ESA Newsletter Information for the Members of the Entomological Society of America AUGUST 2007 • VOLUME 30, NUMBER 8 Special Elections Issue: Voting in the 2008 Election Begins August 15!

On August 15, 2007, the web link for the the Department of Entomology (1998-2002) ing the flexibility and agility to navigate the 2008 ESA election will be sent to members at UW. Prior to UW, he was an assistant always changing field of entomology. Our who have paid their dues by August 1 and professor of entomology at Mississippi State challenge now is in implementing the new supplied an email address in their member University (1977-79). structure, identifying what works and modi- profiles. The polls will be open for 30 days Areas of Interest and Accomplishments: fying or discarding what doesn’t. and will close at midnight, September 13. Hogg’s research encompasses the “The heart and soul of the ESA will re- To vote online, please visit https://www. and dynamics of in agronomic crops, main our publications and the Annual Meet- entsoc.org/Ballot/register.aspx. At the log- pest management, and biological ing. The strength of ESA is our common on screen, enter your user name and pass- control of insects. He has taught courses in interest in and fascination with insects, as word and follow the instructions. insect pest management, integrated crop well as our diversity of interests as research- Since Organizational Renewal passed pest management, and insect population ers, teachers and practitioners. The An- in the last election, you will be asked to ecology, and he has mentored 18 graduate nual Meeting provides a gathering place in choose one of the four new Sections if you students and numerous undergraduates. He which this common purpose and diversity have not done so already. In accordance has authored 50 refereed publications and are showcased and celebrated. Our journals with the new Bylaws, each Section will several book chapters. He received the J.V. provide the conduit for disseminating origi- feature a President, Vice President, Vice Osmun Alumni Professional Achievement nal research that advances our knowledge President-Elect, Past President, Treasurer, Award in Entomology from Purdue Univer- and understanding of insects. Finally, our Representative to the Governing Board, and sity (2004). focus must continue to be on membership, a Representative to the Publications Council. Leadership Roles: Hogg has been an ac- and in particular on recruiting and retaining If you have questions, problems voting or tive ESA member for 30 years. He served as students and young professionals. To this would like to request a paper ballot, please Section C Chair (1991) and as North Central end, I would encourage efforts to provide call 301-731-4535, extension 3009 or email Branch President (2000), plus he has served incentives and targeted programming at the [email protected]. Information on the on both program and local arrangements national meeting. candidates appears on the following pages. committees for ESA meetings. In addition, “I would welcome the opportunity to he has served on the NCB Executive Council serve and help create new possibilities for and on a number of ESA and NCB standing ESA.” ESA VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT and ad hoc committees. He has also held other leadership positions, including Panel Dr. John D. Stark Manager for the USDA/RAMP grants pro- Education: John Stark Dr. David B. Hogg gram (2000 & 2001) and Chair of the North received a B.S. in biol- Education: Dr. David Central IPM Regional Research Project ogy from Syracuse Uni- B. Hogg received his (1995-97). versity (1978), an M.S. B.S. (1970) and M.S. Critical Issues and Vision for ESA: “First, I in entomology from (1973) in entomology feel deeply honored to have been nominat- Louisiana State Univer- from Purdue University, ed to be your vice president and ultimately sity (1981), and a Ph.D. and his Ph.D. in ento- ESA president. I have been a member of in entomology from the mology and insect ecol- ESA for 30 years and have witnessed incred- University of Hawaii ogy from the University ible changes in the science and practice of (1987). of California, Berkeley entomology. The ESA has adapted to this Employment: John is (1977). dynamic landscape, although perhaps not Employment: Hogg always as quickly as it might have. How- Continued on p. 4 is a professor of entomology at the Univer- ever, through adept and strong leadership sity of Wisconsin (UW) in Madison, where and difficult choices the Society overcame In this issue.... he has been since 1979. He has also served a serious financial challenge and has now President’s Corner ...... 2 as interim dean (2005-06) and executive overwhelmingly approved a sweeping Orga- Annual Meeting News ...... 3 associate dean (2002-05) of the College of nizational Renewal. I support the Renewal, Member News ...... 15 Agricultural and Life Sciences, and chair of as I believe it gets us on the road to provid-

August 2007 ESA Newsletter 1 P RESIDENT ’ S C ORNER Scott H. Hutchins, 2007 ESA President

he ESA is fortunate to have such a ning unopposed, ship and Marketing dedicated Headquarters staff. While please vote to show Through numerous teleconference calls, Tthe team is small in number, it’s big in your support for their take-away assignments, extensive e-mail talent and during these extraordinary times willingness and dedi- dialogue, and networking at Branch and Sec- they are working virtually 24-7 to support cation to volunteer. tion venues to test issues and seek feedback, ESA and our members. Please take a min- Given the awkward these individuals have sacrificed many hours ute of your time to drop them a note and and challenging on your behalf and in service to the ESA. say “thanks.” The contributions of our staff situation associated with the transition, we Their work is not done yet, but I wanted to not withstanding, the ESA is a not-for-profit believe this inaugural election process has share with the full membership my personal VOLUNTEER organization, and since this developed an excellent set of candidates appreciation for their service and expose is elections month for the ESA, it’s appro- with minimal transitional disruption to the their contributions for you to personally priate that I remind you all of the role and ESA—again, my compliments to the current recognize as them for their extraordinary importance of our volunteers—whether they Sections for their proactive commitments volunteerism. be elected, appointed, or simply engaged. to ensure that the new Section Leadership As I wrote last month, ESA is “on the Please act deliberately to help select your Councils will begin their journeys with some move” and these are indeed exciting times. colleagues who are willing to help carry exceptional and experienced volunteers. Thanks to everyone who has written or your professional Society into its next era. Remember, you will only be able to vote for called to offer counsel, to support our direc- the candidates in your newly declared Sec- tions and initiatives, to express caution or A Transitional Year for Section Leadership tion when the polls will open on August 15, concern, or to just better understand—feed- and Elections but PLEASE DO VOTE for and support your back is always welcome. Although ESA Central and ESA Branch new Section Leaders as well as your new In this issue, you’ll read about the election terms and processes remain un- ESA Central and Branch leaders! nominees for ESA offices, individuals who changed, the restructuring has significantly deserve our respect, admiration, and consid- changed the composition of Sections with A Special Recognition for ERAC ered votes. But, everyone has a voice and a the imminent organizational change. Two Continuing with the theme of volunteer- role in our volunteer Society, so please get primary transitional issues for Sections are in ism, I want to highlight a group of indi- involved to share your passion about ento- play during this inaugural election for posi- viduals who have been invaluable in their mology and the ESA with your colleagues, tions that take effect in December. First, we service to the Governing Board and ESA for using the ESA as your preferred venue. need to populate the newly created Section the past two years, the ESA Renewal Advi- Scott H. Hutchins Leadership Councils for each of the four sory Committee (affectionately known as [email protected] new Sections. This includes positions for ERAC). This group of exceptional volunteers Vice President-Elect, Vice President, Presi- was selected because of their diverse per- dent, Past President, Treasurer, and Gov- spectives, broad demographics, and dem- ©2007 Entomological Society of America. erning Board Representative—a total of six onstrated dedication to the past and future The ESA Newsletter (US ISSN 0273-7353) is positions per Section, and 24 positions over- success of the ESA. In effect, ERAC served published monthly by the Entomological Soci- ety of America (ESA), 10001 Derekwood Lane, all. Next year, only the Vice President-Elect as the collective “coach” for the Govern- Suite 100, Lanham, MD 20706-4876; ph. 301- position will be open, in addition to any ing Board and ESA Staff during the design, 731-4535; fax 301-731-4538; rlevine@entsoc. expiring terms for Treasurers and/or Govern- description, and feedback stages for the org; http://www.entsoc.org. The deadline for all ing Board Representatives or vacancies for Renewal, and they remain in service today submissions is the first of the month, one month prior to publication. the Publications Council. with implementation questions and advice. POSTMASTER: Subscription rate for members The second key transitional issue is to This group of opinion leaders includes: is $10, which is included in the dues. The rate minimize to the extent possible the disen- • Dr. Z B Mayo, University of Nebraska and for nonmembers is $30; institutions, $46. First franchisement of our current Section vol- Past ESA President class and international postage are additional. • Periodicals postage paid at Lanham-Seabrook, unteers. Going from six Sections to four Dr. Sharron Quisenberry, Virginia Tech MD, and other mailing offices. Sections with a modified discipline composi- University and Past ESA President Job Opportunity rates are $25/line for regu- tion (and eliminating Subsections in favor of • Dr. Jay McPherson, Southern Illinois Uni- lar and postdoctoral positions, and $10/line for Member Networks) certainly makes it a chal- versity and Past ESA President graduate assistantships. Advertisers may choose lenge, but through the proactive leadership • Dr. Kevin Steffey, University of Illinois and to run the ad on the ESA web site for an ad- ditional 20 percent of the newsletter ad cost. of the current Section Officers and Section Past ESA President Ads will be edited and abbreviated. Submission Governing Board Representatives, many of • Dr. George Kennedy, North Carolina State deadline is the first of the month, one month the current nominees who wish to continue University and Past ESA President prior to publication. Submit ads using online their service are nominees for the current • Dr. Kelley Tilmon, South Dakota State form at http://www.entsoc.org/employment. On- line Job Opportunities are also at the above URL. Section positions. In some cases, the transla- University The newsletter’s purpose is to provide infor- tion between current Section and future Sec- • Dr. John Stark, Washington State Univer- mation deemed of interest to our members. News tion positions was obvious (e.g., Past Chair sity and Past Pacific Branch President items on entomological research have been to Past President), and in some cases it was • Dr. Marc Fisher (2006), Virginia Tech Uni- published in peer-reviewed journals or were pro- a totally new post (e.g., Section Treasurer). versity and 2006 Chair of the Student Affairs vided by reliable sources such as universities or government agencies. ESA staff relies upon read- In addition to these nominations, the mem- Committee ers’ discretion to interpret and evaluate articles bership at large was asked to add additional • Ms. Wilma Aponte-Cordero, Pennsylvania about scientific research. Comments may be nominees, all of whom you will read about State University and 2007 Chair of the Stu- directed to the original information source and/or in this edition of the ESA Newsletter. dent Affairs Committee Newsletter Editor Richard Levine (see contact information above). Even though some candidates are run- • Mr. Chris Stelzig, ESA Director of Member- 2 August 2007 ESA Newsletter N E W S O N T H E 2 0 0 7 A N N U A L M E E T I N G & E X H I B I T I O N

