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Douglas Currie

Associate Professor

BSc, University of Alberta
PhD, University of Alberta

Phone
416-586-5532
Lab Phone
416-586-5553
Office
ROM 232C
Email
dc.currie@utoronto.ca

Research

Current research concerns the evolution, classification, and biogeography of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). Evidence of relationship is derived from cladistic analysis of internal and external structural features, chromosomes, behaviour, and ecology. A long-term research program on caddisflies (Trichoptera) is being developed with special reference to the fauna of Southeast Asia. Present studies include (1) revisions and phylogenetic analyses of plesiotypic simuliine genera, (2) biodiversity surveys in Vietnam and other countries in Indochina, (3) a comprehensive book on the black flies of North America.