Christopher K Starr
Curriculum Vitae
(Updated January 2009)
Birthdate and place 16 August 1949, 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
Language
Native language English.
Reading knowledge of most major modern Germanic and Romance languages, good speaking knowledge of some.
Basic reading knowledge of Russian.