December 9-12, 2007 — San Diego, California http://www.entsoc.org/annual_meeting/current_meeting

Q&A on the ESA Annual Meeting

Can I still submit a paper or poster? benefit from attending the meeting should shows, and maybe even a night of SoCal Sadly, no. The deadline for submitting register as a regular attendee. wine tasting! papers and posters was July 20. If you did Do I have to join ESA to come? When will the sessions be scheduled? not submit prior to that time, ESA will not No, but you really should! Meeting fees The Planning Committee will meet in be able to host your research this year. are lower for members. In fact, the amount San Diego on August 22-23 to map out the Please make plans to submit for the 2008 of money you save by getting the members- meeting. At that time, symposia will be ESA Annual Meeting. only rate to attend the meeting more than slotted into rooms and times, committee When can I register for the meeting? covers the cost of your dues. So get your meetings will be scheduled, and the rest The online registration site is very close colleagues to renew their membership and of the Annual Meeting will really start to to opening. You will receive an e-mail from come with you to San Diego! come together. You will be updated as this Headquarters announcing this important I’m a student. Can I still volunteer and process continues. news. If you do not get that email, please have my registration fee waived? How do I find out about the scientific double-check your account at https://www. There are a limited number of slots that program? entsoc.org/forms/update.aspx, as we will ESA reserves for students who want to help Everything you need is online (information send the announcement to all members. out. In exchange for about six hours of is posted as it is received): The target launch date for online registra- work during the meeting, ESA will refund • For Program Symposia, go to http://www. tion is August 10. The earlybird registration your meeting fee (pre-registration cost) after entsoc.org/annual_meeting/current_meet- is through October 11. the meeting ends. For more information, ing/theme/pr_sym.htm What about hotels? How do I book a please visit http://www.entsoc.org/annual_ • For Section Symposia, go to http://www. hotel room? meeting/Volunteer/call.aspx. entsoc.org/annual_meeting/current_meet- The housing registration site is now live. I heard that ESA is offering childcare ing/theme/sec_sym.htm You can access it at https://resweb.passkey. this year at the meeting. Is that true? • For Member Symposia, go to http://www. com/go/entsoc07. For more information You heard right! ESA has contracted with entsoc.org/annual_meeting/current_meet- about the Town and Country Resort and a service provider (Kiddie Corp) to offer ing/theme/mem_sym.htm Convention Center, see their website at childcare at the Town and Country Resort • The scientific program will be available http://www.towncountry.com. and Convention Center. Your kids will be as a searchable database online in Septem- If I am not presenting, why would I able to engage in a variety of activities to ber. come to the meeting still? exercise their minds and bodies in a fun, What about the Organizational Renew- The ESA Annual Meeting offers far more relaxed, and safe environment. ESA has al? How will that change this meeting? than just a platform for presenting your made a commitment to offset a portion of Other than a few extra meetings, there research. Staying current on new develop- childcare costs. Parents are encouraged to will not be any change as a direct result ments in your field, meeting up with col- reserve a spot now by accessing this site: of the Renewal process. The current ESA leagues from around the country and the https://www.kiddiecorp.com/entsakids.htm. Sections will remain in existence until after world, browsing the latest products and What is fun about San Diego? the final business meeting. The new Bylaws services offered in the Exhibit Hall, attend- Everything! Southern California is leg- take effect then. ing to the business affairs of your Society … endary for things to do and see, from How do I get to San Diego? the list goes on and on. This is a meeting winery tours to hillside hikes, Old Town Airlines that into San Diego, local for all ESA members, whether or not you San Diego, amusement parks, beaches, shuttle companies, and other transporta- are submitting research. restaurants, golf … There are nearly end- tion options are all listed on our website at: Can I bring a guest? less opportunities for you and your guest http://www.entsoc.org/annual_meeting/cur- Sure! The ESA guest program has been to enjoy San Diego. For more information, rent_meeting/venue/transport.htm. enhanced this year. In addition to having visit our website: http://www.entsoc.org/an- I am not a U.S. resident. How do I get a your guest be able to come to your ses- nual_meeting/Current_meeting/venue/at- letter of participation for my travel visa? sion and hear your presentation, they will tractions.htm. ESA has a form on our website that any- have full access to the social functions and Are there special events planned for this one can fill out to request a letter of partici- the Exhibit Hall. The meeting planners are year? pation. It is important to point out that this also working on some additional perks Sure, lots of them. But we’re not telling is not a letter of invitation. All tools for in- for guests to make their time in San Diego all our secrets just yet. There will be new ternational members and guests, including even more memorable. Please note that a additions to the meeting this year that will the letter request, are posted on our web- professional colleague may not register as separate the 2007 meeting from all others. site at: http://www.entsoc.org/annual_meet- a guest. Anyone who derives professional Think in terms of poolside receptions, art ing/current_meeting/intl/index.htm. August 2007 ESA Newsletter 3 ESA Vice President-Elect, from p. 1 150 refereed publications, book chapters, ESA TREASURER proceedings, and extension publications, a professor and scientist in the Department including the first e-learning short-course on of Entomology at Washington State Univer- pecan. Recognized nationally for work on sity. Dr. Brian L. Bret the pecan weevil Circle trap and develop- Areas of Interest and Accomplishments: Brian Bret, state regu- ment of the screen trap, Mulder maintains a John has worked in developing the field of latory manager for Dow busy research and demonstration program. ecotoxicology over the past fifteen years AgroSciences, is respon- Within ESA, Phil has served as Secretary- and is recognized as a world authority in sible for state registra- Treasurer, Vice President and President of this area. He runs the ecotoxicology pro- tions and regulatory the Southwestern Branch. He is currently a gram at WSU. The mission of the ecotoxi- issues in the western member of the ESA Program Committee and cology program is to study the impacts of U.S., and he is the com- is Chair of the Linnaean Games Committees pesticides and other toxicants on popula- pany’s IR-4 minor crops on the branch and national levels. Phil has tions, communities, and food webs with coordinator. For the past also served as the Linnaean Gamesmaster particular emphasis on biocontrol agents, five years, he served for his branch and the ESA Annual Meetings and aquatic organisms inhabiting rivers and as Secretary-Treasurer for many years. In 2004, Mulder was recog- streams in the Pacific Northwest, including of ESA’s Pacific Branch, and he is currently nized with the ESA Distinguished Achieve- salmon and the invertebrates that they feed on the Executive Committee. He has been ment Award in Extension. Phil is currently upon. John is the author or coauthor of over active in the Pacific Branch in various other serving ESA on the Governing Board as the 100 scientific papers and book chapters. capacities, including Chair of the Site Selec- Representative from Section E. John’s team teaches a course on pesticides. tion Committee, the Local Arrangements Awards/honors: John was awarded the Committee, and organizing symposia. Pacific Branch Recognition Award in Insect Dr. Bret started with Dow AgroSciences as ESA GOVERNING BOARD Physiology, Biochemistry and Toxicology a technical service and development biolo- (2001). John was also awarded the C. W. gist in the urban pest control business in the Woodworth Award in 2005. The Wood- northeast U.S. He later moved to the com- Pacific Branch Representative worth Award is the highest honor in the pany’s global headquarters in Indianapolis, Dr. Michael P. Parrella Pacific Branch of the ESA Indiana as a technology transfer manager, Michael P. Parrella Leadership Roles: John has been an ac- where he worked primarily on spinosad, the holds a B.S. degree tive member of ESA for over 26 years (in company’s naturally-derived, reduced-risk in animal science both the SEB and PB). He was the Pacific insect control product. Continuing westward from Rutgers Univer- Branch President in 2006, is a member of to Sacramento, he became Regional R&D sity and an M.S. and the ESA Restructuring Advisory Committee, manager for the western U.S., prior to his Ph.D. in entomology and served on the ESA Governing Board role as a regulatory manager. He is a gradu- from Virginia Tech. (2002-2004). ate of the University of Notre Dame with an He began his career as Critical Issues and Vision for ESA: “I had M.S. and Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic an assistant professor the honor to serve as the Pacific Branch Institute and State University. of entomology at the Representative to the ESA Governing Board, University of California, and during this time I learned a great deal Dr. Phillip G. Mulder, Jr. Riverside in 1980 and in 1989 he relocated about how our Society functions. While Phil Mulder received to the Department of Entomology on the UC serving on the Governing Board, our So- his B.S. in science edu- Davis campus. ciety went through a difficult financial cation from Ferris State Dr. Parrella served as chair of the De- time. We had to make some hard decisions College (1978), and his partment of Entomology at UC Davis for which ultimately resulted in a better Soci- M.S. (1981) and Ph.D. eight years, and in 1999 he accepted the ety. Recently we voted for a major change (1984) degrees from position of associate dean for agricultural to the structure of our Society. I believe that Iowa State University. sciences. As associate dean, he has the the new Section structure will make us a In 1985, he joined the responsibility for teaching, research and stronger organization that will be able to Oklahoma Cooperative extension/outreach for seven departments meet the challenges of the future. Extension Service. He is (animal science, biological and agricultural “My vision for the ESA is to make sure now an extension ento- engineering, entomology, nematology, plant that we maintain relevancy for our mem- mologist and professor of entomology in the pathology, plant sciences, and Viticulture & bers and society at large. To do this we Department of Entomology and Plant Pathol- Enology) containing more than 200 faculty. need strong leadership, good communica- ogy at Oklahoma State University (OSU). He Dr. Parrella maintains a statewide pro- tion, and the ability to change with chang- also serves as extension coordinator for the gram of applied research focused on devel- ing times. I plan to work closely