St.Petersburg University, Department of Entomology: Vladilen E. Kipyatkov

Saint-Petersburg State University

Faculty of Biology

DEPARTMENT of ENTOMOLOGY

		Vladilen E. Kipyatkov E-mail: vladilen.kipyatkov&gmail.com), kipyatkov&bio.pu.ru) Tel: (812) 328-96-79 Fax: (812) 328-97-03 Head of the Department of Entomology Professor of Biology, Doctor of Biological Sciences *) Please replace the ampersand (&) with @ in the email address
Last updated: May 26, 2011

Graduated from Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) State University in 1971. PhD student at the department of Entomology in 1971-1974, Candidate of Biological Sciences (1975), Junior Researcher (1995), Assistant Professor (1978), Associate Professor (1989), Doctor of Biological Sciences (1997), Professor of Biology (1997), Head of the Department of Entomology (2006).

Areas of Interest Evolution Sociobiology Social insects Ants: behaviour, ecology, physiology, evolution Ecology: general, evolutionary, behavioural, physiological Life cycle theory Seasonal adaptations in insects				Short Biography Main Fields of Research Current Research Projects PhD Students Professional Services Main Publications Grants awarded Professional Services Memberships Meetings organized Invited Participant and Speaker Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Lecture Courses "General Ecology" - undergraduate course (for bachelor's degree students) "Evolution Theory" - undergraduate course (for bachelor's degree students) "Evolutionary Ecology" - undergraduate course (for bachelor's degree students) "Sociobiology of Insects" - postgraduate course (for master's degree students) Main Fields of Research Ants have been my beloved research object since my student-days until recently. I have succeeded in discovering and studying several entirely new phenomena in ants, namely, the photoperiodic responses, the endogenous (spontaneous) rhythms of seasonal development, the social control of development and diapause by means of behavioural and chemical signals. Later, along with my students and co-workers, we began the comparative study of ant seasonality. Over the past three decades we have studied colony seasonal life cycles in more than 80 species of ants at localities ranging from tropical to boreal latitudes, with greatest attention to Russia between 50 69 N. Field and laboratory studies have allowed us to map the diversity of seasonal life cycles and the underlying ecophysiological and social mechanisms of control. Our empirical results, provide the groundwork for a new understanding of the evolution of colony life cycles and diapause in ants. I believe that the time has come for a major synthesis of the relationship between seasonality and colony cycles, on the one hand, and the mature theory of individual life cycles, on the other hand. The next main field of my research is the evolutionary ecology and life cycle theory. Along with my students and co-workers, we study the reaction norms (phenotypic plasticity) for development in insects. The main topics are: influence of temperature, photoperiods and food on growth and development, inter- and intraspecific variation of thermal requirements for development, trade-offs, body size and temperature, proximate and ultimate causes of latitudinal patterns. We are trying to understand the evolution of the thermal reaction norms for development in insects, mainly in the context of seasonal and climatic adaptation. Current Research Projects Intraspecific variation of thermal and photoperiodic plasticity of insect growth and development: the study of heritability and adaptative significanceю (RFBR grant № 11-04-00350 for 2011-2013). Evolution of insects seasonal life cycles as a result of dispersal and climatic adaptation (2010-2014). Intraspecific geographical variation of seasonal life strategies and thermal adaptations in carabid beetles in connection with the latitudinal variation of climates (RFBR grant № 08-04-00090 for 2008-2010). Jointly with Boris Filippov, Pomor State University, Archangel. PhD Students (after 2000) Dmitry Kucherov - "Intraspecific variation and ecological control of the thermal reaction norms for development in some coleopterous insects" - 2009-2011. Sergey Balashov - "Intraspecific variation of the thermal reaction norms for development in the linden bug Pyrrhocoris apterus L. and its adaptive significance" - 2005-2007. Dmitry Dubovikoff - "The composition and history of ant fauna of the Caucasus isthmus" - 2004-2006. Andrey Maysov - "Latitudinal variation of cold tolerance and rapid cold hardening in workers of the ants Myrmica rubra and M. ruginodis" - 2003-2007.

