Dr. KADRI KIRAN, PhD. Trakya University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology 22030, Edirne-TURKEY CURRICULUM VITAE Date of Birth and Place 28.01.1974, Stuttgart-Göppingen Address Trakya University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology 22030, Edirne-TURKEY Phone +90 533 5645095 (Mobile) +90 284 2352825-1195 (Office) +90 284 2354010 (Fax) e-mails kadrikiran@trakya.edu.tr kadrikiran@hotmail.com Web page http://kadrikiran.trakya.edu.tr/index.html Education BS. Trakya University Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology - 1995 MS. Trakya University Instutute of Natural Sciences - 1998 PhD. Trakya University Instutute of Natural Sciences - 2004 Thesis MS. Thesis : The Vertical Distribution of the Ant Fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Samanlı Mountains, Iznik. (Supervisor: Prof.Dr. Nihat AKTAÇ) PhD. Thesis : Revision of the Ant Genus Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1853 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in Turkey (Supervisor: Prof.Dr. Nihat AKTAÇ) Languages Turkish, English, German Research Interests Systematic Entomology, Ant Taxonomy, Aphaenogaster 1
Publications 1. Aktaç N, Çamlitepe Y, Aras A, Kiran K (1998) A comparative study on the distribution of Formica rufa Group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Turkish Thrace and Anatolia. II. International Congress on Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation of the Balkan Fauna - BIOECCO 2. 16-20 September, Ohrid, Macedonia (Abstract). 2. Aktaç N, Kiran K (2003) 5th Regional validation Workshop Balkan region (Fauna Europeae project). Recent faunistic studies in Turkish Thrace. 17-18 November, Athens, Greece. 3. Aktaç N, Kiran K (2004) A new harvester ant from Turkey: Oxyopomyrmex krueperi Forel, 1911 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceeding of 17th National Congress of Biology, Zoology Section 21-24 June, Adana, Turkey (In Turkish, Abstract). 4. Aktaç N, Radchenko A.G, Kiran K (2004) On the taxonomy of the west palaearctic Aenictinae ants (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). Annales Zoologici (Warszawa) 54(2): 361-364. 5. Aktaç N, Kiran K (2006) A new household ant record for Turkish Thrace [Monomorium pharaonis (L.)]. Proceeding of 18th National Congress of Biology, Zoology Section, 26-30 June, Aydin, Turkey (In Turkish, Abstract). 6. Kiran K, Aktaç N (2006) The Vertical Distribution of the Ant Fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Samanli Mountains, Turkey. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 38(2): 1105-1122. 7. Aktaç N, Kiran K (2006) A new household ant record for Turkish Thrace [Monomorium pharaonis (L.)]. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 38(2): 1123-1128. 8. Aktaç N, Kiran K (2007) The Contribution of Societies in Determining the Biodiversity of Turkey and the Introduction of Main Databases. EDIT WP2. First Edit Symposium on the Future of Taxonomy -The Role of Societies and Networks. 26-28 March, Congress Centre, Smolenice Castle Slovakia (Abstract). 9. Aktaç N, Kiran K (2007) Faunal Composition of Turkish Ants. 2nd Central European Workshop of Myrmecology, CEW. 17-19 May, Szeged, Hungary (Abstract). 10. Kiran K, Aktaç N (2007) A New Record of Social Parasitic Ant (Plagiolepis xene St.) to Turkey. Poster presented at the 2nd Central European Workshop of Myrmecology, CEW. 17-19 May, Szeged, Hungary (Abstract). 11. Kiran K, Aktaç N (2007) The social parasitic ant Plagiolepis xene STÄRCKE, 1936 new to Turkey (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 10: 110. 12. Kıran, K., Aktaç, N. and Karaman, C. (2008) Türkiye Ordu Karıncası Aenictus rhodiensis Menozzi, 1936 için yeni lokaliteler ile bazı morfolojik ve ekolojik notlar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). In Proceeding of 19 th National Congress of Biology: 192. Trabzon, Turkey (In Turkish, Abstract). 13. Kiran K, Aktaç N, Tezcan S. (2008) Three new species of ants, genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Turkey. Biologia 63 (5) : 689-695. 14. Cremer S, Ugelvig L.V, Drijfhout F.P, Schlick-Steiner B.C, Steiner F.M, Seifert B, Hughes D.P, Schulz A, Petersen K.S, Konrad H, Stauffer C, Kiran K, Espadaler X, d'ettorre P, Aktaç N, Eilenberg J, Jones G.R, Nash D.R, Pedersen J.S, Boomsma J. J (2008) The Evolution of Invasiveness in Garden Ants. PLoS ONE Volume, E3838 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003838. 