with our department. oping IPM systems for floriculture crops. membership and the Branch and Section Mulder’s extension duties include re- He has had 24 graduate students during his leadership. We need to continue to ana- sponsibilities on pecan, fruit trees, alfalfa, career and many of these have gone on to lyze what is working for us as a Society and peanuts, grapes, soybeans, and honey bees. prominent positions in research and exten- what is not and make changes if necessary. He has mentored seven graduate students, sion. Dr. Parrella has received many awards, It is important to continually evaluate our serves on numerous student committees, including the the ESA Recognition Award Society and to modernize and change to and teaches Horticultural Insects. He also (1987), the Futura Award from the Profes- meet new challenges. If I am given the op- served as faculty advisor for the Sanborn sional Plant Growers Association (1991), portunity to serve as an Officer of the ESA, Entomology club at OSU for 10 years. Mul- the Alex Laurie Award from the Society of I will work hard to strengthen our Society der has made over 2,500 extension, media American Florists (1997), the Distinguished and our influence in the scientific commu- outreach, and research presentations, and Alumni Award from Virginia Tech (2007), nity.” has authored or co-authored more than and the Emma Lausten Horticulture Award 4 August 2007 ESA Newsletter from Rutgers University (2007). Dr. Parrella Board, 1905-present. SEB: Membership ing support and training to the professional serves as the western regional administra- Committee, 1980-1983; Chair, Constitution pest-management market for Bayer’s profes- tor for the IR-4 program and is on the board Revision Committee, 1984-1985; Chair, sional products and vector control products of trustees for the Sacramento/Yolo County Meeting Site Selection Committee, 1989- portfolios. Abatement District. Dr. Parrella 1990 and 19 99; Linnaean Games Judge, Mr. Barile received his B.S. in entomol- has been involved with ESA in many capaci- 1990; Chair, Local Arrangements Commit- ogy from the University of Massachusetts. ties in the past, including serving as Presi- tee, 1991 and 2000; Executive Committee, He has been involved in urban and public- dent of the Pacific Branch (1998). 1994-1995; President-Elect, 2002-2003; health pest management since 1979, hold- President, 2003-2004; Representative to the ing positions in public mosquito control, Southeastern Branch Governing Board, 2005-present. as an extension entomologist with the Uni- Representative versity of Massachusetts, as a pest-control technician, and as the technical director of a Dr. Michael L. Williams CERTIFICATION BOARD multi-branch pest-control firm in New Eng- Education: Mike Wil- land. liams obtained his B.S. In 1987, Mr. Barile entered the insecticide in biology from Arkan- Director-Elect manufacturing industry, spending over ten sas State University Dr. Stuart E. Mitchell, BCE years as a regional sales manager and prod- (1967), and an M.S. Dr. Stuart Mitchell, uct manager for Sandoz Agro’s Zoëcon divi- (1969) and Ph.D. (1972) BCE is technical and sion. Previous to joining Bayer, Mr. Barile in entomology from training director for was the national technical service manager Virginia Tech. Springer Pest Solutions, for Maxforce Professional Insect Control. Employment: Mike is in Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Barile is a Board Certified Entomolo- a professor of entomolo- He has 20 years of gist, a member of the American Mosquito gy in the Department of experience in the pest- Control Association and the Pi Chi Omega Entomology and Plant Pathology at Auburn management industry, professional pest-control fraternity. University. He teaches graduate and under- holds a B.S. in physics Mr. Barile has co-authored and presented graduate courses in systematic entomology, from Iowa State Univer- papers at the International Conference on landscape entomology and directs graduate- sity, a Ph.D. in entomol- Urban Pests, the National Conference on Ur- student research. ogy from Trinity College, and a Doctor of ban Entomology, ESA meetings, and various Areas of Interest and Accomplishments: Science in Osteopathic Medicine from Des industry and university sponsored events. Williams’ research interests include: bio- Moines University. Dr. Mitchell is a Board systematics of scale insects; integrated pest Certified Entomologist (Urban & Industrial, Southeastern Branch management of scale insect populations in Medical & Veterinary), a Certified Wildlife Representative monoculture situations; ecology and man- Control Professional, a Board Certified Phy- agement of extractive reserves as they relate sician, a Certified Medical Investigator, and Dr. C. Roxanne Connelly, BCE to insect populations; natural host plant is Certified in Homeland Security (Public Roxanne Connelly, resistance and biological control of insect Health). Ph.D., is an associate pests; biology and control of ornamental Dr. Mitchell specializes in public-health professor and extension plant pests; biodiversity in scale insects of related entomology. He plays an active ser- medical entomology Central and South America; and factors vice role for ESA as co-moderator for several specialist at the Florida involved in coevolution of scale insects and ESA Annual Meeting BCE symposia, serves Medical Entomology their host plants. Southeastern Branch ESA on the BCE Continuing Education Commit- Laboratory (University Distinguished Achievement Award in Teach- tee, is Chair of the ACE Oversight Commit- of Florida, IFAS) in Vero ing (1981). Selected for inclusion in: Per- tee, and works in various administrative Beach, Florida, with a sonalities of the South; American Men and capacities. 20% research and 80% Women of Science; Who’s Who in America; extension appointment. International Directory of Distinguished Eastern Branch Representative She has been a member of the ESA since Leadership and Who’s Who Among Ameri- Joseph Barile, BCE 1992, serving on the ESA Awards Com- ca’s Teachers. mittee (2003-05), the Education and Youth Leadership Roles: Active in ESA since Joe Barile is the Committee (2001-04), and has been Board 1973. ESA: Secretary, Teaching Subsection, northeast regional Certified in Medical/Veterinary Entomology 1979; Chair-Elect, Teaching Subsection, field-development & since 2001. 1980; Chair, Teaching Subsection, 1981; technical-service rep- She currently serves on the Board of Di- Teaching Symposium Chair, 1981; Orna- resentative for Bayer rectors for the American Mosquito Control mentals Symposium Chair, 1978; Coccidol- Environmental Science’s Association and is an active member of ogy Symposium Chair, 1979; Professional Professional Products the Florida Mosquito Control Association Training, Standards and Status Committee, Division. His responsi- and the Society of Vector Ecology. She has 1980-1983; Common Names Committee, bilities include manag- authored or co-authored over 20 peer-re- 1982-1984; Public Information Committee, ing new and existing viewed publications and presented more 1986-1989; Chair, Special Committee on Ed- product development than 90 training events, including work- ucational Outreach Programs, 1989; Stand- and improvement trials with university shops and short courses on topics related to ing Committee on Education and Training, cooperators, professional pest-management medical entomology since 1999. 1989-1991; Chair, Special Advisory Com- consultants and professional pest-manage- Dr. Connelly’s current research includes mittee on Educational Outreach , 1990; ment firms. Mr. Barile also acts as the tech- the biology and behavior of the vector of Chair, Scholarship Committee, 1991; Chair, nical service specialist for the northeast and West Nile virus and St. Louis encephalitis Resolutions Committee, 1997. Governing midwest United States and Canada, provid- in Florida, Culex nigripalpus, and an inven-

August 2007 ESA Newsletter 5 tory of the mosquitoes of the Great Smoky dation; and is currently on the board of Natural History’s McGuire Center for Lepi- Mountains National Park. Her extension Discover Life in America. doptera & Biodiversity, where he developed programs involve working directly with mos- Irwin organized USDA’s North Central and oversees molecular systematics facili- quito-control and public-health agencies, Regional Research Committee on Migration ties and teaches in the Department of Ento- the Florida Cooperative Extension Service, and Dispersal of Insects, and in 1996 was mology & Nematology at the University of Master Gardners, schools, and the general awarded the Outstanding Achievement in Florida. public to provide training and education Biometeorology by the American Meteoro- Areas of Interest and Accomplishments: on mosquitoes, vector-borne diseases, and logical Society. In 1999, Irwin was elected A lifelong entomologist, Goldstein’s re- other insects of medical importance. Honorary Fellow, CAS, and in 2004 he re- search spans lepidopteran systematics, sys- ceived UIUC’s first Global Impact Award. tematic theory, insect natural history, and conservation. His field experience includes ESA HONORARY MEMBER North America, Australia, Bolivia, Costa SYSTEMATICS, EVOLUTION, Rica, Panama, Denmark, and Finland. Cur- AND BIODIVERSITY rent research focuses on the systematics Dr. Michael E. Irwin and evolution of noctuid moth life histories. Michael E. Irwin Past President Goldstein has also published on the fau- received a B.S. from nistics, historical genetics, and behavioral the University of Cali- Dr. Michael S. Caterino ecology of Coleoptera and Hymenoptera. fornia, Davis (1963) Michael Caterino Goldstein has played significant roles in and a Ph.D. from the received his under- protecting threatened landscapes in eastern University of California, graduate training at the North America. Riverside (1971). He University of Missis- Leadership Roles: An ESA member since was senior professional sippi, and his Ph.D., in 1992, Goldstein has coordinated program officer at the Natal Mu- 1999, at UC Berkeley. and Section symposia at national meetings seum in South Africa; His postdoctoral work and the 2005 meeting of the Entomology joined the University included an additional Collections Network. He is a research as- of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in year at Berkeley and sociate at the Field Museum and the Florida 1974; served as head of the Office of Agri- two years at the Natu- State Collection of Arthropods, a Fellow of cultural Entomology, UIUC, and director of ral History Museum in the Willi Hennig Society, associate editor at the Center of Economic Entomology, Illinois London. He is now the Schlinger Curator of Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, and Natural History Survey from 1990-1993. Entomology at the Santa Barbara Museum of a co-author of the National Research Coun- He is currently Schlinger Research Emeri- Natural History. cil’s recent publication on decline tus Professor of Arthropod Biodiversity, Michael’s systematic training has included in North America. UIUC; visiting professor at the University of intensive work in both morphological and Arizona; and research associate with the Il- molecular techniques, and much of his Vice President linois Natural History Survey, the California current research strives to better integrate Dr. Marc A. Branham Academy of Sciences (CAS), the Arizona- analyses of these data. His primary taxo- Sonora Desert Museum, and the California nomic focus is histerid beetles (of which he Education: Marc A. State Collection of Arthropods. Irwin con- has now described more than 100 species), Branham received both ducted research in international IPM, plant but his phylogenetic work has also included his B.S. degree in biol- virus epidemiology, aphid migration, and higher level studies of swallowtail butter- ogy (1992), and an M.S. stiletto fly (Diptera: ) systematics. . While continuing to pursue these in- in entomology (1995) He undertook 47 international consultan- terests, he is also involved in a faunistic and