Main Publications
Books and Booklets Kipyatkov, V.E., 2007, 2009. The World of Social Insects, 2nd & 3rd Editions [In Russian]. URSS Press, Moscow, 408 pp. (First published in 1991 by Leningrad Univ. Press). PDF (16.8 Mb) Kipyatkov, V.E., 1991. The Behaviour of Social Insects [In Russian]. Znaniye, Moscow, 64 pp. PDF (1.5 Mb) Kipyatkov, V.E., 1985. The Origins of Social Insects [In Russian]. Znaniye, Moscow, 64 pp. PDF (2.1 Mb) Edited Books Kipyatkov, V.E. (Ed.), 2006. Life Cycles in Social Insects: Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution. St. Petersburg University Press, St. Petersburg, xii+156 pp. PDF (3.8 Mb) Kipyatkov, V.E. (Ed.), 2005. Proceedings of the 3rd European Congress on Social Insects, St. Petersburg, Russia, 22–27 August 2005. St. Petersburg University Press, St. Petersburg, 200 pp. PDF (1.8 Mb) Kipyatkov V.E. and Hodek I. (Eds), 2002. Proceedings of the Fourth European Workshop of Invertebrate Ecophysiology, St. Petersburg, Russia, 9-15 September, 2001. Eur. J. Entomol., 99, N 2 :125-266. PDF (EJE)


Kipyatkov, V.E. (Ed.), 1997. Proceedings of the International Colloquia on Social Insects, Vol. 3-4, Russian Language Section of the IUSSI, Socium, St. Petersburg, viii + 311 pp. PDF (20.4 Mb). Contents Kipyatkov, V.E. (Ed.), 1993. Proceedings of the Colloquia on Social Insects, Vol. 2, Russian-speaking Section of the IUSSI, Socium, St. Petersburg, 222 pp. PDF Contents Kipyatkov, V.E. (Ed.), 1990. Proceedings of the Colloquia of Social Insects Section, All-Union Entomological Society, I Colloquium, Leningrad, 2-8 October 1990, 215 pp. PDF (10 Mb)

Review Papers in Refereed Journals Kipyatkov, V.E., 2010. The group selection concept from Charles Darwin to nowadays. [In Russian with English summary] In: Charles Darwin and Modern Biology. Proceedings of the international academic conference “Charles Darwin and Modern Biology” (21–23 September, 2009) (E.I. Kolchinsky, Ed.), Nestor-Historia, St. Petersburg, pp. 184-195. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E. and E.B. Lopatina, 2010. Intraspecific variation of thermal reaction norms for development in insects: New approaches and prospects. Entomological Review, 90: 163-184. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E. and E.B. Lopatina, 2007. Seasonal cycles and strategies in ants: Structure, diversity and adaptive traits [In Russian with English summary]. In: The Strategies of Adaptation to Adverse Environmental Conditions by Terrestrial Arthropods (A.A. Stekolnikov, Ed.), Vol. 53, Transactions of Biological Research Institute, St. Petersburg University. St. Petersburg University Press, St. Petersburg, pp. 107-192. PDF (15.7 Mb) Kipyatkov, V.E., 2006. The evolution of seasonal cycles in cold-temperate and boreal ants: Patterns and constraints. In: Life Cycles in Social Insects: Behaviour, Ecology and Evolution (V.E. Kipyatkov, Ed.), St. Petersburg University Press, St. Petersburg, pp. 63-84. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E., 2001. Seasonal life cycles and the forms of dormancy in ants. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 65: 211-238. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E., 1993. Annual cycles of development in ants: diversity, evolution, regulation. In: Proceedings of the Colloquia on Social Insects, vol. 2, 2d Colloquium, Rybnoye, 1992. Socium, St. Petersburg, pp 25-48. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E. 1986. The problem of the origin of social insects: Review and synthesis. [In Russian]. In: Meetings in the Memory of N. A. Kholodkovski. Lectures of the 38d Annual Meeting, 4 April 1985, Nauka Press, Leningrad, pp. 3-42. Kipyatkov, V.E. 1981. Regulation mechanisms of developmental processes in ants. [In Russian]. In: Meetings in the Memory of N. A. Kholodkovski. Lectures of the 33d Annual Meeting, 3-4 April 1980, Nauka Press, Leningrad, pp. 59-91. Kipyatkov, V.E. 1971. The superorganism concept as applied to social insects and the evolution of coloniality in living nature. [In Russian with English summary]. Vestn. Leningrad Univ. N 9: 15-21 Research Papers in Refereed Journals Maysov, A. and V.E. Kipyatkov. 2011. Contrasting dynamics of cold resistance traits in field-fresh Myrmica ants during the active season. Journal of Thermal Biology 36: 64-70. