20. October 2007 CURRICULUM VITAE CURRICULUM VITAE ...

BJARTE HENRY JORDAL
Born 09.06.1967, Voss, Norway – Norwegian citizen
Married to Ann-Elise O. Jordal – one child, Nikolai (2004)
Work address: Department of Biology, University of Bergen, N-5007 Bergen, Norway.
E-mail: bjarte.jordal@bio.uib.no
Web: http://www.bio.uib.no/code/staff/forsker.php?pid=1481&lang=E
EDUCATION
20. October 2007
2001 Ph.D. University of Bergen / Harvard University.
Thesis: “The origin and radiation of sib-mating haplodiploid beetles (Coleoptera,
Curculionidae, Scolytinae)”. Dissertation advisors: Assoc. Prof. Lawrence R. Kirkendall
(UoB); Prof. Endre Willassen (UoB); Prof. Brian D. Farrell (Harvard University)
1996 Pedagogy - Didactics in Biology and Natural Sciences, University of Bergen (1 yr)
1995 M.Sc. University of Bergen.
Thesis: “Taxonomy and ecology of beetles breeding in Cecropia leafstalks (Cecropiaceae) with
special emphasis on Scolytodes Ferrari (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)”
1993 B.Sc. University of Bergen / Sogn & Fjordane College (biology)
1992 Diploma in Landscape Conservation and Management, Sogn & Fjordane College (3 yrs)
Thesis: "Framlegg til norsk sti- og løypeplan for Nordfjella villreinområde : ein
konsekvensanalyse"
RECENT EMPLOYMENT
2006-present Department of Biology, University of Bergen
- Norwegian Research Council Research Fellow
2004-2006 Museum of Natural History and Archaeology, NTNU, Trondheim.
- Post-doctoral Fellow, Curator of Coleoptera
- Lab Manager, Molecular Systematics Laboratory
2002- 2004 School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
- Marie Curie Research Fellow
2001 Department of Zoology, University of Bergen
- Post-doctoral Research Associate
- Principal Lecturer, Evolutionary Biology BZM210
1998-2001 Department of Zoology, University of Bergen
- Doctoral Fellow
1998-1999 Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, USA
- Visiting Doctoral Fellow
1997 Nordland Fiskerifagskole (High School), Gravdal, Lofoten
- Teacher (Natural Sciences and Environmental studies)
- Leader of the Natural Sciences Section
1997 Garnes Videregående Skole (High School), Bergen
- Teacher (Natural Sciences and Mathematics)
1996 Department of Zoology, University of Bergen
- Research Assistant in entomology
1994-1997 Museum of Natural History & Dept. Zoology, University of Bergen
- Graduate Teaching Fellow

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UNIVERSITY TEACHING
PhD students
• Toril L. Moen, Museum of Natural History, NTNU: Systematics and taxonomy of selected marine
worms (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) invading via fouling and ballast water (2004-2008).
• Carlos Ruiz, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidad de Murcia: Phylogenetics of the ground
beetle genus Calathus (2004-2008). Co-advisor for visiting student June-Aug. 2005, Aug.-Sept.
2007.
• Hallvard Elven, Museum of Natural History, Unversity of Oslo: Phylogeny of the tribe Athetini
Casey, 1910 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), based on morphological and molecular characters
(2006-2009). Informal advisor.
MSc students
• Hanne F. Andersen, Department of Biology, University of Bergen: Is genetic polymorphism in
invasive insects reflected in ecology and behavior? The case of Xylosandrus morigerus
(Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in Costa Rica. Graduated 2007.
• Iren Lunde Knutsen, Department of Biology, University of Bergen: Population genetics of four
inbreeding bark beetle species in relation to endemism and resource use (2006-2008).
• Ørjan Sælensminde, Department of Biology, University of Bergen: Is limited genetic variation
and specialization on endemic host plants important factors in speciation among inbreeding
species? (2006-2008).
• Tina Sugunthi, Department of Biology, University of Bergen: Speciation patterns for inbreeding
beetles: cryptic geographical speciation at various spatial scales (2007-2009).
Udergraduate teaching
Museum of Natural History and Archaeology, NTNU, Trondheim.
