Homepage of James E. O'Hara, Ph.D.

Homepage of James E. O'Hara, Ph.D.

Contact details
Dr. James E. O'Hara
Canadian National Collection of Insects
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
960 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
Telephone: 613-759-1795
Fax: 613-759-1927
E-mail: james.ohara@agr.gc.ca

Education

Ph.D. (Entomology) 1987 - University of Alberta, Edmonton.
M.Sc. (Entomology) 1981 - University of Alberta, Edmonton.
B.Sc. (Honours Biology) 1978 - Carleton University, Ottawa.

Current Research Projects

Various systematic studies on the Tachinidae.
Catalogue of the Tachinidae of China.
Development of Tachinidae website.

Expertise

Primarily systematics of parasitic flies of the family Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera).

Professional Activities

2007: Organizer, field meeting of the North American Dipterists Society, 13-16 August 2007, Silver City, New Mexico, USA.
2006: Chair, Tachinidae Section, Sixth International Congress of Dipterology, Fukuoka International Congress Center, Fukuoka.
2004 - present: Associate Editor, Zootaxa.
2004 - present: Chair, Library Committee, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Ottawa.
2003 - present: Webmaster, North American Dipterists Society website.
2002 - present: Council member, International Congresses of Dipterology.
2002 - 2004: Member, Library Committee, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Ottawa.
2002: Co-chair, Oestroidea Section, Fifth International Congress of Dipterology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
1998 - present: Special Graduate Faculty member, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph.
1998: Chair, Tachinidae Section, Fourth International Congress of Dipterology, Oxford University, Oxford.
1997-2003: Chair, Finance Committee, Entomological Society of Canada.
1996-2003: Study Leader, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Ottawa.
1996-1998: Secretary and Treasurer of the Canacoll Foundation.
1995: Invited NSF sponsored visiting curator, Entomology Department, Texas A&M University.
1994 - present: Member, Dipterology Fund Committee.
1994: Chair, Tachinidae Section, Third International Congress of Dipterology, University of Guelph, Guelph.
1992-1996: Chair, Handbook Committee, Insects and Arachnids of Canada series.
1990-1994: Member, Organizing Committee for the Third International Congress of Dipterology, University of Guelph, Guelph.
1988 - present: Editor, The Tachinid Times newsletter.
1987: Co-coordinator of Scientific Program, Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Alberta, Drumheller.

Publications

Over 100 research, miscellaneous and electronic publications, mostly on tachinid flies. To see a list of these publications, click here.

First published on the NADS website on 21 March 2004
Last update: 31 December 2012
J.E. O'Hara