from the University of cies, received numerous international and phylogeographic survey of the beetle diver- Kansas, and his Ph.D. in national competitive grants, and authored sity of the California Floristic Province. entomology from The 200+ publications. Ohio State University Irwin served ESA in the leadership of Sec- President (2002). tion C and Subsection Cc, and as Governing Dr. Paul Z. Goldstein Employment: Since Board Representative; as subject editor of 2003, he has been an assistant professor in JEE and on the editorial board of American Education: B.A. in bi- the Department of Entomology and Nema- Entomologist; as Chair of a Presidential ology, (Harvard); Ph.D. tology at the University of Florida (UF). Prior Committee on Insects & Biodiversity, and on in entomology, (Univer- to his faculty position, he was a Theodore numerous national committees, including sity of Connecticut). Roosevelt postdoctoral researcher at the the Program Committee. At the branch level, Employment: Hav- American Museum of Natural History. he served as Program Chair of the NCB. He ing worked as a cu- Areas of Interest and Accomplishments: was an editor of the Annual Review of En- ratorial assistant at Branham’s research focuses on the evolu- tomology, and served on the International Harvard’s Museum of tion of insect mating systems, specifically Society of Plant Pathology’s Plant Virus Epi- Comparative Zoology the use of phylogenetic reconstructions to demiology Committee. He was co-convener and graduate fellow at explore the evolution of sexual communica- of agricultural entomology at the 1996 In- the American Museum tion in fireflies. Some of his current research ternational Congress of Entomology, and its of Natural History, Goldstein was assistant includes elucidating the higher-level phy- convener in 2000; deputy executive direc- curator at the Field Museum, later head of logenetic relationships within Lampyridae, tor/board, Consortium for International Plant its Division of Insects, and a member of the and investigating the systematics and bioge- Protection; external member, IPM Technical University of Chicago’s Ecology & Evolu- ography of the Caribbean firefly fauna (both Committee, USAID’s Collaborative Research tion faculty. Since 2005 he has occupied a fossil and extant). Branham teaches graduate Support Program; advisor, All Species Foun- curatorial position at the Florida Museum of courses in immature insects, insect clas- 6 August 2007 ESA Newsletter sification, techniques in insect systematics, track appointment based on the above 2001. She was awarded insect behavioral ecology and systematics, accomplishments and leadership record. the ESA’s President’s and field invertebrate zoology. He also ad- He has been at MSU for over a year, where Prize for her student vises one M.S. and three Ph.D. students and he continues insect systematic research and presentation in 1997, serves on the committee for six other stu- directs the A.J. Cook Arthropod Research and her dissertation, ti- dents. Branham received the Snodgrass Me- Collection. tled “Evolution of wasp morial Research Award (2003) and the Willi in euchromiine Hennig Society’s Hennig Award (2001). Vice President-Elect tiger moths (Lepidop- Leadership Roles: Branham has been a Dr. Jason R. Cryan tera: Arctiidae),” won member of ESA for 11 years and has present- the Snodgrass Memorial ed 11 submitted and invited presentations at One of Jason Cryan’s Research Award from both national and regional ESA meetings. He first entomological the Entomological Foundation in 2002. has published in and reviewed manuscripts experiences was as a Becky was a postdoctoral research associ- for the Annals, has served both as a modera- University of Vermont ate at the Systematic Entomology Laborato- tor and judge for the Section A papers stu- undergraduate with ry/USDA in Beltsville, MD and Washington, dent competition and is currently serving as Dr. Ross Bell, work- DC from 2001-04, examining the systemat- Secretary of Section A. He was an organizer ing on an inventory of ics of the Copitarsia decolora pest complex, and co-moderator of the 2005 Entomologi- montane Carabidae in funded by USDA/APHIS. Becky is currently cal Collections Network (ECN) meeting. northern Vermont. Jason an assistant professor in the Department of Branham is also a member of the editorial completed a Master’s Biology at the University of North Dakota, board for Cladistics. degree (1995) at North and a research associate of the Smithsonian Carolina State University with Dr. Lewis Institution’s National Museum of Natural Vice President-Elect Deitz. The focus of his thesis research was a History. Dr. Anthony I. Cognato morphology-based revision of the treehop- She is interested in the systematics and per subfamily Stegaspidinae (Hemiptera: evolution of Lepidoptera, specifically the Anthony Cognato has Membracidae). Jason completed his Ph.D. evolution of mimicry and courtship behav- been an ESA member (1999) at NCSU with Dr. Brian Wiegmann. iors in Arctiidae, and the use of molecular since 1992. He received His dissertation research was a molecular systematics in the identification of pest his B.S. in biology at phylogenetic investigation of the treehopper Noctuidae. She has served as a member of SUNY-ESF, where he family Membracidae. the Executive Council of the Lepidopterists’ was introduced to the Following graduation, Jason spent Society from 2002-2005, and is currently formal study of insects. two years as a postdoctoral researcher at Chair of the Awards Committee of that or- He took great joy in the Brigham Young University, working on a ganization. She co-organized a Section A creation of his first in- molecular phylogenetic study of Hawaiian symposium titled “She blinded me with sci- sect collection, and that Platynini (Carabidae) in collaboration with ence: A tribute to the honorable, late Miriam event was the decisive BYU’s Dr. Michael Whiting and Cornell Rothschild” for the ESA Annual Meeting in factor that initiated his career. University’s Dr. James Liebherr. Jason was 2005, and she has judged and moderated Cognato’s graduate education fostered hired by the New York State Museum in student oral competitions at past national his curiosity of insect diversity. He received 2001, where he directs phylogenetic re- meetings. his M.S. at SUNY-ESF (Stephan Teale), and search projects on groups within Auchenor- received a Ph.D. at U.C. Berkeley (Felix rhyncha. His current research projects focus ESA Governing Board Sperling). His graduate research focused on planthoppers in the families Fulgoridae, Representative on bark beetle (Scolytinae) systematics. For Delphacidae, and Dictyopharidae, as well his post-doctoral position, he worked at the as spittlebugs and froghoppers (superfam- Dr. John M. Heraty Natural History Museum, London with Al- ily Cercopoidea). Jason’s research is funded Education: Dr. John fried Vogler where he continued Scolytinae primarily by NSF research grants, and recent Heraty earned his B.S. research with an emphasis on phylogenetic fieldwork for these projects has taken him, in biology (1976) and methodology. his students, and colleagues to various coun- M.S. in entomology Cognato was an assistant professor in the tries in Central and South America, Africa, (1984) at the Univer- Entomology Department at Texas A&M Uni- and Asia. sity of Guelph, and his versity (2000-2006), where he established A member of ESA for more than ten years, Ph.D. in entomology a nationally and internationally recognized Jason has served the Society as the Section A from Texas A&M Uni- research program in insect systematics. Dur- Representative on the Book and Media Re- versity (1990). ing this time, he secured funding from NSF views Committee (2002-2007), as a student Employment: Heraty (PEET), USDA, US-Forest Service, and the competition judge and/or moderator during worked for 10 years as National Geographic Society, produced 26 multiple Annual Meetings, and as a manu- a research technician in biocontrol at the publications, and graduated 5 graduate stu- script reviewer for the Annals of the ESA. University of Guelph. He conducted post- dents. He also demonstrated leadership in graduate work at Carleton University, the ESA and the systematic community by orga- Treasurer Canadian National Insect Collection, and nizing a 2004 national meeting symposium Dr. Rebecca B. Simmons the Smithsonian Institution and Systematic on DNA taxonomy, co-organizing a Scoly- Entomology Laboratory in Washington, DC. tinae genetics workshop, co-organizing the Rebecca (Becky) Simmons received a He is currently a professor in the Depart- 2006 Entomological Collections Network B.S. in biology from Bridgewater College in ment of Entomology at the University of meeting and serving on two NSF panels. In 1992, an M.S. in biology from Wake Forest California, Riverside. 2006, the Entomology Department at Michi- University in 1995, and a Ph.D. in entomol- Areas of Interest and Accomplishments: gan State University offered him a tenure- ogy from the University of Minnesota in Heraty’s research involves morphological August 2007 ESA Newsletter 7 and molecular systematics of chalcidoid Leadership Roles: Oswald is a long-time President wasps, with emphasis on Aphelinidae and member of ESA and has presented submit- Dr. Walter S. Leal the ant-parasitic Eucharitidae. Since coming ted and invited papers at various meetings. to Riverside in 1995, he has supervised four He has served as a member and Chair of Education: Leal re- M.S. and six Ph.D. students in the system- the Annals of the ESA editorial board and ceived his bachelor’s atics or behavior of various Chalcidoidea, the Systematics Resources Committee. He is degree in chemical en- Cynipoidea and Gracillariidae. currently President of the International As- gineering in his native Leadership Roles: Heraty has been a sociation for Neuropterology, and in 2003 Brazil and advanced de- member of ESA since 1979. He won the organized and hosted the 8th International grees from universities ESA President’s Prize for the Section A Symposium on Neuropterology in College in Japan: his master’s student paper in 1989 and the Southwest- Station, Texas. degree in agricultural ern Branch’s Comstock Award in 1990. He chemistry from Mie served Section A as Secretary, Vice Chair, University, and his doc- and Chair (2001-2003), and for various INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGICAL torate in applied bio- years as a judge for the Student Competi- AND MOLECULAR INSECT SYSTEMS chemistry from the University of Tsukuba. tion for the President’s Prize. He has served Employment: Leal is a professor and chair on the American Entomologist editorial at the University of California, Davis. Hither- board since 2003. In addition, he served on Past President to, he is the only non-Japanese to get tenure the Entomology Collections Network Steer- Dr. Melody A. Keena in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and ing Committee in 1997 (Nashville) and Fishery (MAFF) of Japan. After living in Japan 2001 (San Diego). He is a member of the Dr. Melody Keena for 16 years, he moved to Davis in 2000. Board of Directors for the American Ento- has been a research Areas of Interest and Accomplishments: mological Institute. Heraty also belongs to entomologist with the Leal is internationally known for his research the International Hymenopterist’s Society, USDA Forest Service on the molecular basis of insect olfaction, the Entomological Society of Washington, since 1992. She serves or how insects detect smells and communi- the Hennig Society and the Society of Sys- as the Station Director’s cate within their species. He has published tematic Biologists. representative in Con- over 130 papers in peer-reviewed journals, necticut. Her research contributed to 16 book chapters, and is the Publications Council focuses on developing inventor or co-inventor of 28 Japanese and the knowledge and two U.S. patents. His two major hobbies Representative tools needed for exclu- are research and teaching insect physiology. Dr. John D. Oswald sion, eradication or