Lecturer, BI2000 “Systematics and Taxonomy I” (2004, 2005)
Department of Biology, University of Bergen
• Lecturer, BIO301, "Topics in Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity" (2007)
• Principal Lecturer, BZM210 “Evolution and Phylogeny” (2001)
• Lecturer, BZM 110 “Evolution – process and patterns” (1997)
• Graduate Teaching Fellow, BZM222 “Biodiversity” (1996, 1997)
• Graduate Teaching Fellow, BZM210 “Evolution and Phylogeny” (1996, 1997)
• Graduate Teaching Fellow, B100 “Systematic Zoology” (1994, 1995, 1999)
• Graduate Teaching Fellow, BZM230 “Invertebrate Systematics" (1999, 2000)
RESEARCH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
• Norwegian Research Council no. 170565/V40 (2006-2009): “Genetic diversity and speciation in
ancient inbreeding lineages ” (€ 312,625).
• The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, 2005: “Identification of bark beetle
species complexes associated with spruce and pine, using DNA profiles” (€ 1,250).
• Marie Curie Fellowship HPMF-CT2001-01323 (2002-2004): “Distinguishing host-plant
constraints from geographical barriers in Macaronesian beetle assemblages”, with Prof. GM
Hewitt, University of East Anglia, UK (€ 114,270).
• Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Bergen (2000): Entomology congress (€ 2000).
• Norwegian Research Council (1998-1999): Exchange Visitor Scholarship, with Prof. BD Farrell,
Harvard University, USA (€ 11,000).
• Norwegian Research Council no. 123588/410 (1998-2001): “Evolution and phylogeny in
inbreeding and outbreeding dryocoetine bark beetles ”, with Profs BD Farrell, Harvard University
and LR Kirkendall, University of Bergen (€ 157,500).

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Collaborative research
• "Monographic research of tropical bark beetles (Scolytinae: Xyleborini): Preservation and
modernization of taxonomic expertise". PI: Anthony Cognato, NSF (USA) funded PEET project
(2004-2007) (http://xyleborini.tamu.edu/).
• "Taxonomic revision of the conifer root beetles of the tribe Hylastini". PI: Sally J. McElwey,
Colorado State University
• "Beetle Tree of Life". PIs: Brian Farrell, David Maddison, Adam Slipinski & Michael Whiting.
Funded by NSF (USA) (2005-2010) (http://beetletree.org/)
Travel grants awarded visiting researchers
• Linda Semeraro, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Australia: training in bark beetle
taxonomy, March 2007
• Jiri Hulcr, Michigan State University: training in morphological dissections, November 2006
• Mario Garcia-Paris, Natural History Museum, Madrid: type material of Meloidae (June 2005)
• Carlos Ruiz Carreira, Universidad de Murcia: training in molecular systematics (June-July 2005,
2007)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Referee: Biol. J. Linnean Soc. (1); BMC Genomics (2); Conservation Genetics (1); Environ.
Entomol. (1); Great Basin Nat. (1 monograph); Heredity (2); J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res. (2);
Mol. Ecol. (6); Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. (3); Proc. R. Soc. London B (3); Syst. Entomol. (1);
Zool. Scr. (2); Zootaxa (1)
Course evaluation (external): BIO4200, BIO9200 "Molecular Evolution", University of Oslo – 2005
Public relations: Identification of galls, plant damage, insect specimens (beetles, lacewings
and flies)
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2007: A.J. Cook Arthropod Research Collection, MSU, Michigan. (Scolytinae, Platypodinae)
2004-2006: Museum of Natural History and Archaeology, NTNU (Coleoptera, Lysholm's historical
collection, DNA and tissue collection)
2000-2001 Department of Zoology, University of Bergen (DNA and tissue collection for DNA
barcoding)
1998-1999: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (Scolytinae collection, DNA and
tissue collection in Farrell lab)
1994-1996 Zoological Museum, Bergen Museum (designation of Scolytinae type material in various
international collections)
Other museum collections visited: Nat. Hist. Museum, London; La Plata Natural Sciences Museum,
Buenos Aires; Museo de Insectos, Universidad de Costa Rica;
INBio, Costa Rica; Queensland DPI entomological collection,
Brisbane; South African Museum, Entomology, Cape Town
Field work: - Europe: Norway & Sweden (1998, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007)
- Africa: Uganda (1998), Morocco (2002), South Africa (2006), Cameroon (2007)
- Macaronesia: Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Madeira (2002)
- North America: Arizona, New Hampshire, Massachusetts (Harvard Univ. Putnam
Expedition Fund, 1998), North Carolina (2006), Michigan, Utah (2007)
- South America: Argentina (Salta and Patagonia): Harvard Univ. Putnam Expedition Fund,
1998, Costa Rica (1994)
- Asia: Malaysia (1999), Singapore (1998), Sarawak 1998)
- Oceania: Australia, Queensland (2000), Papua New Guinea (Harvard Univ. Putnam
Expedition Fund, 2000)

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COMMITTEES
2007: Evaluation of tenure application, Michigan State University.
