Curriculum Vitae

     May 1968: born in Tartu, Estonia;
     1975-1986: Tartu Secondary School No. 10 (or what is left of it nowadays, MRK);
     1987-1989: soldier in Soviet Army;
     1986-1993: undergraduate studies at the University of Tartu
              1992: B. Sc., biology;
              1993: M. Sc., zoology.
     1994-1997: postgraduate studies at the University of Turku, Finland;
              1997: Ph. D., animal ecology.
     1998-2005: researcher at the Institute of Zoology and Botany,
              Estonian Agricultural University;
     1999-2005 associate professor of animal ecology
                 at the University of Tartu;
             Feb.-Nov. 2000: visiting scientist (Fulbright scholar) at the
                   University of Maryland, USA.
     since Sept 2005: professor of zoology (since 2015 entomology) at the University of Tartu (see Chair of entomology);

Publications see here

PhD supervised: Tiit Teder (2001), Juhan Javois (2005), Toomas Esperk (2006), Triinu Remmel (2009), Siiri-Lii Sandre (2008), Helen Vellau (2014), Ly Lindman (2016, with Jaanus Remm), Kairi Kiik (2018, with Tiit Maran), Hendrik Meister (2018), Robin Gielen (2023, with Kadri Põldmaa);
co-supervised Marko Prous (2012, main supervisor Mikk Heidemaa), Randel Kreitsberg (2014, main supervisor Arvo Tuvikene).

Else:
    since 1991: editor-in-chief of Lepinfo, the Estonian lepidopterological bulletin;
    2014 - 2019: associate editor of Entomologica Fennica;
    since 2014: associate editor of Ecological Entomology;
    2011-2016: board member of Biology Letters (in BL, board members do real work);
    since 2023: vice-president of Society for European Lepidopterology (SEL);

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