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E. and E.B. Lopatina, 2009. Temperature and photoperiodic control of diapause induction in the ant Lepisiota semenovi (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Turkmenistan. J. Evol. Biochem. Physiol., 45: 238-245. PDF Maysov, A. and V.E. Kipyatkov, 2009. Critical thermal minima, their spatial and temporal variation and response to hardening in Myrmica ants. CryoLetters, 30: 29-40. PDF; CryoLetters-Abstract; IngentaConnect. Balashov, S.V. and V.E. Kipyatkov, 2008. The first proof of a possibility of change of temperature norms of insect development as a result of artificial selection for fast or slow development by the example of the red soldier bug Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae). J. Evol. Biochem. Physiol., 44: 190-197. PDF Balashov, S.V. and V.E. Kipyatkov, 2008. Study of intrapopulation variability of duration and temperature norms of development in the linden bug Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera, Pyrrhocoridae). J. Evol. Biochem. Physiol., 44: 687-697. PDF Balashov, S.V. and V.E. Kipyatkov, 2007. Variation of the duration and thermal requirements for development of eggs and nymphs of linden bug Pyrrhocoris apterus L. (Heteropera: Pyrrhocoridae) in two successive generations. [In Russian with English summary]. Vestn. St. Petersburg Univ., Ser. 3, issue 2: 11-21. (Abstract) Lopatina, E.B., S.V. Balashov and V.E. Kipyatkov, 2007. First demonstration of the influence of photoperiod on the thermal requirements for development in insects and in particular the linden-bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera, Pyrrhocoridae). Eur. J. Entomol., 104: 23-31. PDF Maisov, A.V., Yu.I. Podlipaeva and V.E. Kipyatkov, 2007. Expression of stress proteins of HSP70 family in response to cold in Myrmica ants from various geographic populations. Cell and Tissue Biology, 1: 434-438. PDF Kipyatkov, V., E. Lopatina and A. Imamgaliev, 2005. Duration and thermal reaction norms of development are significantly different in winter and summer brood pupae of the ants Myrmica rubra Linnaeus, 1758 and M. ruginodis Nylander, 1846 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Myrmecological News, 7: 69-76. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E., E.B. Lopatina, A.A. Imamgaliev and L.A. Shirokova, 2004. Effect of temperature on rearing of the first brood by the founder females of the ant Lasius niger (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): Latitude-dependent variability of the response norm. Journ. Evol. Biochem. Physiol., 40: 165-175. PDF Heinze, J., S. Foitzik, B. Fischer, T. Wanke and V.E. Kipyatkov, 2003. The significance of latitudinal variation in body size in a holarctic ant, Leptothorax acervorum. Ecography, 26: 349 355. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E. and E.B. Lopatina, 2003. Temperature and photoperiodic control of seasonal life cycles in ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). 1. Exogenous-heterodynamic species. [In Russian with English summary]. Entomol. Obozr., 82: 801-819. PDF (Abstract) Kipyatkov, V.E., E.B. Lopatina, I.Yu. Arinin and A.V. Maysov, 2003. Experimental comparison of seasonal cycle of rapid brood production in ants Myrmica rubra L. and Myrmica ruginodis Nyl. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the North of Russia. [In Russian with English summary]. Entomol. Obozr., 82: 6-16. (Abstract) Kipyatkov, V.E. and E.B. Lopatina, 2002. Reaction norm in response to temperature may change to adapt rapid brood development to boreal and subarctic climates in Myrmica ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Eur. J. Entomol., 99: 197-208. PDF Lopatina, E.B., A.A. Imamgaliev and V.E. Kipyatkov, 2002. Latitudinal variation of duration and thermal lability of pupal development in three ant species of the genus Myrmica Latr. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). [In Russian with English summary]. Entomol. Obozr., 81: 265-275. PDF (Abstract) Kipyatkov, V.E., 2001. A distantly perceived primer pheromone controls diapause termination in the ant Myrmica rubra L. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journ. Evol. Biochem. Physiol., 37: 405-416. