Curriculum Vitae

RYAN BARTLETT
Graduate Ecology Masters Student
Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-2602
Phone: 706-227-0191 E-mail: bartlett@pick.uga.edu

DEGREES:
-Graduated from Central Gwinnett High School, June 1993
-Graduate from University of Georgia with B.S. in Ecology, June 1997
ACADEMIC AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL:
-Valedictorian of High School Class
-Named Star Student for highest SAT score in graduating class
-4.0 gradepoint average throughout high school
-Attended 1992 Governor's Honors Program in area of science
-Captain of Science Team and president of science club for two years
-Captain of varsity Scholar's Bowl Team and Odyssey of the Mind team
-Won every major science award given by the school (Biology, Chemistry, and Physics)
-Won several awards at Science Olympiad: Genetics (2nd), Time (1st), Chemistry (4th)
-Captain of first place team in State Science Problem-Solving Bowl
-National Merit Finalist
-Presbyterian College Junior Fellow
-Georgia Certificate of Merit winner
-SAT Scores: 770 Verbal, 740 Math

ACADEMIC AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS WHILE IN COLLEGE:
-Foundation Fellowship, the most prestigious scholarship given at the University of Georgia
-Member of Honors Program
-Honors Program Academic Achievement Award
-Robert C. Byrd scholar
-Co-president of SEA (Students for Environmental Awareness)
-Vice-president and founding member of Ecology Club
-Recipient of numerous President's Awards
-completed honors thesis under direction of Dr. John Pickering
-3.8 gradepoint average, 4.0 major average as undergraduate
-GRE Scores: 720 Verbal, 750 Math
-Received University-Wide Assistantship to support Graduate Studies
-4.0 gradepoint average as graduate student

SUPPORT RECIEVED AND TRAVEL DONE IN ECOLOGY STUDIES:
-$1400 travel study grant recieved in summer 1995 for study in Panama (Barro Colorado Island) and again returned to Panama in 1996
-$3000 recieved from NSF as an REU for summer studies in 1996
-traveled to INBio, Costa Rica to compare specimens to reference material as part of another $1400 grant

PUBLICATIONS:
-Bartlett, R., Pickering, J., Gauld, I., and Windsor, D. Estimating global biodiversity: tropical beetles and wasps send different signals. Ecological Entomology. In press.

CURRENT PROJECTS:
-curently studying beta diversity of parasitic wasps of family Ichneumonidae in lowland tropical forests