Name, surname: Dmitry Telnov
Date of birth: 11.V.1975
Place of birth: Riga / Latvia
Citizenship: Republic of Latvia
Marital status: married
Children: son Edwin, daughter Alise
Contact address: Rigas rajons, Stopinu novads, Dzidrinas, Darza iela 10, LV-2130, Latvia / Lettland
Phone: (+371) 7910217
E-mail: telnov@parks.lv or telnovs@finieris.lv
Degree: Master of Biology (Entomology)
Education:
1982 - 1992: Secondary School NR. 92 in Riga (examine with Silver medail);
1992 - 1996: Latvian University, Faculty of Biology on Bachelor's degree;
1996 - 1998: Latvian University, Faculty of Biology on Master's degree.
Scientific specialization:
Anthicidae, Trictenotomidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) - Worldwide: Systematics, Phylogeny, Biogeography, Ecology, Evolution.
Professional international activities:
1990 - Certificate of Latvian Museum of Natural History (Department of Entomology);
1991 - participation in Symposium of Baltic scientific society of pupils. Report: "Fauna of cockroaches in BalticTs (Blattoptera)", 2-nd prize;
1992 - participation in Symposium of Baltic scientific society of pupils. Report: "Fauna, Biology and Ecology of Latvian Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)", 1st prize;
1992 - participation in Young EuropeanTs Environmental Researchers / YEER (Essen, Germany). Report: "Problems of Study and Protection of Coleoptera in Latvia" - Special prize.
since 1995 - Co-ordinator of the project - "Mapping of Endangered Species of Latvian Insects".
1995-1997 - Chief of the project "Check-List of Latvian Coleoptera" - published in 1997.
1996 - Bachelor of Biology. Degree work: "Fauna and Ecology of Epigeous Beetles (Coleoptera) of Raganu Peat-bog (National Park "Kemeri")".
1996 - participation in 39th German Meeting of Coleopterology (Beutelsbach).
1997 - participation in Balfour-Browne Club Meeting (Gotha, Germany). Report: Nature and Entomology in Latvia: Hydrocoleopterological Aspects.
1997 - participation in 40th German Meeting of Coleopterology (Beutelsbach). Report: "Nature and Coleopterology in Latvia".
1998 - Master of Biology / Entomology. Degree work: "Revision of the Subgenus Orthauchen Krek., 1925 (Coleoptera: Anthicidae: Formicomus LaF., 1848)".
1998 - participation in 41st German Meeting of Coleopterology (Beutelsbach). Report: "Revision of the Subgenus Orthauchen Krek. (Coleoptera: Anthicidae: Formicomus LaF.) - First Results".
1999 - preparation of list of Latvian taxonomists (included to the Taxonimists' Data Bank of the GfBS on the WEB).
1999 - preparation of Home pages of the Entomol. Society of Latvia and the Section of Coleopterology.
1999 - participation in 42nd German Meeting of Coleopterology (Beutelsbach).
1999 - preparation of the Nicaraguan Anthicidae Data Base on the WEB (in co-operation with the Entomological Institute of Nicaragua).
2000, 2006 - Co-ordinator of the project "Latvian Insect of a Year".
2000 - participation in 43rd German Meeting of Coleopterology (Beutelsbach).
Participation in professional bodies:
since:
1993 - Member of the Entomological Society of Latvia (ESL)
1995 - Chief of the Latvian Coleopterological Union (the Section of Coleopterology of ESL)
1996 - Member of the International Entomological Society (Frankfurt / M., Germany)
1996 - Member of the Royal Entomological Society of Belgium (Tervuren, Belgium)
1996 - Editor (member of the Editorial board) of the journal "Latvijas Entomologs"
1997 - Member of the Entomological Society of Thuringia (Erfurt, Germany)
1998 - Member of the German Society for Tropical Ecology (Bonn, Germany)
1998 - Member of the Society of Biological Systematics (Berlin, Germany)
1999 - Member of the Rain Forest Club (Natural History Museum of London, UK)