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E. and E.B. Lopatina, 2001. Inadaptive photoperiodic responses in ants of the genus Myrmica Latreille (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in boreal and subarctic regions. [In Russian with English summary]. Entomol. Obozr., 80: 277-287. PDF (Abstract) Gamanilov, P.N. and V.E. Kipyatkov, 2000. Seasonal cycle of development and annual brood production in the ant, Myrmica scabrinodis Nyl. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), in the environs of St. Petersburg. [In Russian with English abstract]. Vestnik Zoologii (Kiev), 34: 55-64.. (Vestnik Zool) Kipyatkov, V.E. and E.B. Lopatina, 2000. Vestigial photoperiodic response in subarctic Myrmica ants. Current Sci., 79: 97-98. PDF Nielsen, M.G., G.W. Elmes and V.E. Kipyatkov, 1999. Respiratory Q10 varies between populations of two species of Myrmica ants according to the latitude of their sites. J. Insect Physiol., 45: 559-564. PDF Elmes, G.W., J.C. Wardlaw, M.G. Nielsen, V.E. Kipyatkov, E.B. Lopatina, A.G. Radchenko and B. Barr, 1999. Site latitude influences on respiration rate, fat content and the ability of worker ants to rear larvae: A comparison of Myrmica rubra (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) populations over their European range. Eur. J. Entomol., 96: 117-124. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E. and E.B. Lopatina, 1999. Social regulation of larval diapause by workers of three species of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomol. Rev., 79: 1138-1144. PDF Heinze, J., S. Foitzik, V.E. Kipyatkov and E.B. Lopatina, 1998. Latitudinal variation in cold hardiness and body size in the boreal ant Leptothorax acervorum. Entomol. Gener., 22: 305-312. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E. and E.B. Lopatina, 1997. Experimental study of seasonal cycle of rapid brood production in the ants Myrmica rubra L. and M. ruginodis Nyl. from two different latitudes. In: Proceedings of the International Colloquia on Social Insects (V.E. Kipyatkov, Ed.), Vol. 3-4, Russian Language Section of the IUSSI, Socium, St. Petersburg, pp. 195-206. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E. and E.B. Lopatina, 1997. Seasonal cycle and winter diapause induction in ants of the genus Myrmica in the Polar Circle region. In: Proceedings of the International Colloquia on Social Insects (V.E. Kipyatkov, Ed.), Vol. 3-4, Russian Language Section of the IUSSI, Socium, St. Petersburg, pp. 277-286. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E., E.B. Lopatina and A.Yu. Pinegin, 1997. Social regulation of development and diapause in the ant Leptothorax acervorum (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomol. Rev., 77: 248-255. PDF Lopatina, E.B. and V.E. Kipyatkov, 1997. The influence of daily thermoperiods on the duration of seasonal cycle of development in the ants Myrmica rubra L. and M. ruginodis Nyl. In: Proceedings of the International Colloquia on Social Insects (V.E. Kipyatkov, Ed.), Vol. 3-4, Russian Language Section of the IUSSI, Socium, St. Petersburg, pp. 207-216. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E., E.B. Lopatina and A.Yu. Pinegin, 1996. Influence of the queen and worker ants on onset and termination of the larval diapause in Lasius niger (L.) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomol. Rev., 76: 514-520. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E., 1995. Role of endogenous rhythms in the regulation of annual cycles of development in ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomol. Rev., 74: 1-15. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E. and E.B. Lopatina, 1993. The regulation of annual cycle of development in the ants of the subgenus Serviformica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). In: Proceedings of the Colloquia on Social Insects (V.E. Kipyatkov, Ed.), Vol. 2, Russian-speaking Section of the IUSSI, Socium, St. Petersburg, pp. 49-60. PDF Lopatina, E.B. and V.E. Kipyatkov, 1993. The influence of temperature on brood development in the incipient colonies of the ants Camponotus herculeanus (L.) and Camponotus xerxes Forel (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). In: Proceedings of the Colloquia on Social Insects (V.E. Kipyatkov, Ed.), Vol. 2, Russian-speaking Section of the IUSSI, Socium, St. Petersburg, pp. 61-74. PDF Zhigulskaya, Z.A., V.E. Kipyatkov and T.A. Kipyatkova. 1992. The seasonal development cycle of the ant, Myrmica aborigenica sp. nov., in the upper Kolyma River. [In Russian with English summary]. Zool. Zhurn. 