control of non-native Leal has been awarded the equivalent of the Education: John invasive forest pests; the Asian longhorned ESA Fellow from both the Japanese Society Oswald received his beetle, hemlock woolly adelgid, and Asian of Applied Entomology and Zoology and B.S. in forest manage- gypsy moth. To accomplish this, her work the Entomological Society of Brazil. He also ment (1982) and M.S. includes studies on basic biology, behavior, received the Gijitsusho (technology prize) in entomology (1985) inheritance of important traits, effective- from the Japanese Society of Bioscience, from Oregon State Uni- ness of available biorational pesticides and Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry for his versity, and a Ph.D. in developing rearing methods and artificial work on insect chemical communication. systematic entomology diets to expand research on these pests. Leal is a AAAS Fellow (2005) and the 2007 from Cornell University Before coming to the Forest Service, she recipient of the Silverstein-Simeone Award (1991). completed three degrees in entomology at from the International Society of Chemical Employment: He is the University of California, Davis, where Ecology (ISCE). an associate professor in the Department of her research was on pesticide-resistance Leadership Roles: Leal served as councilor Entomology, Texas A&M University, and management in spider mites on almonds, and later president of the ISCE. He also has curator of the Texas A&M University Insect and a postdoctorate at the University of organized various academic meetings and Collection. Before accepting his current Connecticut. symposia, including well-attended sessions position in 1995, Oswald held postdoctoral Dr. Keena has been an active member of at ESA meetings. positions at the Smithsonian’s National Mu- the ESA and Section B for 24 years, present- seum of Natural History. ing invited or offered presentations at 20 Vice-President Area of Interest and Accomplishments: national meetings during that time. She has Dr. Margaret L. Allen Oswald’s research interests include the been active in the Eastern Branch, where systematics of the Neuropterida, particularly she has served on and chaired several Dr. Allen received a the Hemerobiidae and Myrmeleontoidea, branch committees. She has and continues B.S. (magna cum Laude) and organismal bioinformatics, particularly to serve on several national committees. in entomology from the the organization and digital delivery of taxo- She served for four years on the Member- University of Maryland nomic, nomenclatural and collection-based ship Committee (chairing it the last two in 1982, an M.S. in biol- entomological data. His recent research has years) during the time that the committee ogy from Old Dominion centered on revisionary studies of a variety recommended the family and student tran- University in 1997, and of neuropteran taxa and the development sition discounts be created. She has also a Ph.D. in entomology of comprehensive web-based resources that served on the Strategic Planning, Technol- from the University of serve the global systematic neuropterology ogy, and Systematic Recourses Committees, California, Riverside in community. Oswald teaches undergraduate and she is now in her sixth year on the 2001. and graduate courses in insect biodiversity Finance Committee. She is currently Sec- Dr. Allen studies transgenic insect sci- and biology, insect evolution and field ento- tion B Chair and is serving on the Program ence, and was the first scientist to transform mology. Committee. Culex quinquefasciatus, the southern house 8 August 2007 ESA Newsletter mosquito, and Cochliomyia hominivorax, the ESA and Section B for almost 15 years, interactions between the New World screwworm. She has devel- presenting papers or posters at all national host plants and white- oped and demonstrated new techniques of meetings during that time. She has been flies, phytochemicals microinjection and applications for these active in the North Central Branch where and host plant resis- germline transformations. In one of the first she quite successfully served as the Lo- tance in citrus against studies on transgenic insect fitness, Allen cal Arrangements Chair for the 1996 NCB root weevils, the inges- analyzed transgenic screwworm strains to meetings. She has and continues to serve tion, uptake and binding show conclusively that insect transformation on several national committees, most im- of model plant com- does not necessarily incur a fitness cost to portantly the Membership Committee. Dr. pounds to hemolymph mass-reared colonies. Alleyne would consider it a privilege to be proteins in weevils, and She has served as a founding member of able to serve her Section as a member of her penetration and effects the Mid South Area Institutional Biosafety Section’s executive committee, especially of surfactants and Bt on citrus leafminer lar- Committee, which establishes procedures during this time of transition. vae. Earlier work included doctoral studies for ensuring safe handling of research organ- in mosquito endocrinology and reproduc- isms incorporating recombinant DNA. Allen Vice President-Elect tion at Cornell University (Ph.D., 1981) and collaborates in molecular genetic aspects Dr. Richard O. Musser house fly sterol nutrition at San Diego State of insect research with Stoneville scientists. University (M.S., 1977), postdoctoral work Dr. Richard O. Muss- She is experienced in transgenic arthropod at the University of Arizona on lipoprotein er is currently an associ- containment and has been invited to confer- (lipophorin) structure and function, and dis- ate professor at Western ences hosted by the ESA and the Pew Initia- covery of insect-selective proteins for trans- Illinois University (2003 tive on Food and Biotechnology. She served genic engineering at Monsanto Company. to present). He com- as organizer for ESA insect-rearing symposia Dr. Shapiro joined ESA as a student in pleted a Ph.D. in insect for two years. Allen served as debate team 1977, and has served the Society as Section physiology from the coach at the University of Nebraska (UNL), B Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary (1998- University of Arkansas preparing a group of graduate students on 2000); ESA Finance Committee member in 2002 under Dr. Gary the topic “Traditional vector control research (2001-2003); Book and Media Review edito- W. Felton and was a should receive higher priority than trans- rial board member (1993-1996); member, postdoctoral fellow at genic efforts to control human or animal Vice Chair and Chair of the ESA Committee the University of Arizona (2001-2003). disease.” She has provided guest lectures at on Education and Youth (1992-1997); editor Dr. Musser has been an active member in UNL, Kansas State University, and Mississip- and committee member for Section B ab- the ESA for the last 10 years, and has devel- pi State University. She regularly shares her stracts (1992-1995); Section B Nominations oped two well-received symposia, one at enthusiasm in science with K-12 students in Committee member and Chair (1994, 2004, the 2003 Annual Meeting and at the South- the Stoneville, MS area. 2005); organizer of symposia on biochemi- eastern Branch’s meeting. In addition, he cal strategies of plant defense against insects has moderated and judged a number of ESA (1989), honoring John Law (1997), on insect Vice President-Elect student symposia. rearing (2004-2006); and as a frequent judge Dr. Marianne Alleyne Dr. Musser also has been a member of of ESA student paper competitions. He has the Education and Youth Committee for the Dr. Marianne Alleyne also judged numerous state and interna- last several years and will be the Chair-Elect has been a research tional science fairs, is a member and current at the next national meeting of the ESA. Dr. scientist in the Depart- secretary of the Florida Entomological Soci- Musser was awarded several ESA/Entomo- ment of Entomology at ety, the American Society for Biochemistry logical Foundation awards, such as the Presi- the University of Illinois and Molecular Biology, and the AAAS. He is dent’s Prize (twice); the Henry and Sylvia at Urbana-Champaign an editorial board member for the Archives Richardson Research Grant; the Lillian and since 2003. Her re- of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology and Alex Feir Graduate Student Travel Award in search focuses on how served as its associate editor (1987-1993). Insect Physiology, Biochemistry, or Molecu- physiological systems of lar Biology; and the Kenneth and Barbara an insect host are al- Starks Plant Resistance to Insects Graduate ESA Governing Board tered after parasitization Student Research Award. Currently he is on by braconid . This work provides Representative the Awards Committee. a bridge between basic biology and biologi- Dr. Coby Schal Dr. Musser has published numerous cal control programs and involves collabora- Education: While manuscripts, including a first authored tion with students as well as scientists from attending the State manuscript in the journal Nature (2002). In various UIUC departments and from the University of New York a relatively short span of time, he has over- Illinois Natural History Survey. (B.S. in biology, 1976), seen the completion of six master’s students Dr. Alleyne teaches various courses at Gerald Lanier triggered (thesis), and three honors students with UIUC, the main one being Insect Physiol- Coby Schal’s interest theses. ogy, a core course for entomology graduate in insects and chemical students. After moving from The Nether- ecology. At the Univer- lands to the U.S., Dr. Alleyne received her Treasurer sity of Kansas (Ph.D. in B.A. in Integrative Biology from the Univer- Dr. Jeffrey P. Shapiro entomology, 1983, with sity of California at Berkeley (with Dr. R.J. Jeffrey P. Shapiro has served as a research Bill Bell), he focused Full) and her two graduate degrees in ento- entomologist with the USDA-ARS since primarily on chemical ecology, sexual selec- mology from UC Riverside (with Dr. N.E. 1986, with diverse research programs con- tion, and community organization of tropi- Beckage) and UIUC (with Dr. R.N. Wieden- cerning biological control and nutrition of cal rainforest cockroaches. mann). heteropteran insect predators, reproductive Employment: During a postdoctorate Dr. Alleyne has been an active member of effects of nutrients on predators, plant-insect position with Ring Cardé at the University of

