Kocak, Ahmet Ömer
Professor of Zoology, Dr. Sci.,
Founder and owner of the Centre for Entomological
Studies, Ankara (CESA),
Editor of the international serials Priamus, Priamus
Supplement Miscellaneous Papers, Memoirs. Cesa News
Iconographia
Insectorum (Series A-D)
e-mail: cesa_tr@yahoo.com.tr
Present Official
Address:
Head of the Department of Biology, Yüzüncü Yil University, Van, Turkey
Scientific Activities:
Research Interest:
Ecology, fauna, distribution, zoogeography, check-list, taxonomy,
nomenclature and morphology of Insecta (esp. Lepidoptera,
Orthoptera, Homoptera, Neuroptera) of the Old World (especially the countries in Europe, Middle
East, Central Asia, South East Asia, Philippines, East Africa (Ethiopia) and
South Africa. See also Palaearctic
Region; Nearctic Region; Afrotropical Region; Neotropical Region; Orientalic Region; Australic Region
Scientific Responsibilities:
Editor of the Serials of CESA. Curator of the collections of CESA.
Private Expeditions in
Turkey and Abroad:
Numerous expeditions in Turkey between the years of 1966 and 2010.
In abroad: Balkan
states (Macedonia, Serbia, Bosna-Herzegowina, Croatia, Slovenia, Bulgaria)
between the years of 1978 and 1990; Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and
France between 1978 and 1979; Pakistan in 1987; Northern Cyprus in 1989; North
Iran and Turkmenistan, Macedonia in 1994; Ethiopia in 1996 (two times); The Philippines in 1996, Kazachstan and Kyrgyzistan
in 1999 and 2000; South Africa (Soutpansberg) in 2003 and 2004
(four times); Uighur A.R. (China); Thailand (Chiang Mai) in 2005 and 2006 (three times).
Databank of the Cesa
Database Programs on the fauna, ecology and
distribution of the Lepidoptera of the World * Database program on the
Bibliography of the Lepidoptera of the Old World * Database program on the
geography of the Lepidoptera of the Old World * Database program on the
checklists of the Lepidoptera of the Old World * Studies on the Lepidoptera
Fauna of the Soutpansberg Mountains (South Africa) * Studies on the Lepidoptera
Fauna of the Ethiopia * Studies on the Lepidoptera Fauna of the Pakistan *
Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Uighur A.R. * Checklist of the Lepidoptera
of Iran * Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Afghanistan * Checklist of the
Lepidoptera of Turkey * Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Transvaal (South
Africa) * Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Middle East Countries, and so on.
Complementary Information:
List of the publications pdf- See also Ahmet Ömer Koçak & Muhabbet Kemal Koçak
Ó1999-2010
Updated October 24th 2010