15. Kiran, K., Aksoy, V. & Camlitepe, Y. (2009) Steppic ant fauna of Turkey: a preliminary study. In: S. Foitzik (Ed), 3rd Central European Workshop of Myrmecology, CEWIM., Bavaria, Germany (Abstract) 16. Kiran, K., Aksoy, V. & Çamlıtepe, Y. (2010) Sündiken Dağları Karınca Faunası (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), p. 147. In: Proceeding of 20 th National Congress of Biology, Denizli, Turkey 17. Karaman C, Aktac N, Kiran K. (2011) Ants of the genus Camponotus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Kaz Mountains, Turkey, with descriptions of sexuals of Camponotus candiotes Emery, 1894 and Camponotus ionius Emery, 1920. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 35, 183-197. 18. Ülgentürk, S., Kıran, K., Civelek, H.S., Dursun, O., Ayhan, B., Şahin, Ö., Ersen, A. & Evren, N. 2
(2011) Türkiye'de Marchalina hellenica Genn. (Hemiptera: Monophlebidae) ile ilişkili Karınca (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) türleri. In: IV. Türkiye Bitki Koruma Kongresi. Mart, C. (ed.). Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi, Kahramanmaraş 19. Kiran, K. & Aksoy, V. (2011) Ant Fauna of Sultan Mountains, Turkey (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), p. 22. In: 4th Central European Workshop of Myrmecology, CEWM, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 20. Güner, U., Çamlıtepe, Y., Kıran, K. & Aksoy, V. (2011) Karıncaların Ağır Metal Kirliliğinin Gösterilmesinde Kullanılması, p. 211. In: X. Ulusal Ekoloji ve Çevre Kongresi. Ayaz, D. & Çiçek, K. (eds.). Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, Çanakkale, Turkey (In Turkish, Abstract) 21. Lapeva-Gjonova, A. & Kiran, K. (2012) Ant fauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Strandzha (Istranca) Mountain and adjacent Black Sea coast. North-Western Journal of Zoology, 8, 72-84. 22. Lapeva-Gjonova, A., Kiran, K. & Aksoy, V. (2012) Unusual Ant Hosts of the Socially Parasitic Ant Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Psyche, 2012, 1-3, doi:10.1155/2012/391525. 23. Kıran, K. & Karaman, C. (2012) Edirne İli Ev Karıncaları (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), 866-867 pp., In: Proceeding of 21st National Congress of Biology, İzmir, Turkey (In Turkish, Abstract) pdf 24. Karaman, C & Kıran, K. (2012) Türkiye Karınca (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Faunası İçin Yeni Bir Zararlı (Pest) Karınca Türü: Nylanderia jaegerkioeldi, 1014-1015 pp., In: Proceeding of 21st National Congress of Biology, İzmir, Turkey (In Turkish, Abstract) pdf 25. Kiran, K. & Karaman, C. (2012) First annotated checklist of the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Zootaxa, 3548: 1-38 pp. pdf 3
Projects 1. Taxonomic and Faunistic Evaluation of the Thracian Ant Species. TBAG-1492, 1997-2000 Project Assistants : Dr. Yılmaz ÇAMLITEPE, Dr. Abdullah ARAS, Research Assistant Kadri Kıran 2. Taxonomic and Faunistic study on the ants of Kazdağı Mountain. TUBAP- 142, 2001-2005 Project Assistant : Prof.Dr. Alexandre G. Radchenko, Dr. Kadri Kıran 3. Ecology and taxonomy of Lasius ants in Turkey. Nr: MCEIF-CT-2003-5017662002, 2004-2006 Supported by EU Project Leader : Prof.Dr. Jacobus J. Boomsma Project Assistants : Prof.Dr. Nihat Aktaç, Dr. Sylvia Cremer, Dr. Kadri KIRAN, Andreas Schulz 4. Taxonomic and Faunistic study on the ants of Western Taurus Mountains, TUBAP- 836, 2007-2011 Project Assistant : Dr. Kadri Kıran, PhD Student Celal KARAMAN 5. Modernization of Plant Physiology and Animal Physiology Laboratories in Biology Department, TUBAP-2010/95, 2010-2011 6. Taxonomic and Faunistic Study on the Ants of Central Anatolia Region, TUBITAK-109T088, 2009-2012 Project Assistants : Prof. Dr. Yilmaz CAMLITEPE, Dr. Volkan AKSOY Current Projects 1. Taxonomic Study on the Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Fauna of East Black Sea Region, TUBITAK-111T811, 2012-continued Project Assistants : Dr. Volkan AKSOY, Dr. Celal KARAMAN 2. Computer Aided and Student Centred Education in Animal Physiology Laboratory in Biology Department, TUBAP-2012/129, 2012-2013 4
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