Curriculum Vitae (April 2013)
CHRISTOPHER KENNETH STARR
Professor of Entomology, University of the West Indies
Address
Department of Life Sciences
University of the West Indies
St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago
Fax (809)
645-1732
ckstarr@gmail.com
Birthdate and place
16
August 1949 in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Citizenship Canadian; permanent resident of Trinidad & Tobago
Education
Early schooling in Canada, USA and Germany
Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, BA (Biology) 1973
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, MA (Entomology) 1976
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, PhD (Entomology) 1981
Postdoctoral experience
University of the West Indies, 1991-present, Senior Lecturer in Entomology
National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 1990-1991, Visiting Specialist
University of Georgia, 1988-1990, Postdoctoral Associate in Horticulture
Smithsonian Institution, 1987-88, Postdoctoral Fellow in Entomology
De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines, 1983-87, Professorial Lecturer and Associate Professor of Biology
Visayas State College of Agriculture, Philippines, 1981-83, Associate Professor of Entomology
Membership in scholarly societies
American Arachnological Society
American Name Society
Association of Caribbean Historians
Cambridge Entomological Club
Entomological Society of Washington
International Society of Hymenopterists
International Union for the Study of Social Insects
Sigma Xi
Society for Caribbean Linguistics
Professional services
1978-1979, Editor, Polistine Information Bulletin
1979-2010, organizer or co-organizer of several symposia on the biology of social insects and the history of biology
1989, Special Committee on Translation, Entomological Society of America
1990-2011, organizing committee of several national and regional scientific meetings
1991-1992, English editor, Chinese Journal of Entomology
1991-1993, English editor, Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Sciences
1992-present, Archivist, International Union for the Study of Social Insects
2001-present, International Secretary, Bolivarian Section of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects
Language
Native language English. Reading knowledge of most major modern Germanic and Romance languages, good speaking knowledge of some. Basic reading knowledge of Russian. Speaking knowledge of some east-asian languages adequate for field work (when warmed up).
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