71: 72-82 Kipyatkov, V.E. and S.S. Shenderova. 1991. Effects of temperature and photoperiod on egg laying and productivity of queens of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formica rufa L. group). Entomol. Rev. 70: 13-24. Kipyatkov, V.E. and E.B. Lopatina, 1990. Seasonal development of Aphaenogaster sinensis in the South Primor'e: new type of seasonal cycle in ants. Entomol. Rev., 69: 72-81. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E. and S.S. Shenderova, 1990. Endogenous rhythm of reproductive activity of red wood ant queens (Formica rufa group). Entomol. Rev., 69: 137-149. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E. and E.B. Lopatina, 1989. Quantitative study of the behavior of the ant Myrmica rubra L. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) relative to photoperiodic regulation of larval development. [In Russian with English summary]. Entomol. Obozr., 68: 251-261. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E. and E.B. Lopatina. 1989. Behavior of worker ants during the feeding of larvae in Myrmica rubra (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). [In Russian with English summary]. Zool. Zhurn. 68: 50-59 Kipyatkov, V.E. and S.S. Shenderova. 1989. Influence of temperature and photoperiod on the beginning and termination of queen diapause in red wood ants (Formica rufa group). [In Russian with English summary]. Vestn. Leningrad Univ. N 10: 7-16 Kipyatkov, V.E., 1988. Myrmica prepares for winter. Science in the USSR, N 1: 76-83. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E. and E.B. Lopatina. 1988. Food transmission by workers to larvae under various photoperiodic conditions in Myrmica rubra L. [In Russian with English summary]. Vestn. Leningrad Univ. N 17: 14-21 Kipyatkov, V.E. and S.S. Shenderova. 1986. Seasonal changes in the behavior of the ant Formica polyctena in an artificial nest with a temperature gradient. [In Russian with English summary]. Zool. Zhurn. 65: 1847-1857 Kipyatkov, V.E. 1985. Group effects in nest-founding females of the ant, Lasius niger L., in the absence of the contact between them. [In Russian]. Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 281: 240-242. Grechka, E.O. and V.E. Kipyatkov. 1984. Seasonal developmental cycle and caste determination in the social wasp Polistes gallicus L. (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). II. Dynamics of colony growth and productivity. [In Russian with English summary]. Zool. Zhurn. 63: 81-94. PDF Grechka, E.O. and V.E. Kipyatkov. 1983. Seasonal developmental cycle and caste determination in the social wasp Polistes gallicus L. (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). III. Absence of a photoperiodic influence. [In Russian with English summary]. Vestn. Leningrad Univ. N 3: 25-33. PDF Grechka, Ye.O. and V.Ye. Kipyatkov. 1983. Seasonal developmental cycle and caste differentiation in the social wasp Polistes gallicus L. (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). I. Phenology and Life cycle regulation. Entomol. Rev. 62: 19-31. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E., 1979. The ecology of photoperiodism in the ant Myrmica rubra (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). 1. Seasonal changes in the photoperiodic reaction. Entomol. Rev., 58: 10-19. PDF Kipyatkov, V.E. 1977. Studies of photoperiodic reaction in the ant Myrmica rubra. 4. Photoperiodic reactivation. [In Russian with English summary]. Zool. Zhurn. 56: 60-71 Kipyatkov, V.E. 1977. Studies of photoperiodic reaction in the ant Myrmica rubra (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). III. Peculiarities of temperature correction. [In Russian with English summary]. Vestn. Leningrad Univ. N 3: 14-21 Kipyatkov, V.E. 1976. A study of the photoperiodic reaction in the ant Myrmica rubra (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). 5. perception of photoperiodic information by an ant colony. Entomol. Rev. 55: 27-34 Kipyatkov, V.E. 1974. Studies of photoperiodic reaction in the ant Myrmica rubra L. II. Influence of photoperiod and physiological state of worker ants on the development of larvae. [In Russian with English summary]. Vestn. Leningrad Univ. N 9: 17-24 Kipyatkov, V.E. 1974. A study of the photoperiodic reaction in the ant Myrmica rubra L. