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Date of Birth: 18.06.1971 1981-1984: Secondary school in Timisoara. (Liceul de Filologie-Istorie) 1985-1989: High school in Timisoara (profile Chemistry-Biology) 1989 - Baccalaureate degree in Chemistry-Biology, (Liceul de Filologie-Istorie) 1990-1995: University education in general Biology, at the West University of Timisoara 1995 - Licence in Biology; Thesis: Aspects of the Morphology and Behavior in Actinia equina. 1996 -1998 Doctoral student at Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca (Department of Biology) 1998 - present Graduate student at University of Kansas (Ph.D) 
 Graduate History at KU: First semester at KU: Summer/Fall 1998 Admitted for: Ph.D. program Ph.D. Sponsor: Dr. D. Fautin Meeting of Graduate Interview Committee: July, 1998 - Dr. D. Fautin, Dr. L. Trueb and Dr. E. Wiley Chair of Graduate Committee: Dr. D. Fautin Thesis subject: Revision of the family Actinodendridae Teaching Asisstant - Faculty of Chemistry-Biology-Geography, Department of Biology (West University of Timisoara) 1996 - 1997: The Gathering, Preservation and Preparation of Biological Material. Research Assistant - The University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Division of Invertebrate Zoology. Fall 2000 - Present: under Daphne Fautin’s National Ocean Partnership Program (NOPP) grant Curatorial Assistant - The University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Division of Invertebrate Zoology. Revision of the family Actinodendronidae -- doctoral thesis.Task: to produce a monograph that will include species descriptions and phylogenetic analysis of the group.
Hexacorallians of the World -- Catalogue of taxa, bibliography of literature in which they were described, inventory of type specimens, distribution maps, and images. Syngraph -- a computer application that that allows linkage of any published name to any other using a lexicon of modifiers that are conventional in taxonomy. Tree of Life -- Internet pages for phylum Cnidaria. ITIS -- Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Ardelean A. (1996) - Locomotion Keyframes in Actinia equina (Anthozoa). Annals of the University of Timisoara, Seria Biologie, vol 1. Ardelean A. (1998) - Anthozoa Encyclopaedia (alpha Version) a Multimedia Database about Sea Anemones and Corals. The 2nd International Symposium Interdisciplinary Zonal Research, December 11 - 12 1997, Timisoara, Romānia. Ardelean A. (2002) - Environmental GIS modeling of distribution patterns in Actinodendron plumosum, a sea anemone with a large geographic range [abstract]. Eos (Trans. AGU), Ocean Sci. Mtg. Suppl. 83:OS42C-141. This presentation was awarded an Outstanding Student Paper Award by the Ocean Sciences Section of the American Geophysical Union at the Ocean Science meeting in February, 2002. [me at this meeting] Ardelean A (accepted). Reinterpretation of some tentacular structures in actinodendronid and thalassianthid sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria). Zoologische Verhandelingen, Leiden. Daly M., Ardelean A., Cha H-R., Campbell C. A., and Fautin D. G. (submitted). A new species, Adamsia obvolva (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria), from the Gulf of Mexico, and a discussion of the taxonomy of carcinoecium-forming sea anemones. Bulletin of Marine Science. Ardelean A. (submitted). A new species of the sea anemone Megalactis (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria: Actinodendridae) from Taiwan and designation of a neotype for the type species of the genus
Ardelean A. (May 22, 1997) - Computer Analysis of Behavioural Links. Academic Days of Timisoara, Romanian Academy, branch Timisoara. Fautin D.G., Bartley J., Henning J., Fullerton M.D., and Ardelean A. (November 3-4, 1999) - An Electronic Atlas of Sea Anemones. Ocean Biogeographical Information Systems (OBIS), Washington, D.C. Ardelean A. (10 April 2000) - Tentacle branching pattern in the sea anemone family Actinodendronidae Haddon 1898. SigmaXi Research Paper Competition.