August 2007 ESA Newsletter 9 Massachusetts, Schal examined chemical ent; Journal of Insect Science, 2000-present; President ecology of tiger and gypsy moths. He later Journal of Medical Entomology, 2001-pres- Dr. Jan E. Conn was an assistant and associate professor of ent; Annual Review of Entomology, 2002- urban entomology at Rutgers University 2007. She believes that the discipline of Education: Jan Conn (1984-1993). In 1993, he took the Blanton entomology has major impacts on public received a B.S. from J. Whitmire Distinguished Chair at North appreciation of evolutionary processes, Concordia University Carolina State University. conservation biology, pest control and basic (Montreal), M.S. from Areas of Interest and Accomplishments: science. Simon Fraser University Coby’s research strives to maintain balance (British Columbia), and between basic research in insect physi- Ph.D. from University of ology, molecular biology, behavior and STRUCTURAL, VETERINARY, Toronto (Ontario). chemical ecology, and applied research on AND PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS Employment: She is urban pest management. He teaches insect a research scientist at behavior, chemical ecology, and urban en- Past President The Wadsworth Center tomology, and has been advisor to 43 stu- (Zoonotic Disease and Clinical Virology), Al- dents and postdoctoral researchers. He has Dr. Sandra A. Allan bany, NY and an associate professor, School published 173 papers and reviews, three Education: Sandra of Public Health, SUNY-Albany. Previously patents, was elected Fellow of ESA and Allan received her she was a tenured associate professor at the AAAS, and serves on five editorial boards, B.Sc. (zoology) and a University of Vermont’s Department of Biol- including as subject editor for JEE. M.Sc. (entomology) ogy. Leadership Roles: Schal has served on from the University of Areas of Interest and Accomplishments: several Eastern Branch committees; the Li- Guelph, and a Ph.D. Conn’s interests include evolution and pop- aison Committee to the Archives of Insect (entomology) from the ulation genetics of malaria and West Nile Biochemistry and Physiology; Section B’s University of Massa- virus vectors; molecular systematics and Symposium and National Medal of Science chusetts (Amherst). population biology of Diptera, especially Committees; and the judging panels of sev- Employment: She mosquitoes and black flies; and ecology of eral awards. He currently serves as Section is a research ento- malaria vectors. B Representative to the Governing Board. mologist with the USDA-ARS Center for Awards that Conn has received include: Schal also organized and participated in Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Ento- H.R. Macmillan Family Fund Fellowship 26 ESA symposia, and served on EPA pan- mology in Gainesville, Florida, and is cur- (SFU, 1980-1981), International Develop- els and as panelist and panel manager for rently courtesy faculty in the Department ment Research Centre Young Canadians USDA-NRICGP. of Entomology and Nematology, Univer- Abroad Fellowship (1984-1985), Postdoctor- sity of Florida. Previously she was an assis- al Research Fellowship - NSERC of Canada Publications Council tant research scientist in the Department of (1990-1991), University of Vermont Dean’s Representative Pathobiology, University of Florida, re- Award (1995, 1999-2000) and four writ- search associate at Cornell University, and ing grants from the Canada Council of the Dr. Ann M. Fallon postdoctoral researcher at Old Dominion Arts. Conn has published over 50 scientific Employment: Ann University. papers and six volumes of poetry and has Fallon is a professor of Areas of Interest and Accomplishments: received one patent. entomology at the Uni- Allan’s broad interests are in vector be- Leadership Roles: Conn has served as versity of Minnesota. havior with current research on mosquito Secretary-Chair of Section D (2002-2004) Areas of Interest and behavior relating to host-derived and ovi- and as Section representative on the Annals Accomplishments: She position attractants for Culex spp. Previ- editorial board (1994-2004). She also orga- has had a longstand- ous interests included pheromones and nized/moderated the symposium “Popula- ing interest in insect host-associated attractants of ticks, and the tion Genetics of Infectious Disease Vectors” biochemistry and mo- use of fungi and least-toxic approaches of (2000 ESA Annual Meeting). lecular biology, and acaricide use for tick control and tick ecol- Conn has served as a member of the Pub- her research focuses on ogy. She has published over 85 refereed lications Committee (2000-2002) (SOVE), mosquitoes and their cell lines. and non-refereed publications, two book on NSF’s Systematic Biology Panel (1998- Leadership Roles: Fallon has been a mem- chapters and served on over 12 graduate 1999) and multiple NIH review panels, and ber of Section B since 1986, and served as student committees. as reviewer for nearly a dozen scientific a Section B officer from 1991 to 1994. She Leadership Roles: An ESA member since journals, including the Journal of Medical has been active on the Section’s Symposium 1980, Allan was on the Exhibits Com- Entomology. Committee, and served as liaison to the mittee (1989, Chair in 1993), Section D Conn’s other memberships include SOVE, Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiol- Representative to the Education and Youth American Society of Tropical Medicine and ogy (1997-2000) and ESA’s Journal of Medi- Committee (1998-2000), co-editor of the Hygiene, Society for the Study of Evolution, cal Entomology (JME). She currently serves Journal of Economic Entomology (1998- Society for Systematic Biology, and Writers’ as a subject editor for JME and as a member 2002), Section D Secretary, Vice Chair and Union of Canada. of the Publications Council. Fallon has had Chair (2005-2007), and a member of the experience as a member of editorial boards Program Committee (2007). She has par- Vice-President of several journals, including Insect Molecu- ticipated in branch and national Annual Dr. Philip E. Kaufman lar Biology, 1992-present; In Vitro Cellular Meetings since 1980. She served on the and Developmental Biology (Animal), 1997- executive committee of the Acarological Phil Kaufman is an assistant professor in present; Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Society of America and as a judge for stu- the Entomology and Nematology Depart- Biology, 1998-present; Archives of Insect dent presentations for ESA and the Acaro- ment at the University of Florida in Gaines- Biochemistry and Physiology, 1999-pres- logical Society of America. ville. He received his Ph.D. in veterinary

10 August 2007 ESA Newsletter entomology at the University of Wyoming in Orkin Exterminating. ing videos and CDs regarding urban pests 1997, his M.S. at the University of Wiscon- Areas of Interest and Accomplishments: and customized programs, e.g. 16 programs sin and his B.S. at the University of Illinois. Besides providing pest control and pesticide for Copesan Services, Inc. Before joining the fac- safety information to consumers, Merchant His 11 years of college teaching include ulty at Florida, Kaufman almost six years (1978-1983) as project is a frequent trainer for the structural pest was a research associate leader for the Urban Entomology Research & control and green industries. He co-devel- at Cornell University, Teaching Program at Texas A&M University; where he conducted oped the popular “Texas Two-step Method” two years as an instructor at Kansas State research on numerous of fire ant control, which has been adopted University (1976-1977); and more than three pests, including mus- by numerous states and cities throughout years (1969-1972) in San Lorenzo, Para- coid flies and lesser the South. His leadership in helping develop guay, where he formed the first entomology mealworms as well as IPM programs for schools in Texas has re- laboratory in the College of Agriculture & several biological con- ceived national recognition. His “Insects in Veterinary Sciences, National University trol systems in poultry the City” website receives over 3,000 visi- of Asunción, Paraguay, and taught applied and dairy systems. entomology laboratory classes. tors monthly, and he maintains an active His current appointment at the University applied research and extension program fo- of Florida is 50% research, 40% teaching cused on school IPM and control of termites, ESA Governing Board and 10% extension. The research program Representative that he directs is developing integrated pest scorpions and brown recluse spiders. He is management tools to aid Florida’s livestock the recipient of two Superior Service Awards Dr. Shripat T. Kamble, BCE producers and improve animal health and from Texas Cooperative Extension, a Distin- Education: Shripat productivity. He is also addressing the de- guished Service Award to the Certification T. Kamble received his velopment of new chemistries for the man- Program from ESA, and the Distinguished Ph.D. from North Da- agement of vectors. He teaches medical and Achievement Award in Extension from ESA. kota State University veterinary entomology and forensic ento- (1974). Leadership Roles: A member since 1981, mology, and is a co-faculty advisor of the Employment: He is Merchant has served on several ESA branch University of Florida’s Linnaean team. an entomology profes- Kaufman has served as both the research and national committees, including the ESA sor, graduate faculty and the extension representative to the Live- Certification Board, where he served as fellow, and IR-4 state stock Insect Workers Conference Advisory Director for two terms. He chaired the 2006 liaison at the University Board. He is the Section D Representative to Linnaean Games Committee and is currently of Nebraska-Lincoln. the ESA Membership Committee and Sec- Vice Chair of Section F. Area of Interest & Accomplishments: retary for Multi-state CRIS Project S-1006, Kamble’s research in urban entomology was a co-host for the Livestock Insect Work- Treasurer focuses on the environmental fate of ter- ers Conference in 2004, and is on the 2007 miticides, baiting technologies, molecular Program Planning Committee. Kaufman has Dr. Theodore A. Granovsky techniques, insecticide resistance, human been an ESA member since 1992 and is Theodore A. exposure to insecticide, and biocontrol. He also a member of the Florida Entomological Granovsky, Ph.D., coordinated and gathered pesticide-use data Society, the American Mosquito Control As- B.C.E. has been an ESA impacting urban and livestock settings. He sociation and the North American Forensic member for 33 years, participated in national and regional pes- Entomology Society. is a Board Certified ticide review processes, and in Good Lab Urban and Industrial Practices workshops. Vice President-Elect Entomologist (he was Kamble authored or coauthored 106 Director of the Certifica- papers, 125 scientific presentations, and Dr. Michael E. Merchant tion Program during the organized 30 symposia. He received $3 Education: Mike Mer- ARPE to BCE transition million in grants involving several interdis- chant earned his B.S. in period, 1992-1993) and ciplinary projects. His team, the Urban Pest environmental science is a Certified Urban Pesticide Applicator in Management Conference, received the 2005 from Western Washing- Texas. From 1988-1990, he served on the University of Nebraska’s Extension Award ARPE Governing Board as a representative for Excellence in Team Programming. He ton University, and his to the ESA President. His education includes received the North Central Branch’s C. V. M.S. and Ph.D. degrees both a 1978 doctorate and a 1974 M.S. Riley Achievement Award (2004), Award of in entomology from degree from Kansas State University and a Merit (1998), the IR-4 Meritorious Service Purdue University and 1968 Baccalaureate from the University of Award (1996), the BCE Distinguished Ser- Texas A&M University, Minnesota. vice Award (1995), the NCB Recognition respectively. Since January 1978 he has directed Award in Urban Entomology (1994), and Employment: Merchant has served as Granovsky Associates, Inc., which provides Outstanding Entomologist for BCE MidAm- extension urban entomologist at Texas A&M independent urban pest research, services, erica (1992), among others. University’s Research and Extension Center and training. His team has evaluated many Leadership Roles: Kamble served as the currently used technologies and has gener- Section F Representative to the ESA Gov- in Dallas since 1989, where he has responsi- ated over 400 specialized research reports. erning Board (2001-2006). He has been an bility for extension publications and techni- His 80+ publications include scientific and active ESA member since 1970 and partici- cal support on structural pest management popular articles, book chapters and train- pated in ESA meetings since 1975. Kamble and insect pests of trees, turf and ornamen- ing manuals. He provides technical support chaired the NCB Graduate Student Awards tals. Before beginning his graduate career, for the Pest Control Videocassette Network Committee (1991) and the national Awards he worked as a pest-control technician for (PCVN), an independent producer of train- Committee (1994), and also served on the

