Valery A. Korneyev Head of Department, DSc, PhD, Full Professor, Corresponding Member of NAS of Ukraine   Profiles: ORCID profile ResearchGate profile GoogleScholar profile   Address: Valery A. Korneyev Department of Entomology and Collection Management, I.I.Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology 15 Bogdana Khmelnitskogo Street Kyiv, 01030 UKRAINE E-mail: valery.korneyev@gmail.com; valery.korneyev@izan.kiev.ua Phone: +380442343352   Web-pages: http://sites.google.com/site/nosferatumyiano/ http://sites.google.com/site/nosferatumyiano/Home/references

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS

Insect diversity and nature conservation. Phylogeny, systematics, nomenclature and ecology of Diptera. Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and allied families: morphology, molecular phylogeny, evolution, insect-host relationships, distribution and zoogeography. Diptera in the fauna of Ukraine. Insects as weed biocontrol agents.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION

1978 — 1982. Postgraduate Course: Kyiv State University, Division of Invertebrate Zoology.

1973 — 1978. Kyiv State University, Biological Faculty, Dept. of Zoology and Botany, Department of Invertebrate Zoology (Honors Diploma).

1963 — 1973. Primary & Secondary School, Novograd-Volynski, Ukraine (Honors Certificate and Golden Medal).

Positions Held

March 2016 - current time. I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv), Department of Entomology and Collection Management (formerly General and Applied Entomology), Head.

September 2007 – March 2016. I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv), Department of General and Applied Entomology, Head.

February 2007 - September 2007. I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv), Department of General and Applied Entomology, Leading Research Scientist.

2006 - February 2007. I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv), Laboratory of Biogeography, Leading Research Scientist.

2005 - 2006. Royal Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium), Section of Entomology, Associated Scientist.

1989 - 2005. I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv), Lab. of Biogeography, Research Scientist, since 1996 Senior Research Scientis.

1986 - 1989. All-Union Institute of Biocontrol for Plant Protection, Chisinau (Kishinev), Lab. of Weed Biocontrol. Senior Research Scientist.

1984 - 1986. Idem. Junior Research Scientist.

1978 - 1984. Kyiv State University, Biological Faculty, Lab. of Ecology, Junior Research Scientist.

FELLOWSHIPS AND RESEARCH VISITS

2015 (July–October) - German Service of Academician Exchange (Deutscher Academischer Austauschdienst), Visitor Grant for Foreign Scientists (Studienaufenthalte auslandischer Wissenschaftler), Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin.

2012 (September–November) - German Service of Academician Exchange (Deutscher Academischer Austauschdienst), Visitor Grant for Foreign Scientists (Studienaufenthalte auslandischer Wissenschaftler), Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin.

2012 (February–April) Geddes Collection Grant, Australian Museum, Sydney.

2008 (September–November) - German Service of Academician Exchange (Deutscher Academischer Austauschdienst), Visitor Grant for Foreign Scientists (Studienaufenthalte auslandischer Wissenschaftler), Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin.

2008 (June–July) - Curtis Sabrosky Fund, US National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., Visitor Grant.

2005 March–2006 March - Belgian Science Policy Office, Research Fellowship, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Department of African Zoology, Entomological Section, Tervuren, Belgium.

2003 (October-December) - German Service of Academician Exchange (Deutscher Academischer Austauschdienst), Visitor Grant for Foreign Scientists (Studienaufenthalte auslandischer Wissenschaftler), Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin.

2001 (September-October) - Ernest Mayr Fund, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Ma., USA, Travel Grant.

2001 (May-August) - Curtis Sabrosky Fund, US National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., Visitor Grant.

2000 (November-December) - Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Visitor Grant.

1999 (October-December) - German Service of Academician Exchange (Deutscher Academischer Austauschdienst), Visitor Grant for Foreign Scientists (Studienaufenthalte auslandischer Wissenschaftler), Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin.

1994-1996 (January-December) ISF Research Grant.

1995 (August) - Naturhistorisches Museum Wien Visitor Grant.

1994 (January) - ISF Research Stipend.

1993 (January) - Smithsonian Institution Visitor Grant.

1993 (September) - ISF Individual Research Grant.

Current work deals with study of the Pyrgotidae and Ctenostylidae (Diptera: Tephritoidea) of the World and the fauna of Ukrainian fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae).

MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES, AWARDS, ETC.

Ukrainian Entomological Society, since 1978. Member of the Society Council since 2007, Vice President since 2013.

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Corresponding Member, since 2018.

I.I.Schmalhausen Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Biology (2016).

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian (mother tongue), English: B2 (fluent conversation, translation and scientific writing); German: fair scientific translation. Other: Russian - fluent. Polish, Czech - fair.

I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 2004-2019