Ingi Agnarsson, PhD
Assistant Professor and Director of Zoology Museum
Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
Po Box 23360, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00931-3360, USA
Phone: 787 7640000 ext 5191 and 2809
Cell: 787 4638413
Email: iagnarsson@gmail.com
Research Associate:
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Associate Editor
Journal of Arachnology (Systematics and taxonomy of spiders)
Department of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
Po Box 23360, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 00931-3360, USA
Phone: 787 7640000 ext 5191 and 2809
Cell: 787 4638413
Email: iagnarsson@gmail.com
Research Associate:
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
Associate Editor
Journal of Arachnology (Systematics and taxonomy of spiders)
Curriculum
For a full Curriculum Vitae
Education
The University of Iceland, Department of Biology, Reykjavík, 1992-1995, BSc.
The George Washington University Department of Biological Sciences, Washington, D.C., 1998-2004, Ph.D.
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor and Director of Zoology Museum, at University of Puerto Rico, Rio, 2008-present
Postodoctoral Research Scholar, University of Akron, Department of Biology (T. Blackledge), 2007-2008
Research Associate, Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana (M. Kuntner), 2007- 2009.
Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC (J. Coddington), 2004-present.
Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Colombia, (Wayne Maddison, Leticia Aviles). 2004-2006
Predoctoral Fellow, Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (J. Coddington), 1999-2004.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, George Washington University, Department of Biological Sciences, Washington, D.C., 2003-04.
Researcher at the Icelandic Institute of Natural History 1995-1998.
Research assistant at the Institute of Biology, University of Iceland, (A. Ingolfsson), 1993-1994.
Membership
International Society of Arachnology, American Arachnological Society, Royal Entomological Society, Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists
Grants and Awards
National Science Foundation (DEB-1050187-1050253), 2011-present, PI, (833.000$) “Collaborative Research: the generation of a biodiversity hotspot - paleobiogeography of the Caribbean inferred from multiple arachnid lineages with differing dispersal abilities” (co PI’s G. Binford and P. Selden).
National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration (8655-09) (23.750$), 2009-2010 (PI)
Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS Z1-9799-0618-07) research fellowship (~140.000$), 2007-2009.
Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS 207-26), collaborator on a postdoctoral grant, PI Helen Smith (198.000AUD), current.
Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship (~85.000$), University of British Colombia, 2004-2006.
The Biodiversity of the Guianas, 2005, (8.000$, with J. Coddington, J. Miller, and M. Kuntner), for fieldwork in French Guiana
Smithsonian Small Grants Program, 2005, (4.000$, with J. Coddington, J. Miller, and M. Kuntner), for fieldwork in French Guiana
Fulbright Student Grant for Foreign Students (IIE 159 85610; 12.000$), 1998-2003.
Best Student Paper Competition, first place, American Arachnological Society, 2003.
Sallee Charitable Trust, 2000, (7.000$, with M. Kuntner) fieldwork in S. Africa and Madagascar
Best Student Paper Competition, second place, American Arachnological Society, 1999.
Tuition award, George Washington University 1998-2004.
Education
The University of Iceland, Department of Biology, Reykjavík, 1992-1995, BSc.
The George Washington University Department of Biological Sciences, Washington, D.C., 1998-2004, Ph.D.
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor and Director of Zoology Museum, at University of Puerto Rico, Rio, 2008-present
Postodoctoral Research Scholar, University of Akron, Department of Biology (T. Blackledge), 2007-2008
Research Associate, Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana (M. Kuntner), 2007- 2009.
Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC (J. Coddington), 2004-present.
Killam Postdoctoral Fellow, University of British Colombia, (Wayne Maddison, Leticia Aviles). 2004-2006
Predoctoral Fellow, Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (J. Coddington), 1999-2004.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, George Washington University, Department of Biological Sciences, Washington, D.C., 2003-04.
Researcher at the Icelandic Institute of Natural History 1995-1998.
Research assistant at the Institute of Biology, University of Iceland, (A. Ingolfsson), 1993-1994.
Membership
International Society of Arachnology, American Arachnological Society, Royal Entomological Society, Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists
Grants and Awards
National Science Foundation (DEB-1050187-1050253), 2011-present, PI, (833.000$) “Collaborative Research: the generation of a biodiversity hotspot - paleobiogeography of the Caribbean inferred from multiple arachnid lineages with differing dispersal abilities” (co PI’s G. Binford and P. Selden).
National Geographic Society Committee for Research and Exploration (8655-09) (23.750$), 2009-2010 (PI)
Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS Z1-9799-0618-07) research fellowship (~140.000$), 2007-2009.
Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS 207-26), collaborator on a postdoctoral grant, PI Helen Smith (198.000AUD), current.
Killam Postdoctoral Fellowship (~85.000$), University of British Colombia, 2004-2006.
The Biodiversity of the Guianas, 2005, (8.000$, with J. Coddington, J. Miller, and M. Kuntner), for fieldwork in French Guiana
Smithsonian Small Grants Program, 2005, (4.000$, with J. Coddington, J. Miller, and M. Kuntner), for fieldwork in French Guiana
Fulbright Student Grant for Foreign Students (IIE 159 85610; 12.000$), 1998-2003.
Best Student Paper Competition, first place, American Arachnological Society, 2003.
Sallee Charitable Trust, 2000, (7.000$, with M. Kuntner) fieldwork in S. Africa and Madagascar
Best Student Paper Competition, second place, American Arachnological Society, 1999.
Tuition award, George Washington University 1998-2004.
