
| Dr. SHIH Chungkun is a Visiting Professor since December 2004 in the College of Life Sciences of the CNU on a volunteer basis. His research interests include morphology,taxonomy and evolution of northeastern Chinese fossil insects and their interactions with fossil plants. So far he has co-authored more than 40 papers on insect fossils and coevolution with plants, including a recent paper in Sdence. Dr.Shih received a B. S. (1972) in Chemical Engineering from the Taiwan University, a M. S. (1975) and Ph.D. (1978) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania,a M. S. (1978) in Operations Research from Wharton School, the University of Pennsylvania and a MBA (1982) in Marketing from the Fairleigh Dickinson University. He recently retired after 3 years with Merck and 28 years with Infineum, a joint venture between ExxonMobil Chemical and Shell Chemical. From 1998 to 2009, he was involved in business management for Infineum China and its two joint ventures in China. His business work for a joint venture company in Jinzhou, Liaoning started his passion and studies of insect and plant fossils, which led to his cooperative research with Prof Ren and other collaborators. He has given presentations on fossil treasures from the northeastern China in Singapore, China and USA. He resides in Scotch Plains, NJ with his family. |
| Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 The Upper Mesozoic Stratigraphic Characteristics in Northeastern China Chapter 3 Well-Balanced Eco-systems Chapter 4 Insects On the Spot Light Chapter 5 EphemeropteraA Short Life to Live Chapter 6 Odonata--Terminators with Wings Chapter 7 Plecoptera -Indicator of Water Quality Chapter 8 Blattodea--Survivors of the Fittest Chapter 9 Grylloblattodea--Rare Living Fossils Chapter 10 Dermaptera--Mysrery at Night Chapter 11 Orthoptera--The Sound of Chirping Chapter 12 Chresmodidae--Skiing on Water Chapter 13 Phasmatodea--Swaying in the Wind Chapter 14 Homoptera--17 Years Underground Chapter 15 Heteroptera--Smelly Defense or Piercing Offense Chapter 16 Raphidioptera--Looking Out and Looking Forward Chapter 17 Neuroptera--Grace with Lace Chapter 18 Coleoptera--Sacred, Precious and Strong Chapter 19 Mecoptera--Stinger without the Sting Chapter 20 Diptera--"Vampires" for Dinosaurs Chapter 21 Trichoptera Mobile Home Builder Chapter 22 Hymenoptera--Pollinators' Contribution Chapter 23 Reconstruction of Palaeoecology for Insect Faunas Chapter 24 Pollination and "Flower" Visits Chapter 25 Mimicry |
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