Dr. Amos Bouskila: Curriculum Vitae

1. PERSONAL DETAILS

Name: 

Amos Bouskila

Date of Birth:

1955 , Israel

2. EDUCATION

1979

B. Sc. With Distinction.The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Biology. (On the Dean’s list, 1977/78.)  

1984

M. Sc. With Distinction.The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Environmental Biology. I. Noy-Meir and Y. L. Werner, Supervisors.Thesis: Habitat Selection, in Particular Burrow Location, in the Dabb-Lizard, Uromastyx aegyptius, Near Hazeva. 

1993

Ph. D. University of California, Davis, Center for Population Biology.Ecology.M. Mangel and T. W. Schoener, Supervisors.Thesis: Predation Risk and Competition in a Community of Rodents and Snakes.

3. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2001-present

Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU).

2001-2002

Visiting Scholar, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia.

1994-2001 

Lecturer, Dept. of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU).  

1994-present

Research Associate, Mitrani Dept. of Desert Ecology, the Blaustein Institute forDesert Research, BGU.   

1993-1994

Post Doctoral Fellow, Simon Fraser University.B. D. Roitberg, Sponsor.

1992-1993

Research Assistant, UC Davis. M. Mangel, Supervisor.  

1988

Teaching Assistant, Biological Science 1 Laboratory, UC Davis.

1987-1988

Teaching Assistant, Herpetology, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem.  

1987-1988

Teaching Assistant, Ornithology and Mammalogy, The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem.  

1981-1988

Director and Senior Researcher, Israel Herpetological Center, Hazeva, Israel.  

1979-1987   

Senior Instructor, Hazeva Field Study Center, Society for the Protection ofNature(SPNI).  

 

 Professional activities

(a) Positions in academic administration

2005-present

Committee Chair, Curriculum Committee, Life Science Dept., BGU

2005-present

Curator, Library of Prof. Carl Gans, Donated to BGU

2004-present

Committee Chair, Ad-hoc Committee for Grade Standartization, Life Science Dept., BGU

2004-2005

Committee Member, Curriculum Committee, Life Science Dept., BGU

1995-2001

Committee Member, Curriculum Committee, Ecology TeachingProgram, BGU

1995-present

Committee Member, Curriculum Committee, Ecology TeachingProgram, BGU

1998-1999

Committee Member, Committee for Graduate Studies, BGU

1990-1991

Committee Member, UC Natural Reserve System AdvisoryCommittee, UC Davis

1990-1992

Committee Member, Funds Allocation Committee, Center for Pop. Biol., UC Davis

 

(b) Professional functions outside universities

2005-present

Committee Member, International Herpetological Committee, World Congress of Herpetology.

2005

Symposium co-convenor, (with G. Perry),"Recent Advances in the Study of Foraging Modes", Fifth World Congress of Herpetology, Stellenbosch (South Africa).

2003

Meeting Organizer (with D. Saltz), the 40th Meeting of the Zoological Society of Israel, BGU, Israel.

1998-present

Reviewer for grant proposals for the Binational Science Foundation, Israel Science Foundation and for the Australian Research Council

1994-present

Reviewer for articles for the following journals: the American Naturalist, Austral Ecology, Behavioral Ecology, Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology, Journal of Applied Ecology, Journal of Arid Environments, Journal of Zoology, Oikos, Theoretical Population Biology, Trends in Ecology and Evolution.

2000

Committee Member, Committee for Animal Road-Crossing along the Trans-Israel Road, Zoological Society of Israel

1996-1998

Committee Chair, Committee for Nature Conservation,Zoological Society of Israel

1997

Committee Member, Executive Organizing Committee of the 11thInternational Caretakers of the Environment Conference, Sede Boqer (Israel)

1996

Committee Member, International Scientific Committee of the Fifth European Conference on Wildlife Telemetry, Strasburg (France).

1996

Symposium co-convenor, (with B. Pinshow),"Temperature measurement by telemetry", Fifth European Conference on Wildlife Telemetry, Strasburg (France).

1994-1998

Board Member, Board of Directors, Zoological Society of Israel.

1981-1988

Founder and Director, Israel Herpetological Center (IHIC).

 

4. AWARDS, HONORS AND RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

 Honors, citation awards

  • 1993, R. Merton Love Award for the best PhD thesis in Ecology, UC Davis.

  • Spring 1999, Best teacher of the Faculty of Natural Sciences (for the course Reptile 
    Ecology), BGU.

  • Fall 1999, Best teacher of the Faculty of Natural Sciences (for the course Introduction to Vertebrate Zoology), BGU.

5. STUDENTS  

Graduate students

  • 1998, Alon Reichmann, M.Sc., BGU.

  • 1999, Haggai Hallel, M.Sc., BGU. (winner of the Wolf Prize for MSc students)

  • 1999, Yael Bogin, M.Sc., Hebrew Univ., jointly with Yehudah L. Werner.

  • 1999, Hila Shamir, M.Sc., BGU.

