Dr. Peter Kevan Supervisor, Applied Ecology and Anthecology Laboratory University of Guelph Ph.D. Entomology, University of Alberta B.Sc. Honours Zoology, McGill University pkevan@uoguelph.ca

Education

1965-1970

• University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. Ph.D. (with special merit, Entomology) Awarded Fall 1970.
• Thesis: High Arctic Insect-Flower Relations: The Inter-relationships of Arthropods and Flowers at Lake Hazen, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T., Canada.

1961-1965

• McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. B.Sc. (Hons. Zoology) Awarded 1965.

Employment History

July 1991 to date

• Professor, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1.

January 1988 to date

• Adjunct Professor, Department of Botany, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1.

January 1982

• Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1.

  September 1975 - 1983

  • Member of Graduate Faculty, EPO Biology Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80302, U.S.A.
  • Associate, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80302, U.S.A.

  September 1975 - January 1982

  • Assistant Professor, Biology Department, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO 80907, U.S.A.

  September 1972 - Sept. 1975

  • Administrative position and own research, Research Unit on Vector Pathology, Project Manager Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Nfld.: with biotic control program using nematodes against blackflies. (M. Laird, Director).

  April 1971 - Sept. 1972

  • Postdoctorate Fellow, Plant Research Institute, Central Experimental Farm, Canada Agriculture, Ottawa: with T. Mosquin and G. Mulligan on the reproduction and pollination of plants in the Ottawa Valley Region (See under AWARDS for details).

  June 1970 - March 197l

  • Contract Biologist, Canadian Wildlife Service (Western Region), Inuvik, N.W.T., and Edmonton, Alberta (A.H. MacPherson, Director). The effects of industrial man on the tundra.

  September 1969 - April 1970

  • Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, Edmonton: under Professor W.A. Fuller as National Co-ordinator for the Conservation Subcommittee of the International Biological Program (IBP-CT) in Canada.

  September 1965 - June 1970

  • Department of Entomology, University of Alberta, Edmonton: Graduate Student under the late Professor B. Hocking (See under Education).

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  Selected Awards

  2005

  • Gold Medalist of the Entomological Society of Canada

  2003

  • Alumni Honour Award, University of Alberta

  2001

  • Synergy Award (NSERC and Conference Board of Canada - prize for University/Industry collaboration)

  l987

  • Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society

  1976

  • Alumnus Outstanding Teaching Award. University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

  1971-1972

  • National Research Council of Canada Postdoctorate Fellowship tenable at Plant Research Institute, Canada Agriculture, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa.

  1968-1969

  • National Research Council of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship. University of Alberta Dissertation Fellowship.

  1967-1968

  • National Research Council of Canada Studentship.