Directory of Acarologists of the World 2002
Compiled by Valerie Behan-Pelletier 

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Obenchain, Frederick D.
BioNet International Corp., Regulatory Affairs, 9619 Evans Ford Road, Manassas, VA 22111, USA
Manassas VA
USA
Phone: 703 361-9508
Fax: 703 330-1809
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization:

OCHI, Erneo B.
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Khartoum (Univ.of Bahr ElGhazal), P.O. Box 32, Khartoum North, Sudan
Khartoum
Sudan
Phone: 11-313 654
Fax: 11-312 638
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Ticks
Specialization: Ticks and tick-borne diseases

Ochoa, Ronald
Systematic Entomology Laboratory USDA, ARS, BA, PSI, Building 005, Room 137 BARC-West, 10300 Baltimore Av. Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA
Beltsville MD
USA
Phone: (301) 504 7890
Fax: (301) 504 6482
E-mail: rochoa@sel.barc.usda.gov
URL: www.sel.barc.usda.gov/selhome/ro.htm
Taxonomic group: Heterostigmata, Eriophyoidea, Tetranychoidea
Specialization:

O'Connell, Tadgh
Department of Zoology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
Dublin
Ireland
Phone: 1-706-2265
Fax: 1-706-1152
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Oribatida
Specialization: Ecology

Oconnor, Barry M.
Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 1109 Geddes Ave., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-1079, USA
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1079
USA
Phone: 734-763-4354
Fax: 734-763-4080
E-mail: bmoc@umich.edu
URL: http://insects.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/bmoc.html
Taxonomic group: Astigmata, Parasitic Gamasida & Trombidiformes
Specialization: Systematics
and ecology of mite/host associations.

O'Connor, James P.
Natural History Division, National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street
Dublin 2
IRELAND
Phone: 618 811
Fax: 766 116
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: Curator

O'Dowd, Dennis J.
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Monash University
Clayton VIC 3168
AUSTRALIA
Phone: 565 5644
Fax: 565 5613
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: Plant-mite mutualism; mites associated with woody angiosperms; fossil mites; domatia mites

Ohkubo, Norihide
Mie Plant Protection Office, 530 Kawagita, Ureshino-cho, Mie, 515-2316, Japan
Ureshino-cho
Japan
Phone: 598-42-6365
Fax: 598-42-7568
E-mail: ookubn00@pref.mie.jp
URL:
Taxonomic group: Oribatida, Oppiidae
Specialization: Taxonomy

Okabe, Kimiko
Kyushu Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries,
4-11-16 Kurokami
Kumamoto 860
Kumamoto
Japan
Phone: 96-343-3168
Fax: 96-344-5054
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Astigmata
Specialization: Ecology

Okamoto, Masako
Department of Parasitology, Tokyo Women's Medical College, 8-1 Kawadacho Ichigaya Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 162
JAPAN
Phone: 3353 8111 ext. 2266
Fax: 3351 3107
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: Stored products mites

Oktay, Aslanov
Institute of Zoology National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan
Baku
Azerbaijan Republic
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail: zoology@dcacs.ab.az
URL:
Taxonomic group: predatory Actinedida
Specialization:

Okulova, N. M.
Department of Zoology, Ivanovo State University, Lenin Str., 136
Ivanovo 153004
RUSSIA
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: Ixodidae

Oldfield, George N.
Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
Riverside CA
USA
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail: jcampoviejo@aol.com
URL:
Taxonomic group: Eriophyoidea
Specialization: Reproductive biology; Transmission of pathogens; Systematics; Seasonal phenology; Toxemias

Oliveira, Anibal R.
USP ESALQ Zoologia, Caixa Postal 09, 13418-900 Piracicaba SP, Brazil
Piracicaba
Brazil
Phone: 3429-4260
Fax: 3429-4338
E-mail: arolivei@carpa.ciagri.usp.br
URL:
Taxonomic group: Oribatida
Specialization: Taxonomy, Ecology

Oliveira, Carlos Amadeu Leite de
Departamento de Defesa Fitossanitaria, Faculdade de Ciênicas Agrárias e Veterinárias, UNESP-Campus de Jaboticabal
Jaboticabal SP 14.870
BRAZIL
Phone: 224 000
Fax: 224 275
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: Plant mites: ecology & control

Oliveira, Gilson Pereira de
Embrapa-Uepae, Fazenda Canchim, Caixa Postal 339
Sao Carlos SP 13.560
BRAZIL
Phone: 727 611
Fax: 725 754
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: Veterinary acarology