  • 2001, Hila Tzachor, M.Sc., BGU.

  • 2001, Rami Boochnik, M.Sc., BGU.

  • 2001, Pablo Blinder, M.Sc., BGU. (Winner of the Kreitman Foundation Fellowship).

  • 2002, Tami Keren, M. Sc., Tel-Aviv Univ., jointly with Eli Geffen. (Winner of the Gidi Zakai Prize for best MSc Research, Zoological Society of Israel).

  • 2004, Aviad Bar, M.Sc., BGU, jointly with Zvika Abramsky.

  • 2005, Motti Charter, M. Sc., Tel-Aviv Univ., jointly with Yossi Leshem.

  • 2006 Yuval Hadar, M.Sc., BGU, jointly with Y. Ayal.

  • 2006, Guy Sion, M.Sc., BGU.

  • 2006, Irit Ziv, M.Sc., BGU.

  • 2006 (expected), Dror Hawlena, Ph. D., BGU, jointly with Z. Abramsky. (Winner of the Merav Ziv Prize for best MSc Research, Mitrani Dept. of Desert Ecology; winner of the Georg Haas prize for best PhD Research, Zoological Society of Israel, Winner of the Merav Ziv Prize for best PhD Research, Mitrani Dept. of Desert Ecology).

  • 2006 (expected), Tzur Magen, M.Sc., BGU, jointly with B. Kotler. (Winner of the Merav Ziv Prize for best MSc Research, Mitrani Dept. of Desert Ecology)

  • 2007 (expected), Shomen Mukarjee, Ph.D., jointly with B. Kotler

  • 2007 (expected), Roy Talbi, Msc, jointly with H. Tsoar and U. Shanas.

  • 2008 (expected), Michal Segoli, Ph.D., BGU, jointly with A. Harari and Y. Lubin. (Winner of the Kreitman Foundation Fellowship).

  • 2008 (expected), Daphna Gotlieb, Ph.D., BGU, jointly with T. Keasar and A. Harari. (winner of the prize for best PhD Research, meeting of Zoological Society of Israel)

  • 2008 (expected), Boaz Shacham, Ph.D., BGU.

Post-doctoral Fellows

  • 1998-1999, Greg Johnston, Kreitman Fellow, BGU.  

6. RESEARCH GRANTS

  • 1996, Species Survival Commission, IUCN, “Preliminary study of population size and distribution of the spiny-tailed lizard in Egypt and Israel”, $1,950. 

  • 1996-7, Israeli Inter-University Ecology Fund (with Alon Reichmann), “Effect of predatory risk on the foraging mode and foraging behavior of Stenodactylus doriae”,$10,000.

  • 1996-7, BGU internal grant, “Escape Behavior of Lizards from an Approaching Predator”, $5,000.  

  • 1997-8, Israeli Inter-University Ecology Fund (with Hila Shamir), “State Dependent Activity in the Scorpion Buthus occitanus israelis”,$10,000.  

  • 1997-8, International Arid Land Consortium (IALC) (with M. Andersen), “Effects of Habitat Fragmentation and Alteration on Desert Lizards”, $75,000.  

  • 1997-2000, Binational Science Foundation US-Israel (with B. Kotler and J. Brown), “Foraging Games Between Gerbils and Owls: Frequency-Dependent Behavior and Species Interactions”, $150,000.  

  • 1997-2001, Israel Science Foundation, “Ecological Processes that Determine the Distribution of Two Parapatric Lizards”, $170,000.

  • 1999-2001, IALC (with M. Andersen), “Effects of Habitat Fragmentation and Management practices on Desert Lizard Diversity”, $75,000.  

  • 2000-2003, Binational Science Foundation US-Israel (with B. Kotler and J. Brown), “Foraging Games Between Gerbils and Owls: Frequency-Dependent Behavior and Species Interactions”, $140,000.

  • 2001, Israel Science Foundation (with B. Pinshow and Z. Abramsky), “Body composition analyzer and open flow respirometry system for animals”, Equipment grant, $55,000 from ISF + $55,000 matching from BGU.

  • 2003-2006, Jewish National Fund (with P. Kutiel, H. Tsoar, D. Blumberg, E. Groner), "Management of coastal dunes for the conservation and restoration of landscapes and diversity of psammophile species", $60,000.

  • 2004-2007, International Arid Land Consortium, (with P. Kutiel, M Irwin, E. Groner), "Sustainable management of coastal dunes for biodiversity conservation", $100,000.

  • 2005-2006, Nature and Parks Authority (With Pua Bar and Elli Gruner), " Management of coastal sand dunes for biodiversity conservation", $17,700.

  • 2005-2009, Binational Science Foundation US-Israel (with B. Kotler and J. Brown), “Foraging Games Among Gerbils and Foxes”, $160,000.

  • 2006-2009, Israel Science Foundation (With Tamar Keasar and Ally Harari), " Insect polyembryony: joint parent-offspring control of brood size", $150,000.

 

Last Updated: 20/12/2006