August 2007 ESA Newsletter 11 NCB Program Committee (1993-1997). He nor: poultry science), all livestock, poultry and people. His publica- has served the certification program for 25 from the University of tions number 112, including 65 research years, including as Director of BCE in 2000, Florida. articles, seven book chapters and reviews, and as Chair of the BCE Examining Commit- Employment: He and 37 technical or extension articles. He tee for over 6 years. has been a research advises graduate students and teaches or entomologist at the contributes to five courses in veterinary or ESA Governing Board USDA-ARS Center for medical entomology, population dynamics Agricultural, Medical and applied statistics. Representative and Veterinary Ento- Moon joined ESA in 1975, and served Dr. Timothy J. Lysyk mology in Gainesville, Section D as Secretary, Vice Chair and Chair Timothy James Lysyk Florida since 1980. He from 2004-2006. His experience with ESA’s received a B.Sc. (Hons.) has a 100% research assignment and, as a publications has included service on edito- in zoology from the full professor (adjunct) with the Department rial boards for Book and Media Reviews, University of Alberta, of Entomology and Nematology, University Thomas Say Publications (2 terms), and the an M.S. in entomology of Florida, chairs and serves on graduate Journal of Medical Entomology. He has also from South Dakota State student committees. been a subject editor of the Journal of Medi- University, and a Ph.D. Areas of Interest and Accomplishments: cal Entomology since 2001. in entomology from Hogsette’s research is on biology, ecology, North Carolina State and control of filth flies, particularly house University. He is cur- flies and stable flies, in agricultural and PLANT–INSECT ECOSYSTEMS rently employed with urban settings. His 120 publications include Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Leth- refereed journal articles, book chapters, Past President bridge, Alberta. review articles, and extension publications. His areas of interest are the ecology, biol- He has participated in the planning and Dr. Mark A. Boetel ogy, and management of veterinary arthro- implementation of research projects in South Education: Mark Boe- pods, including ticks, tick paralysis and America, China, Australia, Europe, Africa, tel received his Ph.D. various biting flies. He has recently complet- and the Middle East. from South Dakota State ed a study on the potential for Bluetongue Leadership Roles: Since joining ESA University in 1996. virus transmission in western Canada that (1980), Hogsette has contributed annually Employment: Boetel has led to rationalization of import regula- to national meetings by invitational and is an associate professor tions for U.S. cattle. He was awarded the submitted papers, and/or by organizing and of entomology at North 1996 C. Gordon Hewitt Award by the Ento- participating in symposia. He judged student Dakota State University mological Society of Canada for outstanding paper contests (1985, 1988, 1996, 2006), (NDSU). achievement in entomology by an individual and was a member of Section D’s Insecti- Areas of Interest under 40. cide Resistance Committee (1988). He was and Accomplishments: His service to the ESA includes serving a nominee for Section D Chair (1995), and Mark’s research spans integrated pest man- as Section D Representative to the editorial invited by ESA President Dahlman to be agement, insect overwintering physiology, boards of the Journal of Medical Entomology Section D’s Editorial Board Representative and molecular genetics. He is conducting (1991-1995) and the Journal of Economic for the proposed ESA Journal, Entomological research to develop alternative tools for Entomology (2002-2006), co-editor of Envi- Techniques (1997). He was Section D Rep- sugarbeet insect management such as trap ronmental Entomology (1995-2000), subject resentative for the American Entomologist cropping, cover crops, entomopathogenic editor (veterinary entomology) for the Jour- editorial board (1989-1994; 2000-2004). He fungi, protease inhibition, native and trans- nal of Economic Entomology (2002-present), served on and chaired committees for the genic host plant resistance, and insecticides. and subject editor for the Journal of Medical Florida Entomological Society (1988-1998), He also works on Lygus bug molecular Entomology (2004–present). and was medical-veterinary entomology sub- genetics, sugarbeet root maggot diapause, Tim has served on the executive board ject editor for the Journal of Entomological and mosquito IPM. He is currently advis- of the Entomological Society of Alberta and Science (1990-93). ing three graduate students. Mark is an on the organization committee for three of author/co-author on more than 200 refereed their annual meetings. He was the Co-Chair Publications Council and nonrefereed publications and over 200 and organizer for the 1998 Livestock Insect Representative professional presentations, and has procured Workers’ Conference, and was a member of over $2.5 million in grants. the Local Arrangements Committee for the Dr. Roger D. Moon Leadership Roles: An active ESA member 4th International Conference on Ticks and Roger Moon earned since 1987, Boetel has served the Society Tick-Borne Pathogens. He looks forward a B.S. in entomology in the following capacities: Section F Chair, to the opportunity to serve the members of in 1973 and a Ph.D. in Vice Chair, and Secretary, Arthropod Man- the new Section “Structural, Veterinary, and entomology in 1979 agement Tests editorial board member and Public Health Systems.” from the University of Chair, Common Names Committee mem- California, Davis. He ber, Program Committee member, Selec- Publications Council joined the faculty in tion Committee Panelist for several ESA and entomology at the Uni- Entomological Foundation awards, NCB Representative versity of Minnesota as Executive Committee at-large member, NCB Dr. Jerome A. Hogsette an assistant professor Audit Committee member and Chair, NCB Education: Jerome Hogsette received his in 1980 and reached Student Awards Committee (2003-2004, B.S. in poultry science (minor: pre-veterinary full professor in 1992. His research is on Chair), NCB Linnaean Games Committee medicine), M.S. in poultry science (minor: the population ecology and management of member, NCB Local Arrangements Commit- entomology), and Ph.D. in entomology (mi- muscid flies and other arthropods that affect tee member, judge in several student presen-

12 August 2007 ESA Newsletter tation competitions, and session moderator currently the Chair of the Council of Ento- Vice President-Elect at numerous branch and national meetings. mology Department Administrators (CEDA). Dr. Paul W. Borth, BCE Other leadership roles have included Chair, He also has been a frequent organizer and Vice Chair, and Secretary of NCR-46 (a instructor for the annual Midwest Institute Paul Borth (M.S. in multi-state committee on corn rootworm for Biological Control short courses since entomology, University and other soil insects), and session leader 1994. of Maryland, and Ph.D. at two American Society of Sugarbeet Tech- in entomology, Univer- nologists conferences. He is a two-term Vice-President sity of Arizona) present- NDSU university senator, and has also ly is an R&D business served his university as the Agriculture Dr. William D. Hutchison partner in Dow Agro- College Faculty Development Committee Education: Bill Sciences’ (DAS’) Crop Chair, Teaching Awards Chair, and repre- Hutchison received his Protection R&D func- sentative to the Campus Greenhouse Com- B.S. in agronomy and tion. His responsibilities mittee. Leadership within his department plant sciences (1977) at include management of has included chairing the Promotion/Ten- the University of Ari- the U.S. Pest Management and Turf & Or- ure, Greenhouse, and Seminar Committees, zona, an M.S. in ento- namental field biologists and working co- coaching the Linnaean Games team, and mology (1980) from operatively with global teams to create and serving as Student Awards Coordinator. Mississippi State Uni- implement product development strategies. versity, and his Ph.D. Since joining ESA in 1979, he has been President in entomology (1984) affiliated with every Branch and conducted Dr. Robert N. Wiedenmann from the University of or managed insect-plant interaction research Wisconsin-Madison. in all major cropping systems. He started Education: Rob Wie- Employment: From 1984-1989, Hutchi- his entomological career as a University of denmann received a son served as a research entomologist with Arizona IPM specialist, and then he joined B.S. with honors and USDA-ARS, in Phoenix, AZ. In 1989, he ac- DAS as a field biologist, which led to sev- distinction, Phi Beta cepted the position of assistant professor & eral product manager roles in Indianapolis. Kappa, in ecology and extension entomologist at the University of Following a stint in DAS’ HR Department, evolutionary biology Minnesota, and was promoted to professor he became global leader for the Urban Pest with an undergradu- in 2001. Management R&D function, gaining non- ate honors project on Areas of Interest and Accomplishments: crop entomology experience. His research avian behavior from Hutchison has been active in develop- interests are in applied entomology at the Purdue University ing multi-faceted Integrated Pest Manage- end-user level. He was among the first to (1985). He then contin- ment (IPM) programs for vegetable crops imagine and use geostatistical tools to de- ued as a graduate student in entomology at and grapes. He emphasizes programs that scribe and predict insect invasion and dis- Purdue, where he was a National Science couple knowledge of insect population persal in a cropping environment. Foundation Predoctoral Fellow (1986). He dynamics with the use of non-chemical Borth recently completed his sixth year on received a Ph.D. in entomology (1990), alternatives such as pest-resistant varieties. The Entomological Foundation’s Board of studying the searching strategy of a preda- He is also active in developing methods for Directors, where he held the elected offices ceous stink bug. measuring economic risk in IPM, efficient of President, Vice President, and Secretary. Employment: After serving four years sampling for invasive species, and resis- Under his leadership, the Foundation refor- as a postdoctoral researcher in biological tance management. He has been advisor mulated its strategic plan, focused its initia- control at Texas A&M University, Wieden- or co-advisor to 13 graduate students. His tives on youth, and enhanced its viability mann went to the Illinois Natural History publications include over 97 refereed jour- by increasing the number and diversity of Survey (INHS), where he was an assistant nal articles, several book chapters, and ex- its Directors. He has chaired the ESA Stu- (1994-1997), associate (1997-2003), profes- tension publications and newsletter articles dent Affairs and Ethics Committees and has sional scientist (2003-2005), and director within the VegEdge IPM web site. He re- been a member of several other ESA and of the INHS Center for Ecological Entomol- cently received the 2007 ESA-NCB Distin- BCE committees. He represented Section F ogy (2001-2005). In 2005, he moved to guished Achievement Award in Extension. on the Education and Youth Committee and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Leadership Roles: Hutchison currently was elected its Secretary for 2007. where he is professor and the head of the serves as Secretary of Section F. He has Department of Entomology. served as a Section F Board Member and Treasurer Areas of Interest: Wiedenmann’s re- editor for the Journal of Economic Ento- Dr. Lisa G. Neven search and outreach responsibilities have mology (1994-1996; 2002-2006) and on concerned invasive species and biocontrol the Section F Program Committee (1993). Education: Lisa G. of insects and weeds. He also participated in the ESA Publica- Neven earned a B.S. in Leadership Roles: His service to ESA tions Committee (1994-1996), and the zoology from the Uni- includes serving as Secretary (2006) and President’s Ad-hoc Committee on Internet versity of Florida and Chair-Elect (2007) of Section C, President & Electronic Publications (1996-1997). her Ph.D. from the Uni- of the North Central Branch (2003-2004), Since 2004, he has been ESA’s Represen- versity of Notre Dame NCB Program Chair (2003), and Chair of tative to the Advisory Board of the Plant in Indiana. Subsection Ca (1996-1997). In addition Management Network, in cooperation Employment: Dr. to service in ESA, he has been Treasurer with the American Phytopathological So- Neven is a research (1996-2002), President-Elect (2002-2004) ciety. Within the NCB-ESA, he has served entomologist with the and President (2004-2006) of the Nearc- as Program Chair (1999), and Chair of the USDA-ARS at the Ya- tic Regional Section of the International NCB-ESA Awards Committee (1996-1997; kima Agricultural Research Laboratory since Organization for Biological Control. He is 2003-2004). 1992. She is also adjunct faculty in the De-