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). I. basic parameters of the reaction. Entomol. Rev. 53: 35-41. Kipyatkov, V.E. 1972. Discovery of the photoperiodic reaction in ants of the genus Myrmica . [In Russian]. Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR 205: 251-253. Professional Services 2010 – Member of the Council of the International Congress of Entomology (ICE-2012). 2003 – present – Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Myrmecological News, The Austrian Society of Entomofaunistics, Vienna, Austria. 1990 – present – Editor-in-chief, Proceedings of the International Colloquia on Social Insects, Russian Language Section of the IUSSI 1990 – present – President, Russian Language Section of the IUSSI 1988 – present – Member of Scientific Council for DSc and PhD theses in Zoology and Entomology, St. Petersburg State University 1993 – 1997 – Editor, Socium. Scientific and Informational Bulletin, Russian Language Section, IUSSI 1992 – 1994 – Chairman, Ecological Commission, St. Petersburg Association of Scientists 1989 – Organizer, Section for the Study of Social Insects, All-Union Entomological Society; from 1994 Russian Language Section, International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI) Memberships Russian Entomological Society (RES) - 1969. International Union for the Study of Social Insects (I.U.S.S.I.). Organiser and President of Russian Language Section (1994). Saint-Petersburg Association of Scientists (SPASS) - 1989. Meetings organized September 2010 – VIII Colloquium, Russian Language Section of IUSSI, St. Petersburg, Russia. WebSite Program & Papers August 2005 - 3rd European Congress on Social Insects, St. Petersburg, Russia. Proceedings - PDF (1.8 Mb) September 2003 – International Symposium "Life Cycles in Social Insects: Behavioural, Ecological and Evolutionary Approach", St. Petersburg, Russia. Program & Abstracts - PDF. Proceedings - PDF (3.8 Mb) August 2003 – 21st European Colloquium of Arachnology, St.Petersburg, Russia August 2002 – VI Colloquium, Russian Language Section of IUSSI, St. Petersburg, Russia. September 2001 – Symposium "Ecophysiology and seasonal life cycle strategies" at the Meeting of the European Sections of the IUSSI, Berlin. MeetingWebsite September 2001 – IV European Workshop of Invertebrate Ecophysiology, St. Petersburg, Russia. Abstracts - PDF (2.9 Mb); Proceedings - PDF (EJE) August 1996 – IVth International Colloquium on Social Insects, Russian Language Section of the IUSSI, St. Petersburg, Russia October 1994 – III Colloquium, Russian Language Section of IUSSI, Kiev, Ukraine September 1992 – II Colloquium, Russian Language Section of IUSSI and Social Insect Section of the All-Russian Entomological Society, Rybnoe, Russia October 1990 – I Colloquium, Social Insects Section of the All-Union Entomological Society. Leningrad, USSR September 1989 – Social Insect Section, XX Congress of the All-Union Entomological Society, Leningrad, USSR Invited participant and speaker at International Meetings 2006 – XV Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Washington DC, USA 2005 – International Symposium on the Environmental Physiology of Ectotherms and Plants, Roskilde, Denmark 2003 – International Symposium "Life Cycles in Social Insects: Behavioural, Ecological and Evolutionary Approach", St. Petersburg, Russia 2001 – Meeting of the European Sections of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Berlin 1996 – XX International Congress of Entomology, Florence, Italy 1996 – IV International Colloquium on Social Insects, St. Petersburg, Russia 1995 – 7th European Ecological Congress EURECO'95, Budapest, Hungary 1994 – 12th International Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Paris, France Grants awarded Russian Foundation of Basic Research (RFBR), Research Grant "Intraspecific variation of thermal and photoperiodic plasticity of insect growth and development: the study of heritability and adaptative significance". (2011-2013). Russian Foundation of Basic Research (RFBR), Research Grant "Intraspecific geographical variation of thermal and seasonal adaptations in carabid beetles in connection with the latitudinal variation of climates" (2008–2010; jointly with Boris Filippov, Pomor State University, Archangel). Russian Foundation of Basic Research (RFBR), Research Grant "Intraspecific latitudinal variation of the physiological reaction norms in