Position: Academician, Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts
External member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
E-mail: karaman@t-com.me
Phone number: 00382-69-536-557
Post mail: Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, Riste Stijovica 5, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro
QUALIFICATIONS:
1961: Prirodno-matematički fakultet, dept. of biology, Skopje, FR Macedonia
1964: PhD in biology, Prirodno-matematički fakultet Beograd, Serbia
1988: Member of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, Montenegro
1994: Academicien, Montenegin Academy of Sciences and Arts, Montenegro
-2005: -Professor Emeritus University of Podgorica, Montenegro
2009 -Foreign Academicien of the Academy of Sciendes and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
2014--Academicien of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Salzburg
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:
1963-1966: Researcher assistant in Institute of Sea biology in Kotor, Crna Gora
1966-1972: Assistant Professor in the Biological Institute in Podgorica, Crna Gora, head of the benthos investigation Unit
1972-1976: Senior Researcher in the Biological Institute in Podgorica
1976-1980: Researcher and Scientific Advisor in dept. of Hydrobiology, Institute for Biological and Meddical research of Montenegro, Podgorica
1980-1982: General Director of Institute for Biological and Medical research in Montenegro
1983-1990: Researcher and Scientific Advisor in dept. of Hydrobiology, Institute for Biological and Medical research of Montenegro, head of the benthos research Unit
1991-2004: Full Professor at the University of Podgorica, Montenegro [Zoology of Invertebrata; Ecology and Zoogeography]
1996-1997, and 2002-2004 head of the Dept. of Biology, University of Podgorica
1997- Secretary of the Natural Science Departmant, Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts.
2004-2014: retired, but continuing at the same University teach a lesson to the Masters and PhD students
2009-2010: teaching on the University Donja Gorica” Podgorica [Philosophy of Zoology; Biodiversity and its protection].
RESEARCH WORK
--Research of the zoobenthos of the Mediterranean Sea
--Research of the zoobenthos of the freshwaters (rivers, lakes, springs, subterranean waters)
--Research of the cave fauna, including Amphipoda.
--Taxonomy, ecology and zoogeography of the freshwater epigean and subterranean Amphipoda (Crustacea) over the World.
--Taxonomy, ecology and zoogeography of the marine Amphipoda (Crustacea) over the World.
--Problems of the protection of the biodiversity and sustainable development
-- Relations between zoology and philosophy in the light of the use of taxonomical categories
--Research the taxonomy and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Balkan
PUBLICATIONS
--318 published scientific publications in various international and domestic scientific journals.
--Author of the Monography: Crustacea Amphipoda di acqua dolce. - Fauna d`Italia, vol. XXXI: 1-337, Edizione Calderini Bologna, Italia, 1993.
--Coordinator and Coauthor of the Monography: Ruffo, S. [ed.]. The Amphipoda of the Mediterranean. In 4 volumens [1982-1993]:
--Coordinator and Coeditor of the Monography: The biota and Limnology of Skadar Lake, 468 pages, 135 figs, 107 pls, Titograd 1980.
-- Coauthor of the Monography: The families and genera of marine Gammaridean Amphipoda (Except Marine Gammaroids). Part 1 and 2. - Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 13 (parts 1 and 2): 1-866, 1991.
SCIENTIFIC AND EDITORIAL ROLE
Past time:
--1993-1995: Member of the scientific Board of the National Parks of Montenegro
-- Director of the Dept. of Biology on the Faculty of Sciences, University of Montenegro.
--Member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Sources (IUCN), Geneve (for Amphipoda)
--Member of the Editorian Board of the scientific journal “Natura Montenegrina”, Museum of Natural Sciences in Podgorica, Montenegro
-- Member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal “Acta Biologica Iugoslavica, Yugoslav Society for Biologial Sciences, Beograd, Serbia
-- Member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal “ Acta Adriatica”, Split, Croatia
-- Member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal “ Thalassia Jugoslavica”, Zagreb, Croatia
--Member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal :Poljoprivreda I šumarstvo”, Podgorica, Montenegro.
At the present time:
----Editor for Amphipoda of the scientific journal ZOOTAXA.
---- Editor for Biodiverzitet Edition of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, Podgorica
----Subject editor for the Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ) (Biodiversity Data Journal}),
----Member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal Agriculture and Forestry, Podgorica, Montenegro.
----Member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal “Biologia Serbica”, Novi Sad, Serbia
----Member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal “Glasnik Zemaljskog Muzeja Bosne I Hercegovine”, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina;
----Member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal “Acta Entomologica Serbica”, Beograd.
----Member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal “Journal of Science”, University of Kragujevac, Serbia.
----Member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal “Journal Contributions Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, Macedonia
-- Member of the Editoria Board of the scientific entomological journal Onychium from Firenze, Italy {2014]
- Member of the Editorial Board of the scientific journal “Univerzitetska Misao- Publikacija za prirodne Nauke Univerziteta u Pristini.
SCIENTIFIC RECOGNITION:
In recognition to his scientific work, 2 genera and 13 newly discovered species and genera have been dedicated and nominated to Gordan Karaman.
1. Genus Gordania Berge & Vader 2000 (Amphipoda)
2. Genus Gordanitocrella Karanović & Hancock 2009 (Copepoda)