Oliver, James H.
Director, Institute of Arthropodology and Parasitology, Georgia Southern University, P.O. Box 8056, Statesboro, GA, USA 30460
Statesboro GA 30460
USA
Phone: 912-681-5564
Fax: 912-681-0559
E-mail: Joliver@GaSoU.edu
URL: www.bio.gasou.edu/IAP/Oliver.html
Taxonomic group: Ticks and Parasitic mites
Specialization: Physiology, Genetics, Ecology and Epidemiology of acarine transmitted diseases

Olivier, Pieter
Department of Zoology & Biology, University of the North, Private Bag X1106, SOVENGA 0727, SOUTH AFRICA
Sovenga
South Africa
Phone: 15 268 2307
Fax: 15 268 2303
E-mail: olivierp@unin.unorth.ac.za
URL:
Taxonomic group: Eupodoidea (Prostigmata)
Specialization: Taxonomy and Systematics

Olmeda Garcia, A. S.
Departamento Pathología Animal I (Sanidad Animal), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense
Madrid E-28040
SPAIN
Phone: 394 3710
Fax: 394 3883
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: Ixodidae: biology & pathogen transmission

Olomski, R.
Department of Biology (FB 2), University Bremen , Bibliothekstrasse,Postfach 330 440
Bremen D-28359
GERMANY
Phone: 218 2264
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: Hydracarina: physiology, ecology, phylogeny & systematics

Olsen, Alan R.
Laboratory Branch, U.S. Food & Drug Administration, 50 United Nations Plaza, Rm 526
San Francisco CA 94102
USA
Phone: 656 0577
Fax: 556 2524
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: Stored food mites

Olszanowski, Ziemowit
Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, A. Mickiewicz University, Szamarzewskiego 91A, 60-569 Poznan, Poland
Poznan
Poland
Phone: 61 / 8292225
Fax: 61 8292224
E-mail: olszanow@main.amu.edu.pl
URL: http://www.amu.edu.pl
Taxonomic group: Oribatida
Specialization: systematics, biology, ecology, zoogeography

Olszewski, Krzysztof
Medical University in Lublin, Department of Biology & Parasitology, Radziwillowska 11, Lublin 20-080, Poland
Lublin
Poland
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail: kolsz@panaceum.am.lublin.pl
URL:
Taxonomic group: Ticks
Specialization: tick- biology, medical importance

Onishi, Jun
Minami 1-23-7, Maebashi
Gumma 371
JAPAN
Phone:
Fax: 214 247
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: Oribatida

Ono, Zen-Emon
Tenjin-cho 4-1-28
Fuchu 183
JAPAN
Phone: 650 847
Fax: ??????
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: Ixodidae: taxonomy & ecology; parasitic mites

Onzo, Alexis
IITA Biological Control Program, B.P. 08-0932
Cotonou
REPUBLIC OF BENIN
Phone: 360 188
Fax: 301 466
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: Agricultural mites: ecology

Oppedisano, Monica Alejandra
Laboratorio de Artrópodos, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Funes 3350 (7600) Mar del Plata, Republica Argentina
Mar del Plata
Argentina
Phone: 0223-4752426
Fax: 0223-4753150
E-mail: microsc@mdp.edu.ar
URL:
Taxonomic group: Oribatida
Specialization: Reproduction, spermatophores, ultrastructure

Orr, Richard L.
UDSA, APHIS, PPD, 6505 Belcrest Road, Rm. 810
Hyattsville MD 20782
USA
Phone: 436 8939
Fax: 436 5899
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: Agricultural mites

Osakabe, Masahiro
National Agriculture Research Center, 3-1-1 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8666, Japan
Tsukuba
Japan
Phone: 0298-38-8939
Fax: 0298-38-8837
E-mail: mhosaka@narc.affrc.go.jp
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization:

Osler, Graham
AAFC, Lethbridge Research Centre, P.O. Box 3000, Lethbridge AB, T1J 4B1, Canada
Lethbridge
Canada
Phone: (403) 317-2221
Fax:
E-mail: oslerg@agr.gc.ca
URL:
Taxonomic group: Acari
Specialization: Ecology

OSMAN, Addalla M.
Central Veterinary Research Laboratories, P. O. Box 8067 (El Amarat), Khartoum, Sudan
Khartoum
Sudan
Phone: 11-770240
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Ticks
Specialization: Ticks and tick-borne diseases

OSMAN, Ibrahim A.
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Khartoum, P.O. Box 32, Khartoum North, Sudan
Khartoum
Sudan
Phone: 11-313 654
Fax: 11-312 638
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Ticks
Specialization: Ticks and tick-borne diseases

Osman, Mohamed A.
Mansoura University, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura - Egypt
Mansoura
Egypt
Phone: 002/048/220203
Fax:
E-mail: mesoma20@mum.mans.eun.eg
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: biological control

