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), Stenio Foerster (2025, with John Clarke), Nidal Fetnassi (2025) ;
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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