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Paul Hebert
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Title:Professor
Address:University of Guelph
Biodiversity Institute of Ontario
50 Stone Road East
Guelph, ON N1G 2W1
Canada
Tel:+1 519 824 4120 ex 56668
Fax:+1 519 767 1656
Email:phebert@uoguelph.ca
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Paul Hebert, PhD - download Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

My interest in the natural world started with a keen interest in collecting insects as a child. This eventually led to my completing my B.Sc. at Queens. After receiving my Ph.D. in genetics at Cambridge University, I took up a Rutherford Fellowship at the University of Sydney. I returned to Canada in 1976, accepting a position at the University of Windsor where I was a professor in Biological Sciences and Director of the Great Lakes Institute. I moved to the University of Guelph in 1990 as Chair of the Department of Zoology. I have served as a member and chair of the NSERC Ecology and Evolution Grant selection Committee. I am a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and hold a Canada Research Chair in Molecular Biodiversity.

The Barcode of Life
We are working towards the development of a DNA barcoding system which uses a small DNA fragment to discriminate species. This work not only promises a simple solution to taxonomic identity, but will generate important new insights into the age of species and their phylogenetic affinities.

Selected Publications:

  1. Smith, A., D.H. Janzen and P.D.N. Hebert. 2006. DNA barcodes reveal cryptic host-specificity within the presumed polyphagous members of a genus of parasitoid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103: 3657-3662.
  2. Hajibabaei, M., D.H. Janzen, J.M. Burns, W. Hallwachs and P.D.N. Hebert. 2006. DNA barcodes distinguish species of tropical Lepidoptera. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA: 103: 968-971.
  3. Ward, R.D., T.S. Zemlak, B.H. Innes, P.R. Last and P.D.N. Hebert. 2005. DNA barcoding Australia 's fish species. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 360: 1847-1857.
  4. Hebert, P.D.N. and T.R. Gregory. 2005. The promise of DNA barcoding for taxonomy. System. Biol. 54: 852-859.
  5. Barrett, R.D.H. and P.D.N. Hebert. 2005. Identifying spiders through DNA barcodes. Can. J. Zool. 83: 481-491.
  6. Lambert, D.M., A. Baker, L. Huynen, O. Haddrath, P.D.N. Hebert and C.D. Millar. 2005. Is a large-scale DNA-based inventory of ancient life possible? J. Heredity: 96: 1-6.
  7. Hebert, P.D.N., M.Y. Stoeckle, T.S. Zemlak and C.M. Francis. 2004. Identification of birds through DNA barcodes. PLoS Biology 2: 1657-1663.
  8. Hebert, P.D.N., E.H. Penton, J. Burns, D.J. Janzen and W. Hallwachs. 2004. Ten species in one: DNA barcoding reveals cryptic species in the neotropical skipper butterfly, Astraptes fulgerator . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA: 101: 14812-14817.
  9. Hebert, P.D.N., A. Cywinska, S.L. Ball and J.R. deWaard. 2003. Biological identifications through DNA barcodes. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. Ser. B: 270: 313-321.