Gerhard J. Gries (born 1955;

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) is a full professor of Animal Communication Ecology at the Department of Biological Sciences at Simon Fraser University.

Education and career

Gries graduated from the Duderstadt Gymnasium in 1974. After serving 15 months in the German Army he studied

forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. Th ...

at the

University of Gottingen A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which ro ...

. In 1984, Gries obtained his Ph.D. in forest entomology and became a postdoc at the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and two years later joined laboratory of

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at the Simon Fraser University. Following the expiration of his grant in 1988, he became a tenure-track faculty member in 1991 and only by the year 2000 became full professor. At SFU, he co-founded Gerhard and Regine Gries Lab, along with his wife

Regine Gries Regine () or Régine is a feminine given name. Regine is a German-French form of Regina, and Régine is a French form of Regina. People with the first name include: Regine * Regine Heitzer (born 1944), Austrian figure skater * Regine Hildebrandt ...

. At the lab, he and his wife, a biologist, study various

arthropod Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a Segmentation (biology), segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished by their jointed limbs and Arth ...

s including; Araneae,

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

Diptera Flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwings having evolved into advanced ...

Dictyoptera Dictyoptera (from Greek δίκτυον ''diktyon'' "net" and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing") is an insect superorder that includes two extant orders of polyneopterous insects: the order Blattodea (termites and cockroaches together) and the ord ...

Hemiptera Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. ...

Hymenoptera Hymenoptera is a large order (biology), order of insects, comprising the sawfly, sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are Par ...

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...

Phasmatodea The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida, Phasmatoptera or Spectra) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick-bugs, walking sticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred to as ...

, Strepsiptera, and Thysanura. During his career, Gries has graduated 57 students, published 273 peer-reviewed articles on entomology, has been granted 15 patents, and produced 13 scientific films on various species of aphids, beetles and hoverflies with partnership with Institute of Scientific Film of Germany.

Awards

Entomological Society of Canada The Entomological Society of Canada or Société d’Entomologie du Canada is one of Canada's most historic scientific societies. The society was founded in Toronto on April 16, 1863. The first Council was composed of President Henry Holmes Crof ...

Gold Medal (2017) *Nan-Yao Su Award (2019) *Fellow of the Entomological Society of Canada (2019) *Fellow of the

Entomological Society of America The Entomological Society of America (ESA) was founded in 1889 and today has more than 7,000 members, including educators, extension personnel, consultants, students, researchers, and scientists from agricultural departments, health agencies, ...

(2019)

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* 1955 births Living people German ecologists University of Göttingen alumni Academic staff of Simon Fraser University People from Duderstadt Fellows of the Entomological Society of America {{Germany-biologist-stub