J.F. Lawrence: Curriculum Vitae

• A.B. Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, USA. June 1957.
• PhD. Entomology, University of California, Berkeley, USA. January, 1965.

• Assistant Curator of Insects, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, 1964-1971.
• Coordinator of Entomological Collections, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, 1973-1977.
• Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Entomology, 1977-1985.
• Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Entomology, 1985-1994.
• Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Entomology, 1994-1999.
• Section Head, Taxonomy and General Biology Section, CSIRO Division of Entomology, 1983 (4 months), 1986-1990.
• Curator of Coleoptera, Australian National Insect Collection, 1977-1999.
• Honorary Fellow, CSIRO Entomology, 1999-present.

1. Evolution and Classification of the Coleoptera. Phylogeny of the major beetle groups, based on larval and adult morphology.
2. Biosystematics of various beetle families, including Ommatidae, Carabidae, Lucanidae, Decliniidae, Ptilodactylidae, Rhinorhipidae, Artematopodidae, Anischiidae, Elateridae, Derodontidae, Nitidulidae, Boganiidae, Phloeostichidae, Cryptophagidae, Lamingtoniidae, Languriidae, Bothrideridae, Cerylonidae, Mycetophagidae, Archeocrypticidae, Pterogeniidae, Ciidae, Zopheridae, Perimylopidae, Tenebrionidae, Boridae, Pythidae, and Salpingidae.
3. Identification of Coleoptera. Construction of an illustrated, interactive computer database for the identification of larval and adult beetles to the family and subfamily level on a world basis.
4. Ecology of fungus-feeding arthropods, particularly Coleoptera. The nature of fungal hyphae and fruiting bodies as habitats and food sources of arthropods. Host preference in fungus- feeding arthropods.
5. Use of beetles as measures of biodiversity and indicators of the effects of human activities on natural habitats.

• National Science Foundation Grant GB-4743, 1966.
• American Philosophical Society Grant No. 5121, 1969.
• National Science Foundation Grant BMS-7502606, 1975.
• Contracts for the preparation of Australian Faunal Directory (Zoological Catalogue of Australia), 1981-1982.
• Australian Biological Resources Study Participatory Grant: "Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Coleoptera: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga." 1983.-1984.
• Australian Biological Resources Study Participatory Grant: "Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea." 1984-1986.
• Australian Biological Resources Study Participatory Grant: "Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Myrmecia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae)." 1989-1990.
• Australian National Parks and Wilflife Service Consultancy: "Entomological Survey of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean." 1989.
• Australian Research Council Grant A19232719: "The use of 12S rDNA sequences for testing selected phylogenetic hypotheses involving Coleoptera and the development of methods of analysis of DNA sequence data." Co-investigator with Prof. B. J. Richardson, University of Western Sydney. 1993-1995.
• Grain Research and Development Corporation Grant: "Overview of the Australian hide, larder and warehouse beetles (Dermestidae)." 1994-1996.

• LeConte Symposium: "Classification and Phylogeny of Coleoptera - Detroit, Michigan, Nov. 1983. Invited speaker.
• Coleoptera Workshop - Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 1983. Invited participant.
• Royal Entomological Society of London and British Mycological Society Joint Symposium: "Insect-
• Fungus Interactions" - London, Sept. 1987. Invited speaker.
• Coleoptera Larvae Workshop - Honolulu, June 1991. Instructor.
• Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre Workshop on Aquatic Coleoptera - Allbury, Feb. 1992. Instructor.
• Adult Beetle Identification Workshop - Ottawa, Canada, May 1995.

• Australian Entomological Society,
• Coleopterists Society,
• Entomological Society of Queensland,
• Pacific Coast Entomological Society,
• Willi Hennig Society.

• Thayer, M. K. and J. F. Lawrence. Chapter 122. Ciidae. In R. H. Arnett, Jr. and M. K. Thomas (eds.), American Beetles.
  
• Lawrence, J. F. and R. A. B. Leschen. Review and phylogenetic placement of Lamingtoniidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea). In: Festschrift for I. Loebl.
  

• Anischiidae: phylogenetic relationships, new species and a larva (with J. Muona).
• Monograph of the Australian Zopheridae (including Colydiidae and Monommatidae) (with S. A. Slipinski).
• Keys to the genera of Australian Tenebrionidae, with comments on classification, new Australian records and larval descriptions (with E. G. Matthews).
• A new genus of Scirtidae from Chile.
• A new genus of Notogean Mycetophagidae (with R. Leschen).
• The systematic position of the genus Cleidostethus (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) (with R. Booth).
• Review of the genus Cerophytum with a key to species and notes on relationships (with C. Costa).

Last updated: June 1, 2000