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Prof. Dr. Peter Duelli - Personal Homepage

Organisational unit:	Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Conservation Biology
Phone:	+41 44 7392 382
Fax:	+41 44 7392 215
Room:	Bi MG C 52
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Address:	Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Zürcherstrasse 111 8903 Birmensdorf

1974 - 1975	South America (6 months), Instruction of Paraguayan teachers, Swiss developmental aid program
1975 - 1976	University of Zürich, Assistant at the Zoological Institute
1977 - 1978	Australian National University, Canberra. Postdoctoral Fellowship, Neurobiology Department
1978 - 1980	University of California, Berkeley. Department of Entomological Sciences, Division of Biological Control
1981 - 1984	University of Basel, Switzerland. Teaching, Research and Habilitation at the Zoological Institute
1983	Venia legendi for Zoology at the University of Basel
1984 - 1990	Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, WSL Birmensdorf (Zürich) Continued teaching at the University of Basel
1991- 1998	WSL Birmensdorf: Head of section Zoology
1999-2006	Head of section “Biodiversity” at WSL Birmensdorf
2006-	Senior Scientist
2008	Retired - but still active...

Invertebrate faunistics, standardized methods for inventories and RBA (Rapid Biodiversity Assessment), biodiversity evaluation.
The search for the best biodiversity indicators
Island biogeography, mosaic concept, habitat fragmentation
Evaluation of the effects of ecological compensation areas and ecotone structures in agriculture and forestry (on pest insects, beneficials, biodiversity)
Conservation biology, Red Data Book, enhancement of threatened animal species in Switzerland

Swiss Biodiversity Forum (co-president of the steering committee)
Member of the "standing international committee for the entomofauna of Central Europe" (SIEEC, Budapest)
Member of the foundation board: Centre Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune (CSCF, Neuchâtel)
International Association of Neuropterology (IAN): Board