996	NSF Research Assistantships for Minority High School Students (RAMHSS). Supplement to NSF Award DEB 9306667. ($2,500)
1994–1996	NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). Supplement to NSF Award DEB 9306667. ($5,000)
1993–1996	NSF DEB 9306667. Molecular Systematics of the Chrysomelidae. ($190,000)
1993–1994	University of Colorado Council for Research and Creative Work (CRCW). Molecular Systematic of the Chrysomelidae. ($5,000)
1991	University of Maryland Annual Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Research. (University-wide award presented by Sigma Xi). ($1,000)
1991–1992	Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Molecular Biology. Molecular Phylogenetic Study of Insect/Plant Coevolution: Are the Interactions as old as antagonists? ($70,000)
1990	Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES) Grant. Phylogeny of the Tetraopini: Origins of Milkweed Feeding and Rates of Molecular Evolution. (Co-Principal Investigator with C. Mitter). ($25,000)
1989	Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES) Grant. Coevolution of Tetraopes Beetles and their Milkweed Hostplants: A Phylogenetic Approach. ($25,000)
1989–1990	Smithsonian Institution Biological Inventory in Latin America Program (BIOLAT). Determinants of Diversity and Abundance of Canopy Insects on Trees With/Without Latex/Resin Secretory Canals. ($3,000 / year)
1987–1990	Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Studies Program Grant. Herbivorious Insects of Tropical Forest Canopies Community Structure and Specialization. ($60,000)
1986	American Museum of Natural History Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund. Evolutionary Origins of the Milkweed Herbivore Fauna: Tetraopes and Asclepias. ($800)

Official Funded Visitorships: Centre of Population Biology, Imperial College-Silwood Park, England; Institute for Applied Science, Lyons, France.

Professional Service/Activities
2004–2006	Trustee, LASPAU/Fulbright Foundation
2004–2006	Executive Committee Member, LASPAU/Fulbright Foundation
2004	Organizing Committee, V Congreso de Biodiversidad, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana
2004	Organizing Committee, IX Congreso Latinomericano de Botanica, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana
1995–1998	Associate Editor, Systematic Biology
1994–1995	Panel Member, NSF/Sloan Foundation Postdoctoral Program in Molecular Evolution
1994–1997	Panel Member, NSF Division of Environmental Biology, Systematic Biology Program
1997	Co-Organizer of Symposium: Higher level systematics of the Coleoptera. Entomological Society of America (ESA) National Meetings, Nashville, TN
1994	Co-Organizer of Symposium: Molecular systematics in the service of Enomology. ESA National Meetings, Dallas, TX .
1993	Organizer of Symposium: Phylogenetics of interspecific interactions. Jointly sponsered by Society of Systematic Biology (SSB) and Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE). Annual meeting of SSB and SSE, Snowbird, UT
1990	Co-Organizer of Congressional Symposium: Diversification rates: Patterns, rates, causes, and consequences. International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology (ICSEB). College Park, MD
1990	Co-Organizer of Workshop: Evolucion y ecologia de insectos y plantas en Amazonas. Universidad de Iquitos, Iquitos, Peru
1990	Organizer of Program Symposium: Phylogenetics of insect/palnt interactions. Entomological Society of America Annual Meetings, San Antonio, TX
1989	Co-Organizer of Symposium: Cladistic approaches to evolutionary innovation. Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meetings, Pennsylvania State University
1985	Organizer of Systematics Symposium: Phylogeny and the evolution of life-history traits. Entomological Society of America Annual Meetings: Eastern Branch, Williamsburg, VA

Regular reviewer of manuscripts for: Science, Evolution, The American Naturalist, Ecology, Systematic Biology, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Molecular Biology and Evolution; and an occasional reviewer for six other journals.