2007: Assessment committee (chair) to evaluate applications for a PhD position in marine
biosystematics at Bergen Museum
2005-2006: The Science Museum towards 2014 - exhibitions in evolutionary biology, NTNU
2004-2006: Employment committee, Museum of Natural History and Archaeology, Trondheim,
2000-2001: Web-development committee, Department of Zoology, University of Bergen
1999-2001: Group leader − inter-departmental seminar group in molecular evolution, University
of Bergen
1997: Leader of the Natural History section and member of the headmaster’s council, Nordland
Fiskerifagskole
1994-1995: Steering committee member, Department of Zoology, University of Bergen
COMMUNICATION
NRK radio P1 (local): wasp revival from hibernation during mild winter climates (29.12.06)
Verdens Gang - Helg (newspaper): "Nye arter - oppdagelser i edens hage" (25.02.06)
Broadview (UEA magazine): short report on inbreeding in bark beetles. (01.02.03)
NRK, radio P2, science section “verdt og vite”. About agriculture in incestuous haplodiploid
beetles (08.05.01)
NRK TV Hordaland, news broadcast. Sib-mating in bark beetles and the paradox of successful
inbreeding (30.03.01)
Newsday (New York daily newspaper): “Revolution in Evolution - Quirks in beetles’ inbreeding
habits shed light on growth and migration” (02.01.01)
NRK, radio P4: about bark beetles as model organisms in biosystematics (03.05.95)
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Symposium in memory of Sigurd Mjøen Såstad. 26 January 2007, Museum of Natural History
and Archaeology, NTNU (on the origin and evolutionary success of sib-mating)
Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, 16 Feb 2006 (bark beetle research)
Museum of Natural History and Archaeology, NTNU, FANT forum, 2 Dec 2005 (DNA in
biosystematics, archaeological and forensic investigations)
Museum of Natural History and Archaeology, NTNU: "National Network in Taxonomy"
Workshop, 8 Dec 2004 (lecture on molecular methods in taxonomy)
Natural History Museum and Botanical Gardens, Univ. Oslo, 22 Dec 2003 (phylogenetic
methods)
Department of Zoology, Univ. Bergen, 22 May 2003 (on insect – host plant interactions)
OTHER CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS
3rd Genetics Workshop on Bark Beetles and Associated Microorganisms. May 20-21, 2006,
Asheville, NC, USA - lecture
Special symposium in honour of Professor Godfrey Hewitt, 9 September 2005, University of East
Anglia, Norwich, UK - poster
IXth Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, 18-24 August, 2003, Leeds, UK
- lecture
Third Annual Rebellion - 9-10 Jan. 2003, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK - lecture
Fifth Meeting of the Nordic Phylogenetic Systematics Network, 31Aug – 3 Sep 2000, Lammi
Biological Station, University of Helsinki, Finland - lecture
XXI International Congress in Entomology, 22-28 Aug. 2000, Iguaçu, Brazil - 2 lectures
XX International Congress in Entomology, 25-31Aug 1996, Florence, Italy - lecture
ADDITIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
Museum Collections and Barcoding of Life. Symposium at the National Centre for Biosystematic
Research, University of Oslo 20-21 March 2006
International Conference for the Barcoding of life. Natural History Museum, London, 7-9
February, 2005
Assembling the Tree of Life (AToL). Bergen 9-10 June, 2004
Phylogeny and conservation. Zoological Society of London, 6-7 February 2003
Bioinformatics 2002. Bergen 4-7 April, 2002
Ultimate course in cladistics. Workshop, Natural History Museum, Helsinki, 18-21 September
1999

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PUBLICATIONS (peer reviewed)
1. Jordal BH. The genus Dolurgocleptes Schedl (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) in Madagascar: description
of a new species and new placement in Polygraphini. Zootaxa, in review.