OSMAN, Yassir
Central Veterinary Research Laboratories, P. O. Box 8067 (El Amarat), Khartoum, Sudan
Khartoum
Sudan
Phone: 11-770240
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Ticks
Specialization: Ticks and tick-borne diseases

Osorio, Jose M.
Departamento de Entomología, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Centro Occidental, Apartado 400
Barquisimeto
VENEZUELA
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: Medical-veterinary acarology

Ostojá-Starzewski, Jozef C.
Invertebrate Identification Team, Central Science Laboratory, Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ. UK
Sand Hutton
UK
Phone: 01904 46 2213
Fax: 01904 46 2250
E-mail: J.Starzewski@csl.gov.uk
URL: WWW.csl.gov.uk
Taxonomic group: Storage and Horticultural mites
Specialization: Identification and taxonomy

Ostovan, Hadi
Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O. Box 14515-775, Hesarak, Tehran, Iran
Tehran
Iran
Phone: (021) 4817932
Fax: 4817282
E-mail: Ostovan2001@Yahoo.com
URL:
Taxonomic group: Prostigmata (Pyemotidae, Cheyletidae, Bdellidae), Mesostigmata (Macrochelidae, Ascidae), Astigmata (Acaridae)
Specialization: Systematics and biology of mites associated with insects

Otake, Hideo
Miyagi Agricultural College, 2-2-1 Hatatate, Taihaku-ku, Sendai 982-0215, Japan
Sendai
Japan
Phone: 022-245-2211
Fax: 022-245-1534
E-mail: otake@mvi.biglobe.ne.jp
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization:

Otero-Colina, Gabriel
Colegio de Postgraduados, Instituto de Fitosanidad, 56230 Montecillo, Edo. Mex., MEXICO
Montecillo
Mexico
Phone: 58045900 ext. 1626
Fax: 58045900 ext. 1602
E-mail: gotero@colpos.colpos.mx
URL: http://www.colpos.mx/ifit/entacar/dir.html
Taxonomic group: Varroidae, Tarsonemidae, Eriophyidae, Tetranychidae
Specialization: agricultural acarology, bee mites

Otis, Gard W.
Associate Professor, Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada
Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
Canada
Phone: (519) 824-4120 x2478
Fax: (519) 837-0442
E-mail: gardotis@hotmail.com or gotis@evbhort.uoguelph.ca
URL:
Taxonomic group: Tarsonemidae (Acarapis woodi) and Varroidae (Varroa spp.)
Specialization: Ecology and behavior of mites affecting honey bees; Breeding honey bees resistant to parasitic mites

Otto, Jürgen
Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3, Townsville Qld., 4810, Australia
Townsville
Australia
Phone: 7 47 534391
Fax: 7 47 725852
E-mail: j.otto@aims.gov.au
URL:
Taxonomic group: Anystidae, Caeculidae, Halacaridae
Specialization: Systematics

Ottoboni, Fabrizio
Via Vittoria Colonna 50 20149 MILANO Italy
MILANO
Italy
Phone: 2-48010640
Fax:
E-mail: fabry.otto@iol.it
URL:
Taxonomic group: house dust mites. storage mites
Specialization: control, allergy

OYOUN, Laila
Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Zoology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Cairo
Egypt
Phone: 0920-202-5724966
Fax: 0920-2-5697849
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group: Ixodida
Specialization: Parasitic mites

Ozaki, Luiz Shozo
Departamento de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sol, Av. Bento Gonçalves 9500
Porto Alegre RS 91.500
BRAZIL
Phone: 339 1355 ext. 6076
Fax: 336 2779
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: Ixodida: immunity & control

Ozkan, Muhlis
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ataturk University
Erzurum 25170
TURKEY
Phone: 14120
Fax:
E-mail:
URL:
Taxonomic group:
Specialization: Hydracarina

Ozman, Sebahat Kececi Kececi
The University of Queensland, Department of Zoology and Entomology, St. Lucia, 4072, Brisbane, Australia
Brisbane Queensland
Australia
Phone: 7 3365 7354
Fax: 7 3365 1922
E-mail: sozman@zen.uq.edu.au
URL:
Taxonomic group: Eriophyoidea, Tetranychoidea, Phytoseiidae, Lasioseius spp.
Specialization: Systematics, biology, biological control, ecology

Ozman, Sebahat Kececi Kececi
Trakya University, Corlu Technical College, 59850, Corlu, Turkey
Corlu Queensland
Turkey
Phone: (282) 685 42 99
Fax: (284) 214 55 06
E-mail: sozman2000@yahoo.com
URL:
Taxonomic group: Eriophyoidea, Tetranychoidea, Phytoseiidae, Lasioseius spp.
Specialization: Systematics, biology, biological control, ecology

Posted by Zhi-Qiang Zhang on 14 August 2002
on behalf of the Executive Secretary, International Congress of Acarology