Presentations and Invited Talks
2006	ESA National Meeting Symposium, Indianapolis. NSF: Tree of life meeting Biodiversity Symposium, CosmoCaixe Science Museum. Barcelona, Spain
2005	Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) Conference, Monterey, CA Keynote Address, V Congreso de Biodiversidad del Caribe, Santo Domingo, DR
2004	Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan Department of Biology, Tufts University
2003	Depto de Biologia, Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra Depto de Biologia, Universidad Iberoamericano Symposium on Insect-Plant Interactions, Entomological Society of America
2002	Dept. of Biology, Williams College; All-Species Group Worskshop on e-Type Initative, Smithsonian Institution
2001	II Jornadas de Investigacion del Instituto de Zoologia Tropical, Universidad de Caracas, Venezuela Section of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University Dept. of entomology, Pennsylvania State University Institute of Applied Sciences- Lyons, France
2000	Imperial College-Silwood Park Dept. of Biology, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland Two Entomological Society of America Symposia
1999	International Botanical Congress, St. Louis, MO Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; University of Utah University of Arizona Missouri Botanical Gardens Systematics Symposium Entomological Society of America Symposium
1998	National Congress of Entomology, Buenos Aires, Argentina Gordon Conference on Insect/Plant Interactions, Ventura, CA 10th International Symposium on Insect/Plant Interactions, Oxford University Dept. of Entomology, University of Wisconsin Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park Institute of Zoology, University of Freiburg Dept of Ecology and Evolution, SUNY- Stony Brook
1997	Dept. of Entomology, University of Massachusetts Dept. of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University Dept. of Entomology, Michigan State University American Museum of Natural History Seminar Series Department of Entomology, UC- Berkeley Dept. of Biological Sciences, Brown University ESA National Meetings Symposium
1996	Dept. of Biology, University of Vermont Cambridge Entomological Club Department of Biology, University of New Hampshire Dept. of Biology, University of Connecticut Dept. of Entomology, University of Arizona Dept. of Entomology, North Carolina State University International Congress of Entomology Symposium: Coevolution, Florence, Italy Reunion Internacional de Ecologia Quimica, Oaxtepec, Mexico
1995	Centro de Ecologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) Organismal and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University New England Botanical Club
1994	Divisional Seminar, Washington University, St. Louis International Congress of Ecology (INTECOL) Symposium: Rainforest Canopy Faunal Diversity, Manchester, England First International Bark-Beetle Symposium, U. Calgary, Alberta Dept. of Zoology, University of Nevada, Reno ESA National Meetings Symposium: Molecular Insect Systematics (Dallas)
1993	SSE/SSB Annual Meetings Symposium: Phylogenetics of Interspecific Interactions, Snowbird, UT Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia Dept. of Biological Science, Simon Fraser University Dept. of Entomology, Colorado State University U. Colorado Mountain Research Station
1992	Kansas Entomological Society Annual Symposium, University of Kansas ESA National Meetings Symposium: Molecular Insect Systematics, Baltimore American Society of Zoologists Educational Symposium: Science as a Way of Knowing- Biodiversity (SAAWOK:Vancouver) Estacion Biologico de Chamela, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
1991	Dept. of Zoology, University of Texas, Austin Dept. of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson Dept. of Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado Dept. of Entomology, University of Maryland; Society of Systematic Zoologists (SSZ, now SSB) Annual Meetings Symposium: Phylogenetic Approaches to Evolutionary Biology (Honolulu)
1990	Botany Dept., University of Maryland Universidad de Iquitos, Iquitos, Peru; Organization of Tropical Biologists Annual Meetings Symposium: Phylogenetics of Plant-Animal Interactions (AIBS) International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology (ICSEB) Symposium: Diversification Rates (College Park, MD) Section of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University Dept. of Botany, Iowa State University ESA National Meetings Symposium: Phylogenetics of Insect/Plant Interactions (New Orleans)

Plus contributed papers at the National Meetings of the ESA (1990–1991, 1996, 2000–2004) and SSE/SSB (1992, 1996–2004)

Current and Graduated Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
Current Ph.D. Students: Major advisor for: Chris Elzinga, Bruce Archibald, Catherine Linnen, Amanda Evans
Completed Ph. D Students: Dr. Scott Kelley (Assistant Professor, San Diego State U.), Dr. Bjarte Jordal (Post Doctoral Fellow, Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Dr. Geoff Morse (Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Dr. Christopher Smith (Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Idaho), Dr. Duane McKenna (Post Doctoral Fellow, MCZ—Harvard University)
Current Ph.D. Committees: Michael Canfield, Stephanie Huff, Heather Joan Lynch, Ada Kalisewska, Nikolai Kandul, Corrie Saux-Moreau, Tiago Quental, Santiago Ramirez
Undergraduate Theses: Jeffrey Chung. 2000. The evolution of intron numbers in a new gene, enolase, for insect molecular systematics and the phylogeny of bark beetles. Brian O’ Meara. 2001. The phylogenesis of bacterial mutualism in the weevil family Dryophthoridae. Hoopes Prize Winner. Kate Sharaf. 2002. The impact of herbivory on pollination success in Ipomopsisaggregata. Hoopes Prize Winner. Emma Smith. 2005. Evolution of leaf mining in the beetle family Buprestidae. Amanda Thornton. 2005. Evolution of Wolbachia bacterial symbionts in Dryophthoridae weevils.
Postdoctoral Fellows (and current positions): Dr. Susanne Dobler (Professor, Department of Biology, Professor, Universität Hamburg, Germany), Dr. Judith Becerra (Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Arizona), Dr. Rob Roy Ramey (Chairman, Department of Zoology, Denver Natural History Museum), Dr. Benjamin Normark (Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Dr. Adriana Marvaldi (Inst. Arg. Invest. Zonas Aridas, Argentina), Dr. Tommi Nyman (Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Oulu, Finland), Dr. Andrea Sequeira (Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Wellesley College), Dr. Duane McKenna (MCZ- Harvard University), Dr. Jessica Rykken (MCZ-Harvard University)

University Service
Present committees: Chair, Hrdy Fellowship Committee; Board of Directors, LASPAU/Fulbright; Member, Policy Committee David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS); Member, DRCLAS Planning Committee; Member, Committee on Ibero-Hispanic Studies; Member, Harvard Center for the Environment ; De Facto Director, Entomology Department, Museum of Comparative Zoology.
Present teaching: Foundations of Biological Diversity (OEB 10), Tropical Insect Systematics (OEB 156), Macroevolution of Interactions (OEB 214), Biodiversity of Hispaniola (BIO S158)
Past Teaching: University of Maryland: Insect Systematics, Insect Morphology, General Entomology, Pest Biology; University of Colorado: Invertebrate Zoology, Field Course in Marine Invertebrates, Introductory Biology, Quantitative Methods in Comparative Biology.
Director of MCZ Entomology staff activities in curation and development of digital images and text for MCZ websites
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