response to temperature in insects: experimental study and the search for adaptive mechanisms" (2006–2008). Russian Foundation of Basic Research (RFBR), Three successive Grants for research expedition to study intraspecific geographic variation of seasonal life cycles and temperature norms of development of insects in the European Russia (2005, 2006, 2007). Russian Foundation of Basic Research (RFBR), Research Grant "Intraspecific latitudinal variation of seasonal life cycles and thermal requirements of development in carabid beetles of Russian European North" (2005–2007; jointly with Boris Filippov, Pomor State University, Archangel). Federal Programme "Universities of Russia", Research Grant "Study of latitudinal variability of thermal reaction norms in connection with the evolution of climatic adaptations in insects" (2005). Russian Foundation of Basic Research (RFBR), Two successive Grants for the expeditions to study intraspecific latitudinal variation of temperature adaptation by insects along a transection from the Extreme North to the South of European Russia (2003-2004). International Soros Science Education Program (ISSEP), Support Grant in conjunction with the Title of Soros Professor (2003). Russian Foundation of Basic Research (RFBR), Research Grant "Intraspecific latitudinal variation of temperature adaptation by insects: studies on the problem of variability/stability of the physiological reaction norm" (2003–2005). Federal Programme "Universities of Russia", Research Grant "Temperature and photoperiodic control of insect seasonal development at various latitudes: eco-physiological approach to the problems of variable/stable and adaptive/nonadaptive characters of species and populations" (2002-2003). Russian Foundation of Basic Research (RFBR), Three successive Grants for research expedition to Northern Karelia and Murmansk province to study species diversity and habitat distribution of ants (2000, 2001, 2002). Russian Foundation of Basic Research (RFBR), Research Grant "Geographic variation of photoperiodic and temperature reactions controlling the annual cycle of development in ants of the genus Myrmica in relation to adaptation to the local climate conditions", 3-years (2000–2002). International Soros Science Education Program (ISSEP), Support Grant in conjunction with the Title of Soros Associate Professor (1998). Russian Foundation of Basic Research (RFBR), Research Grant "Seasonal and eco-physiological adaptations of ants of the genus Myrmica in relation to their ecology, geographical distribution and evolution" (1997–1999). European Union INTAS Organization, Research Grant for the joint international project "Social organisation and physiological regulation of Myrmica ants adapted to living in variable seasonal climates, and their ability to respond to climate changes" (1995–1998; with joint participation of Drs G. W. Elmes, UK; M. G. Nielsen, Denmark; J. Heinze, Germany; A. G. Radchenko, Ukraine). International Soros Science Education Program (ISSEP), Support Grant in conjunction with the Title of Soros Associate Professor (1995). Russian Foundation of Basic Research (RFBR), Research Grant "The study of social mechanisms controlling the development and diapause in ants" (1994–1996). George Soros Foundation and Academy of Natural Sciences of Russia, Two Research Grants for the study of biodiversity (1993–1994). International Science Foundation (ISF), Research Grant (1993).
Short Biography I was born on 10 March 1949 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia. In 1966 I have entered Leningrad State University, Faculty of Biology. After that my entire academic career was at this university. In 1971 I have got my Dipl. Biol. in Zoology and Entomology (Honours) and became a PhD student at the Department of Entomology. In 1974 I have got my Candidate of Biological Sciences degree in Entomology (Dissertation: “Photoperiodic reaction and the regulation of seasonal development in the ant Myrmica rubra”). The following steps were: Research Fellow and Lecturer in Zoology&Entomology (1974–1982), Assistant (1983–1988) and Associate (1989–1996) Professor of Entomology, DSc (1997, Dissertation: “Annual Cycles of Development in Ants”), Professor of Biology (1997–present) and Head of the Department of Entomology (2006–present). I am married and have three children (born 1973, 1976, 1983).