RESEARCH INTERESTS Systematics, biogeography, and evolutionary biology of ants. Evolution of ant/plant mutualisms. Biodiversity patterns and conservation. Species concepts and speciation. HONORS AND AWARDS 1969-73: Alumni National Scholarship (Queen's University) 1974-78: Commonwealth Scholarship (held at University of Sydney) 1979-80: CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship 1991- Fellow, Royal Entomological Society of London 1992- Associate, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 2005- Fellow, California Academy of Sciences 1982-present: NSF grant support for research on ant systematics