2. Jordal BH. Two new species of Aphanarthrum (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) associated with Euphorbia
in South Africa – some biogeographical implications. Zootaxa, in review.
3. Jordal BH. 2008. Scolytinae. In: Handbook of Zoology, Band IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38:
Coleoptera, Beetles, Vol. 2 (eds. Beutel R, Leschen RAB). In press.
4. Jordal BH. 2008. Platypodinae. In: Handbook of Zoology, Band IV Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38:
Coleoptera, Beetles, Vol. 2 (eds. Beutel R, Leschen RAB). In press.
5. Jordal BH, Gillespie J & Cognato AI. 2008. Secondary structure alignment and direct optimization
of 28S nucleotides provide limited phylogenetic resolution in bark and ambrosia beetles
(Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Zoologica Scripta, 37: 1-14.
6. Jordal BH & Knizek M. 2007. Resurrection of Crypturgus subcribrosus Eggers stat. nov. and its
close phylogenetic relationship to Nearctic Crypturgus (Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Zootaxa, 1606:
41-50.
7. Jordal BH. 2007. Reconstructing the phylogeny of Scolytinae and close allies: major obstacles and
prospects for a solution. USDA Forest Service Proceedings RMRS-P-45: 3-8.
8. Jordal BH, Emerson, BC & Hewitt, GM. 2006. Apparent 'sympatric' speciation in ecologically
similar herbivorous beetles facilitated by multiple colonisations of an island. Molecular Ecology, 15:
2935-2947.
9. Kirkendall LR & Jordal BH. 2006. The bark and ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae, Scolytinae) of
Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the role of mating systems in island zoogeography. Biological Journal of
the Linnean Society, 89: 729-743 [includes description of three new species].
10. Jordal BH. 2006. Community structure and reproductive biology in bark beetles (Coleoptera:
Scolytinae) associated with Macaronesian Euphorbia spurges. European Journal of Entomology, 103:
71-80.
11. Jordal BH & Hewitt GM. 2004. The origin and radiation of Macaronesian beetles breeding in
Euphorbia: the relative importance of multiple data partitions and population sampling. Systematic
Biology, 53: 711-734.
12. Jordal BH, Kirkendall LR & Harkestad K. 2004. Phylogeny of a Macaronesian radiation: hostplant
use and possible cryptic speciation in Liparthrum bark beetles. Molecular Phylogenetics and
Evolution, 31: 554-571.
13. Nakagawa M, Itioka T, Momose K. Yumoto T, Komai F, Morimoto K, Jordal BH, Kato M,
Kaliang H, Hamid AA, Inoue T & Nakashizuka T. 2003. Resource use of insect seed predators
during general flowering and seeding events in a Bornean dipterocarp rain forest. Bulletin of
Entomological Research, 93: 455-466.
14. Jordal BH, Beaver RA, Normark BB & Farrell BD. 2002. Extraordinary sex ratios, and the
evolution of male neoteny in sib-mating Ozopemon beetles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society,
75: 353-360.
15. Jordal BH. 2002. Elongation Factor 1α resolves the monophyly of the haplodiploid ambrosia
beetles Xyleborini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Insect Molecular Biology, 11: 453-465.
16. Jordal BH, Normark BB, Farrell BD & Kirkendall LR. 2002. Extraordinary haplotype diversity in
haplodiploid inbreeders: phylogenetics and evolution of the bark beetle genus Coccotrypes.
MolecularPhylogenetics and Evolution, 23: 171-188.

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17. Jordal BH, Beaver RA & Kirkendall LR. 2001. Breaking taboos in the tropics: inbreeding promotes
colonization by wood-boring beetles. Global Ecology and Biogeography 10: 345-358.
18. Farrell BD, Sequeira A, O'Meara B, Normark BB, Chung J & Jordal B. 2001. The evolution of
agriculture in beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae). Evolution, 55: 2011-2027.
