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ILYA TEMKIN
ilya_temkin@hotmail.com

Education
2000-2007 Ph.D., New York University
2003-2006 American Museum of Natural History, PEET Graduate Student Trainee
1994-1998 B.S., Columbia University, Cum Laude

Postdoctoral Research
2006-2008 Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioinformatics, AMNH
2007 Visiting Curator, Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris

Grants
2005-2007 NSF DEB-0508311, Dissertation Improvement Grant
2004 Annette Kade Graduate Fellowship, AMNH
2003 The Conchologists of America Grant

Awards & Honors
2004 The Sir Charles Maurice Yonge Award
2004 Fleur L. Strand Graduate Fellowship
2003-2006 American Museum of Natural History Graduate Scholarship
1996-1997 Columbia University Scholarship
1996 National Dean's List
1996 Columbia University Dean's List

Teaching
2006 Guest lecturer, Lang Science Program, AMNH
2005 Instructor, UMEB program, AMNH
2003 Instructor, ASCEND program, Rockefeller University/AMNH
2000-2002 Teaching assistant, New York University

Selected Publications
Mikkelsen, P. M., I. Tëmkin, R. Bieler, and W. G. Lyons. 2004. Pinctada longisquamosa (Dunker, 1852) (Bivalvia: Pteriidae), an unrecognized pearl oyster in the western Atlantic. Malacologia 46(2): 473-501.

Tëmkin, I. 2006. Morphological perspective on classification and evolution of Recent Pterioidea (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148: 253-312.

Tëmkin, I. 2006. Anatomy, shell morphology, and microstructure of the living fossil Pulvinites exempla (Hedley, 1914) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pulvinitidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148: 523-552.

Selected Presentations
Nov 4, 2006 Networks and hierarchies. Festival della Scienza, Palazzo Ducale, Genova, Italy.
Jul 26, 2006 Overcoming incongruence in the phylogeny of the Pterioidea. International Congress on Bivalvia, July 22-27, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
Jun 10, 2005 Evolution of extant pterioidean bivalves. World Summit on Evolution, Galapagos, Equador.
Jul 15, 2004 A new system for Pterioidea. World Congress of Malacology, Perth, Australia.

Selected Synergetic Activities
2007 Editorial board member. Evolution: Education and Outreach.
2007 The US delegate. International Networking for Young Scientists (INYS): Linnaeus in the 21st century. The Natural History Museum, London.
2006 Member. Hierarchy Theory and Macroevolution study group, Festival della Scienza, Genova.



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