CURRICULUM VITAE
SERGEI VOLIS
November 2003
The Institutes for Applied Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer Sheva
84105, Israel. Tel.: 972-8-6477197 (office), Fax: 972-8-6472984, E-mail: volis@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
I. PERSONAL
Born:
Marital status:
Citizenship:
Home address:
Kiev, USSR, September 4, 1961
Married, two sons
Israeli
19 Zohar, Meitar, Israel
tel.: 064-824075, e-mail: volis@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
II. EDUCATION
Ph.D.
1997-2002
M.Sc.
B.A. and M.Sc.
1992-1996
1979-1984
Ben-Gurion University, Israel - ecological genetics,
plant population ecology, evolutionary ecology
Ben-Gurion University, Israel - ecological genetics
Simpheropol University, USSR – population ecology
III. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2002-2003
2003-present
Post Doc, Amsterdam University
Lecturer, The Institutes for Applied Research, Ben Gurion
University of the Negev, Israel
V. PUBLICATIONS
a. Published or in press
1. S. Volis, S. Mendlinger, D. Ward and K. Verhoeven. 2003. Phenotypic selection and
regulation of reproduction in different environments in wild barley. Journal of
Evolutionary Biology.
2. S. Volis, L. Olsvig-Whittaker, Y. Anikster and S. Mendlinger. 2003. The influence of
space in genetic-environmental relationships when environmental heterogeneity and
seed dispersal occurs at similar scale. American Naturalist.
3. Volis S., S. Mendlinger and D. Ward. 2003. Demography and role of the seed bank in
Mediterranean and desert populations of wild barley, Hordeum spontaneum Koch.
Basic and Applied Ecology.
4. Volis S, I. Shulgina, D. Ward and S. Mendlinger. 2003. Regional allozyme variation in
wild barley, Hordeum spontaneum: adaptive or neutral? Journal of Heredity 94: 341351.
5. Volis S., S. Mendlinger and D. Ward. 2002. Adaptive traits of wild barley plants of
Mediterranean and desert origin. Oecologia 133: 131-138.
6. Volis S., S. Mendlinger, Y. Turuspekov and U. Esnazarov. 2002. Phenotypic and
allozyme variation in Mediterranean and desert populations of wild barley, Hordeum
spontaneum. Evolution 56: 1403-1415.
7. Volis S., S. Mendlinger and D. Ward. 2002. Differentiation in populations of Hordeum
spontaneum Koch along a gradient of environmental productivity and predictability: life
history and local adaptation. Biological Journal of Linnean Society 77: 479-490.
8. Volis S., S. Mendlinger and D. Ward. 2002. Differentiation in populations of Hordeum
spontaneum Koch along a gradient of environmental productivity and predictability:
plasticity in response to water and nutrient stress. Biological Journal of Linnean Society
75: 301-312.
9. Volis S., S. Mendlinger and D. Ward. 2002. Differentiation in populations of Hordeum
spontaneum Koch along a gradient of environmental productivity and predictability:
multilevel selection analysis. Biological Journal of Linnean Society 75: 313-318.
10. Volis, S., B. Yakubov, I. Shulgina, D. Ward, V. Zur, S. Mendlinger. 2001. Tests for
adaptive RAPD variation in population genetic structure of wild barley, Hordeum
spontaneum Koch. Biological Journal of Linnean Society 74: 289-303.
11. Volis S., S. Mendlinger, and N. Orlovsky. 2001. Variability in phenotypic traits in core
and peripheral populations of wild barley, Hordeum spontaneum Koch. Hereditas 133:
235-247.
12. Volis S., S. Mendlinger, Y. Turuspekov, U. Esnazarov, S. Abugalieva and N. Orlovsky.
2001. Allozyme variation in Turkmenian populations of wild barley, Hordeum
spontaneum Koch. Annals of Botany 87: 435-446.
13. Volis S. and U. Shani. 2000. The effect of neighbors on the root system of the desert
annual Eremobium aegyptiacum. Folia Geobotanica 35: 161-168
14. Volis, S., S. Mendlinger, U.N. Safriel, L. Olsvig-Whittaker and N. Orlovsky.
1998. Phenotypic variation and stress resistance in core and peripheral populations of
Hordeum spontaneum. Biodiversity and Conservation 7: 799-813.
15. Turuspekov, E.K., S.I. Abugalieva, S. Mendlinger and S. Volis. 1996. Polymorphism in
populations of wild barley (Hordeum spontaneum K.) from Turkmenistan. Genetica 32:
767-773 (in Russian).
16. Safriel, U., S. Volis and S. Kark. 1994. Core and peripheral populations and global
climate change. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 42: 331-345.
b. in preparation
1. Volis S., Bohrer G., Oostermeijer G. and van Tienderen P. Regional consequences of
local population demography and genetics in relation to habitat management in
Gentiana pneumonante.
2. Volis S., Bohrer G., Oostermeijer G. and van Tienderen P. Modeling genetic
diversity in mainland-island and source-sink metapopulations.
3. Volis S., I. Shulgina, B. Yakubov, V. Kogan-Zur and S. Mendlinger. Regional
subdivision in RAPD, allozyme and qualitative trait variation in wild barley, Hordeum
spontaneum.
4. Volis S., S. Mendlinger and D. Ward. 2002. Differentiation in populations of Hordeum
spontaneum Koch along a gradient of environmental productivity and predictability:
intra- and interspecific competitive responses.
5. Volis S., I. Shulgina, B. Yakubov, V. Zur, N. Orlovsky and S. Mendlinger. RAPD DNA
variability in core and peripheral populations of wild barley Hordeum spontaneum Koch.
6. Volis S., S. Mendlinger and D. Ward. Demography and elasticity analysis of
Mediterranean and desert populations of wild oat, Avena sterilis.
7. Volis S., S. Mendlinger and D. Ward. Life history and local adaptation in populations of
Avena sterilis L. distributed along aridity gradient in Israel.
8. Volis S., I. Shulgina, B. Yakubov, V. Kogan-Zur, N. Orlovsky and S. Mendlinger.
Pattern of genetic variation across a core-peripheral cline in populations of wild barley,
Hordeum spontaneum Koch
VI. RESEARCH GRANTS
1. 1997-2000. The Israel Academy of Science. Ecological genetics of populations of
Hordeum spontaneum - 3 years, $110,000.
2. 1999 (rejected at final cut, accepted for seed money). The Israel Academy of Science.
Improved sampling strategy for germplasm conservation: Triticum turgidum, a model
species - 20,000 NIS.
3. 2002 (rejected at final cut, accepted for seed money). The Israel Academy of Science.
Test of ecological determinants of within-population genetic structure – 20,000 NIS.
VII. TEACHING ACTIVITIES
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Teaching assistant, BGU university - 1996-2001 - Biometry;
Teaching assistant, BGU university - 1997-1999 - Evolution of life histories;
Teaching assistant, BGU university - 1998-2001 - Population ecology;
Lecturer, Veld Products Research & Development, Botswana - October, 2001 Training course in Participatory Ecological Assessment
VIII. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
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Plant conservation biology, sustainable use of wild plants, reintroduction
Plant ecological genetics.
Plant population ecology.
Natural selection in plant populations, plant strategies.
Introduction and domestication of wild plants.