Ardelean A. (19 April 2000) - Tentacle branching pattern in the sea anemone family Actinodendronidae Haddon 1898. Museum Seminar: The University of Kansas Natural History Museum. Ardelean A. (21 October, 2000) - Tentacle branching pattern in the sea anemone genus, Actinodendron (Anthozoa: Actiniaria: Actinodendronidae). The Fifth Graduate Student Research Retreat. Ardelean A. (6-8 November, 2000) - Syngraph: Synonymy application. NOPP Grant Workshop held at University of Kansas, Haworth Hall (presenter) Ardelean A. (15 April 2001) - Variability in the sea anemone genus Actinodendron (Anthozoa: Actiniaria: Actinodendronidae). SigmaXi Research Paper Competition. Ardelean A. (5 December 2001) - Syngraph. First OBIS Technical Workshop, Lawrence, Kansas. Ardelean A. (1 July 2002) - Predicted geographic distributions aid taxonomic decisions within sea anemone genus Actinodendron (Anthozoa: Actiniaria). Evolution Meeting. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ardelean A. (10 July 2003) - Variability in nematocysts from a single individual of Actinodendron arboreum (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actinodendridae). The 7th International Conference on Ceoelnterate Biology. University of Kansas, Lawrence.
Posters: Ardelean A. (December 12,1997) - Anthozoa Encyclopaedia. The 2nd International Symposium Interdisciplinary Zonal Research, Romanian Ministry of Research and Technology & Romanian Academy Timisoara Branch Office.
Fautin D.G., Fullerton M.D., Bartley J., and Ardelean A. (November 18, 1999) - Sea Anemone Distributions and their Environmental Correlates. Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone Fourth Open Science Meeting, Bahia Blanca, Argentina.
Ardelean A. (January, 2000) - Tentacle branching pattern in the sea anemone family Actinodendridae Haddon 1898. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Atlanta.
Ardelean A. (March, 2000) - Tentacle branching pattern in the sea anemone family Actinodendridae Haddon 1898. Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy (PEET), Conference on The Monographic Process, Washington DC, March, 2000
Ardelean A., Fautin D.G., and Hunsinger K. (January 5, 2001) - Managing taxonomic synonyms. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Chicago.
Ardelean A., Fautin D.G., and Hunsinger K. (April 7, 2001) - Managing taxonomic synonyms. Kansas Academy of Science, Lawrence, Kansas. Ardelean A. (28 June 2002) - Environmental GIS modeling of distribution patterns in Actinodendron plumosum, a sea anemone with a large geographic range. Evolution Meeting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ardelean A. (7-8 July 2003) - Morphological and color variability of the sea anemone Actinodendron arboreum (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actinodendridae). The 7th International Conference on Ceoelnterate Biology. University of Kansas, Lawrence. Robert Buddemeier, Daphne Fautin, Asif Iqbal, Adorian Ardelean, John Guinotte, Ganesh Shankaran, Jeremy Bartley, and Peder Sandhei (10-11 July 2003) - Hexacoral biogeography: serving and linking geospatial bio-environmental data . The 7th International Conference on Ceoelnterate Biology. University of Kansas, Lawrence.
Awards and grants: Panorama Society grant, Spring 1999: $500 to travel to Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden, The Netherlands. Panorama Society grant, Fall 2001: $250 to travel to Ocean Science Meeting of American Geophysical Union, Hawaii, Honolulu (February, 2002). NSF Epscor fund, Summer 2002: $383 to travel to Evolution Meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Outstanding Student Poster Award for the presentation at the Ocean Science Meeting of American Geophysical Union, Hawaii, Honolulu (February, 2002).
Illustrations:
Figure 3 in Fautin D. G., Romano S. L, and Oliver
W. A. Jr. 2000. Zoantharia.
Tree of Life (peer-reviewed).
Programing Skills:
Visual Basic 6, HTML, Allaire ColdFusion, ASP (example) beta tester of Specify Associate Member of The Linnean Society of London Graduate Student Member of Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) American Microscopical Society (AMS). SigmaXi The Scientific Research Society. | |||||
