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Paleontology, Paleonentomology, Fossil Insects, Fossil Plants, Chemical Engineer, Business Manager,
United States

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Employment (5)

National Museum of Natural History: DC, DC, US

2015-05-14 to present | Research Associate (volunteer) (Paleobiology)
Employment
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ChungKun Shih

Capital Normal University: Beijing, CN

2004-12-01 to present | Visiting Professor (College of Life Sciences)
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ChungKun Shih

Infineum USA LP: Linden, NJ, US

1999-01-01 to 2009-09-30 | Business Manager
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ChungKun Shih

Paramins, Exxon Chemical Company: Linden, N. J., US

1981-08 to 1998-12 | Process Engineer and Business Manager
Employment
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ChungKun Shih

Merck Research Rahway: Rahway, NJ, US

1978-08 to 1981-08 | Process Engineer
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ChungKun Shih

Education and qualifications (5)

Fairleigh Dickinson University: Teaneck, NJ, US

1979-09-01 to 1982-12-31 | M. B. A. (Business Administration)
Education
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ChungKun Shih

University of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, PA, US

1974-09-01 to 1978-12-31 | Ph. D. (Chemical and Biochemical Dept)
Education
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ChungKun Shih

University of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, PA, US

1975-09-01 to 1978-06-30 | M. S. (Operations Research)
Education
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ChungKun Shih

University of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, PA, US

1974-09-01 to 1975-06-30 | Master of Science (Chemical and Biochemical Dept)
Education
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ChungKun Shih

National Taiwan University: Taipei, TW

1968-09-01 to 1972-06-30 | B. S. (Chemical Engineering)
Education
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ChungKun Shih

Works (30)

New Wasps of Maimetshidae (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea) from the Mid-Cretaceous Myanmar Amber

Insects
2025-02-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Longfeng Li; Dmitry S. Kopylov; Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn; Jingtao Yang; Chungkun Shih; Dong Ren
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New fossil Anaxyelidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Siricoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of northeastern China

Zootaxa
2024-12-31 | Journal article
Contributors: YI LI; ALEXANDR P. RASNITSYN; CHUNGKUN SHIH; DONG REN; MEI WANG
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Specialized ovipositor sensilla of Cretaceous wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera) possibly reveal a unique way of host detection

Cladistics
2024-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhen Wang; Lars Vilhelmsen; Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn; Alexandra Viertler; Chungkun Shih; Shanshan Wen; Hongru Yang; Qiong Wu; Yanjie Zhang; Dong Ren et al.
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Geometric morphometric analyses of Micropterigidae lineages (Lepidoptera) with two new species from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar

Cretaceous Research
2024-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Ning Han; Weiting Zhang; Hui Fang; Jiajia Wang; Chungkun Shih; Dong Ren
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The first dermapterid earwigs from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of northeastern China (Dermaptera: Dermapteridae)

Palaeoentomology
2024-08-30 | Journal article
Contributors: YU-QING YIN; CHUNGKUN SHIH; MICHAEL S. ENGEL; DONG REN
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The oldest fossil record of Philopotinae (Diptera: Acroceridae) from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Northern Myanmar

Zootaxa
2024-08-26 | Journal article
Contributors: QI FENG; JIALIANG ZHUANG; CHUNGKUN SHIH; DONG REN; YONGJIE WANG
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Two new species of Ghilarellinae (Hymenoptera, Cephoidea, Sepulcidae) from the Lower Cretaceous

Cretaceous Research
2024-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Yi Li; Mei Wang; Alexandr P. Rasnitsyn; Chungkun Shih; Jialiang Zhuang; Dong Ren
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Evolution and mandibular sexual dimorphism in mid‐Cretaceous scorpionflies (Insecta: Mecoptera: Meropeidae)

Journal of Systematics and Evolution
2024-07-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Yanjie Zhang; Conrad C. Labandeira; Jiamiao Yu; Chungkun Shih; Dong Ren; Taiping Gao
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Middle Jurassic insect mines on gymnosperms provide missing links to early mining evolution

New Phytologist
2024-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Lifang Xiao; Conrad C. Labandeira; Yuekun Wu; ChungKun Shih; Dong Ren; Yongjie Wang
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A New Genus of Praeaulacidae (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea) from Mid-Cretaceous Kachin Amber: Insights into a Putative New Praeaulacinae Subclade

Insects
2024-05-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Jingtao Yang; Corentin Jouault; Longfeng Li; Chungkun Shih; Dong Ren
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New pelecinid wasps from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, northern Myanmar (Hymenoptera: Pelecinidae)