19. Jordal BH, Normark BB & Farrell BD. 2000. Evolutionary radiation of an inbreeding haplodiploid
beetle lineage (Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 71: 483-499.
20. Normark BB, Jordal BH & Farrell BD. 1999. Origin of a haplodiploid beetle lineage. Proceedings
of the Royal Society of London serie B 266: 2253-2259.
21. Jordal BH. 1998. A review of Scolytodes Ferrari (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) associated with Cecropia
(Cecropiaceae) in the northern Neotropics. Journal of Natural History 32: 31-84.
22. Jordal BH & Kirkendall LR. 1998. Ecological relationships of a guild of tropical beetles breeding in
Cecropia leafstalks in Costa Rica. Journal of Tropical Ecology 14: 153-176.
23. Jordal B. 1998. New species of Scolytodes (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) from Costa Rica and Panama.
Revista de Biologia Tropical 46: 407-420.
Popular science
1. Jordal BH. 2006. Lysholms Palearktiske billesamling - en perle i Vitenskapsmuseets
insektmagasiner. Insekt-Nytt, 31 (1/2): 11-15.
2. Ekrem T & Jordal BH. 2005. Organismer med strekkoder – artsidentifisering med DNA sekvenser.
Naturen 129 (4): 154-160.
Reports and newsletters
1. Jordal BH. 2006. Featured Researcher. Curculio 53: 1-4.
2. Jordal BH, Såstad SM, Ekrem T & Guldahl AS. 2006. Evolusjon og taxonomi: Livets opprinnelse
og utvikling – skisse til utstillingskonsepter. In: Idégrunnlag for utstillingsvirksomheten frem mot
2014, pp 23-29. Internal report, Museum of Natural History and Archaeology, Trondheim.
3. Beaver RA & Jordal BH. 2002. This is a weevil! Curculio 44: 8-9

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Manuscripts in progress
1. Jordal BH & Kirkendall LR. High mitochondrial variation suggest greatly underestimated diversity
in widespread inbreeding beetles. In preparation for Research Letters in Ecology (Ultimo 2007).
2. Jordal BH & Oberprieler, R. 2008 Cossoninae. In: Handbook of Zoology, Band IV Arthropoda:
Insecta. Part 38: Coleoptera, Beetles, Vol. 2 (eds. Beutel R, Leschen RAB) (ultimo 2007).
3. Jordal BH & Ekrem T. Kunnskap om livets tre er en essensiell komponent i det moderne samfunns
utvikling. In preparation for Naturen (primo 2008).
4. Ruiz CC, Jordal BH & Serrano J. A multigene phylogenetic evaluation of the Sphodrini
(Coleoptera, Carabidae). In preparation for Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (primo 2008).
5. Ruiz CC, Jordal BH, Emerson BC & Serrano J. Phylogenetic relationships within the genus
Calathus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) and the origin of Nearctic Neocalathus. In preparation for Molecular
Phylogenetics and Evolution (primo 2008).
6. Cognato AI, Hulcr J, Washburn L & Jordal BH. Phylogeny of ambrosia beetles (Cuculionidae,
Scolytinae: Xyleborina) inferred from 28S ribosomal rDNA sequence and morphological data. In
preparation for Insect Systematics and Evolution (medio 2008).
7. Ruiz CC, Jordal BH & Serrano J. Speciation patterns in flightless versus winged ground beetles:
merging phylogeographical and macroevolutionary approaches. Journal of Zoological Systematics and
Evolutionary Research (medio 2008)
8. Jordal BH, Sun JH & Cognato AI. A phylogenetic evaluation of species delineation in the
Polygraphus poligraphus (L.) complex (Coleoptera: Scolytinae). In preparation for European Journal
of Entomology (medio 2008).
9. Jordal BH, Sun JH & Cognato AI. On the species definition and phylogenetic relationship of D.
autographus Ratzeburg and D. hectographus Reitter, evidence from DNA sequence data and
morphology. In preparation for Norwegian Journal of Entomology (medio 2008).
10. Moen TL & Jordal BH. Contrasting genetic variation in widespread marine calcareous worms
associated with fouling on ships. In preparation for Marine Biology (June 2008).