Cretaceous Research
2024-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhen Wang; Yimo Yang; Chungkun Shih; Dong Ren; Taiping Gao
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Two new species of Burmusculidae (Hymenoptera: Pompiloidea) in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar

Palaeoentomology
2024-04-19 | Journal article
Contributors: QIONG WU; LARS VILHELMSEN; MICHAEL S. ENGEL; CHUNG-KUN SHIH; DONG REN; TAI-PING GAO
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Primitive new termites (Blattodea, Termitoidae) in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar

ZooKeys
2024-04-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Yurong Jiang; Xinru Deng; Chungkun Shih; Yunyun Zhao; Dong Ren; Zhipeng Zhao
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New stenurothripid thrips from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Thysanoptera, Stenurothripidae)

ZooKeys
2024-02-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Dawei Guo; Michael S. Engel; Chungkun Shih; Dong Ren
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New silky lacewings from the Middle Jurassic of Northeastern China (Neuroptera: Psychopsidae)

Palaeoentomology
2023-12-18 | Journal article
Contributors: XIAO-TIAN LIU; CHUNG-KUN SHIH; DONG REN; YONG-JIE WANG
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New taxa of Sepulcidae (Hymenoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber

Palaeoentomology
2023-04-28 | Journal article
Contributors: XIAO-QIN LI; ALEXANDR P. RASNITSYN; JIA GAO; YAN-JIE ZHANG; CHUNG-KUN SHIH; DONG REN; YUN-YUN ZHAO; TAI-PING GAO
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A new earwig species of Stonychopygia from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae)

Cretaceous Research
2023-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Jinglan Wang; Michael S. Engel; Chungkun Shih; Dong Ren
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A Cretaceous Chafer Beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) with Exaggerated Hind Legs—Insight from Comparative Functional Morphology into a Possible Spring Movement

Biology
2023-02-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Yuanyuan Lu; Dirk Ahrens; Chungkun Shih; Josh Jenkins Shaw; Xingke Yang; Dong Ren; Ming Bai
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Two new species of Lasiosyne from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (Coleoptera, Lasiosynidae)

Cretaceous Research
2022-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Henan Guo; Yanchen Zhao; Huali Chang; Chungkun Shih; Dong Ren
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New wood soldier flies from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber (Diptera, Stratiomyomorpha, Xylomyidae)

Cretaceous Research
2022-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Ye Han; Chungkun Shih; Dong Ren; Yongjie Wang
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First species of Prionoceridae from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Cleroidea)

Cretaceous Research
2022-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Yanchen Zhao; Zhenhua Liu; Yali Yu; Chungkun Shih; Adam Ślipiński; Dong Ren
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Two new species of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar

Cretaceous Research
2022-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Qiong Wu; Yimo Yang; Chungkun Shih; Yunyun Zhao; Dong Ren
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Two New Fossil Sawflies of Pamphiliidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) from the Mesozoic of Northeastern China

Insects
2022-04-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Jialiang Zhuang; Chungkun Shih; Mei Wang; Dong Ren
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Two new wasps from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber (Hymenoptera: Apocrita)

Cretaceous Research
2022-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Longfeng Li; Chungkun Shih; Jingtao Yang; Yuan Gao; Dong Ren
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Reconstructing the Callianthus plant–An early aquatic angiosperm from the Lower Cretaceous of China

Cretaceous Research
2021-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Xin Wang; Chungkun Shih; Zhong-Jian Liu; Longbiao Lin; Kamal Jeet Singh
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Early Cretaceous mealybug herbivory on a laurel highlights the deep‐time history of angiosperm–scale insect associations

New Phytologist
2021-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Lifang Xiao; Conrad C. Labandeira; Yair Ben‐Dov; S. Augusta Maccracken; Chungkun Shih; David L. Dilcher; Dong Ren
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New species of Hybristodryinus from mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae)

Cretaceous Research
2021-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhen Wang; Massimo Olmi; Chungkun Shih; Dong Ren; Taiping Gao
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New amber record of Braconidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from the mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar

Cretaceous Research
2021-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Longfeng Li; Chungkun Shih; Jingtao Yang; Lixia Wang; Daqing Li; Dong Ren
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Laniatorean harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber

Cretaceous Research
2021-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Christian Bartel; Jason A. Dunlop; Prashant P. Sharma; Paul A. Selden; Dong Ren; Chungkun Shih
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New cockroaches (Insecta, Blattaria, Fuziidae) from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation in northeastern China

Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
2019-07-03 | Journal article
Contributors: JUNHUI LIANG; CHUNGKUN SHIH; LIXIA WANG; DONG REN
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Peer review (3 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Cretaceous research. (2)
Review activity for Journal of Asia-Pacific biodiversity (1)