August 2007 ESA Newsletter 13 partment of Entomology at Washington State Committee, 2006-2007). She served on Publications Council University. the Membership Committee as Vice Chair Representative Areas of Interest and Accomplishments: (1998-1999) and Chair (2000-2001), and Dr. Neven’s primary research has centered was their Governing Board Liaison from Dr. Thomas W. Sappington around the development of non-chemi- 2004-2005 and 2007. She served two terms Education: Tom Sap- cal quarantine treatments for deciduous on the Strategic Planning Committee (2000- pington received his tree fruits. She also has a program in insect 2005; Chair, 2002-2003); as subject editor B.S. in biology from physiology and molecular biology with an (2002-2005) for Arthropods in Relation to Central Missouri State emphasis on thermal tolerance, respira- Plant Disease for the Journal of Economic University (1979), M.S. tion, transgenic insects, and baculoviruses. Entomology; and as Governing Board Liai- in entomology from She has published 64 papers, 50 of which son to the Publications Council (2006). For Iowa State University were published since she joined the ARS. the North Central Branch, she has served (1982), and Ph.D. in Dr. Neven developed a technology which on both the Program Committee (1986- systematics and ecol- capitalizes on the differences in plant and 1987; 1989; 1993-1994; and 2002-2003) ogy at the University of insect responses to thermal stress. She calls and the Local Arrangements Committees Kansas (1989). this technology CATTS for Controlled At- (2005-2006). Employment: He is a research entomolo- mosphere Temperature Treatment System. gist with USDA-ARS in the Corn Insects & Leadership Roles: Dr. Neven’s leadership Publications Council Crop Genetics Research Unit in Ames, Iowa, roles within the ESA include serving as a Representative and is adjunct professor in the Department subject editor for the Journal of Economic of Entomology at Iowa State University. He Entomology since 2001. She has also Dr. Philip L. Nixon joined ARS in 1998, serving as lead scien- served as a board member for the Pacific Education: A native tist in the cotton insects group in Weslaco, Branch of the ESA and was Program Chair of central Illinois, Philip Texas before transferring to Ames in 2003. for the Pacific Branch meeting in 2005. Dr. Nixon has a B.S. and Areas of Interest and Accomplishments: Neven was Secretary of Subsection Eb in M.S. in zoology from Sappington is an insect ecologist with a 2005. Southern Illinois Uni- primary interest in insect dispersal and mi- versity and a Ph.D. in gration. He employs a combination of tech- ESA Governing Board entomology from Kan- niques to study insect movement, including sas State University. mark-release-recapture, flight mills, and Representative Employment: After population genetics. He has published over Gail E. Kampmeier receiving his Ph.D., he 95 refereed papers, book chapters, and pro- Education: Gail was a research techni- ceedings, and co-edited a book on inverte- Kampmeier received cian and postdoctoral researcher in stored brate vitellogenesis. He currently supervises her B.A. in French from grain entomology at Kansas State University. two postdocs. Allegheny College He has been an extension entomologist with Leadership Roles: Sappington has served (1973), and M.Sc. in the University of Illinois since 1980 with as the Section C Representative on the entomology from the expertise in tree, shrub, turfgrass, and struc- editorial board for the Journal of Medical University of Illinois tural insect pests. He is employed in the Pes- Entomology since 2000, and was Chair in (1984). ticide Safety Education Program where he 2004. He was co-editor of Environmental Employment: Kamp- provides educational programs on general Entomology from 2001-2002, and has been meier is a senior re- pesticide safety, as well as insects associated subject editor for the areas of physiological search entomologist at with field crops, stored grain, trees, shrubs, ecology (2002-2004), molecular ecology the Illinois Natural History Survey, where interiorscape plants, and turfgrass. and evolution (2002-present), and transgenic she has been employed since 1979. Areas of Interest and Accomplishments: plants and insects (2005-present). He orga- Areas of Interest and Accomplishments: Nixon is an author of four books, 16 re- nized and leads the international Diabrotica Her scientific research interests are in the search publications, and 294 extension Genetics Consortium. He recently has epidemiology of aphid vectored plant publications. He was awarded an EPA Re- served on an EPA Scientific Advisory Panel, viruses and the dynamics of arthropod gion 5 Special Certificate of Recognition a USDA NRI panel, an EU expert panel on movement and their implications in IPM for Achievements in School IPM, and at the rootworm ecology, and is currently Chair programs. She has worked on multidisci- University of Illinois has received two Out- of NCERA-148 (Migration and Dispersal of plinary long distance movement projects standing Extension Awards of Excellence, a Agriculturally Important Biota). with the corn leaf aphid in Illinois and Departmental Award of Excellence, and two the Russian wheat aphid in Colorado, and College Awards of Excellence. Publications Council served as Secretary-Treasurer for NCR-148 Leadership Roles: A member of ESA since Representative (Movement & Dispersal of Biota) from 1974, Nixon has served on the North Cen- Dr. R. Chris Williamson 1985-2000, and Vice-Chair (2001) and tral Branch Location and Time and Inter- Chair (2002). Additional areas of inter- national Travel Committees, the judging Dr. R. Chris Wil- est may be found at http://www.inhs.uiuc. panel for the Entomological Foundation’s liamson is an associate edu/~gkamp. Jeffery P. LaFage Graduate Student Research professor of entomol- Leadership Roles: Kampmeier has been Award, the Standing Committee on Sys- ogy at the University an ESA member since 1979. She was elect- tematic Resources, the Journal of Medical of Wisconsin-Madison ed to serve in the leadership of Subsection Entomology editorial board, and the Pub- where he is an exten- Cc (1993-1995), Section C (2002-2003; lications Council. Outside of ESA, he has sion/research entomolo- Program Committee, 2003), and as Section served as a North Central Co-Coordinator of gist (70% extension, C Representative to the Governing Board the American Association of Pesticide Safety 30% applied research) (2004-2006; 2007-2009; GB Executive Educators. in urban landscape

14 August 2007 ESA Newsletter entomology including turfgrass, ornamen- ticide use on golf course putting greens; golf tals, Christmas trees, and greenhouses. Dr. course superintendents have experienced J O B O P P O R T U N I T I E S Williamson’s lab is one of the most active more than a 2/3 reduction in insecticide applied research groups studying insect input for control of the black cutworm. Dr. pests of the urban landscape. He and his stu- Williamson’s ongoing research is the pursuit dents have published results generated from of potential mechanism(s) of resistance of his lab in numerous scientific papers, book turfgrasses that could potentially provide an- chapters, and trade journal articles. other means of reducing pesticide input. Dr. Williamson’s research interest and Dr. Williamson has received the Distin- focus are in the area of Integrated Pest Man- guished Achievement Award in Urban En- agement (IPM) with emphasis on alternative, tomology from ESA’s North Central Branch. non-pesticide control strategies including He also is the recipient of the Outstanding cultural and applied plant resistance. An ex- Ph.D. Graduate Student Award of Merit ample of the impact of his work on the black from The Honor Society of Agriculture Gam- cutworm is the dramatic reduction of insec- ma Sigma Delta.

M EMBER N EWS ASSISTANT OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR STORED PRODUCTS Pedro Barbosa, a professor at the Univer- State Agricultural Experiment Station (NY- PEST MANAGEMENT sity of Maryland’s Entomology Department SAES) in Geneva, has been appointed chair- and an Honorary Member of the ESA, was man of the Department of Entomology. He Tenure-track faculty position, 70% re- awarded the Faculty Excellence Award for succeeds Wendell Roelofs, who is stepping search, 20% extension and 10% teach- Research by UMD’s College of Chemical down after 16 years. The appointment was ing. Training/experience in managing and Life Sciences on May 15, 2007. effective July 1. pests of stored products. Interest in: IPM, Judith B. Black, BCE, a technical director Paul P. Tinerella has joined the Illinois toxicology, systematics, population and/ at the Steritech Group, has been named this Natural History Survey’s Division of Biodi- or chemical ecology. Requires Ph.D. year’s Crown Technical Excellence Award versity and Ecological Entomology, where in entomology or closely related field. winner by Syngenta Professional Products he will work as insect collection manager. Postdoctoral experience in post harvest and Pest Control Technology Magazine. Be- His research interests are focused on insect research, development of extension pro- gun in 2006, the award recognizes the con- taxonomy and systematics, as well as natural grams and demonstration of the ability to tributions of the industry’s leading technical history collections management, biodiver- obtain extramural funding are preferred. and training directors. Ms. Black, the first sity, aquatic biology, and informatics. In ad- woman to win the award, currently serves dition to general entomology, his taxonomic A more complete description may be as President of ESA’s Certification Board. specialties are aquatic true bugs (world- viewed at: http://www.ento.okstate.edu/ Rick L. Brandenburg, a North Carolina wide) and aquatic beetles (Nearctic). jobs.htm. Applications should include State University entomologist, has been the following: letter of application stating named a William Neal Reynolds Professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sci- C E R T I F I C A T I O N reasons for interest in this position and ences at N.C. State. Established in 1950, the qualifications, curriculum vitae, state- ment of interests, official university tran- William Neal Reynolds Professorship is one The ESA Certification Board would like to of the highest distinctions available to N.C. scripts noting date of terminal degree, congratulate those entomologists who have and four letters of reference. State University faculty members. recently become board and associate certi- Gene R. Kritsky, a biology professor at fied. Congratulations to the following BCEs The Committee will begin review of ap- the College of Mount St. Joseph and Edi- and ACEs. plications September 30, 2007 and will tor-in-Chief of American Entomologist, has • Mr. James C. Bruesch, BCE continue reviews until a suitable candi- received Mount St. Joseph’s Established • Mr. Alan Craig Dunavent, ACE date is selected. This information should Scholar Award. This award, presented to • Mr. Earl Edward Hallberg, Jr., BCE be sent to: Ms. Diana Ward, Dept. of an associate or full professor, recognizes • Mr. Charles Michael Markowski, ACE Entomology and Plant Pathology, 127 the skill and contributions of an established • Mr. Elizario Perez, III, ACE Noble Research Center, Oklahoma State scholar who has been nationally or interna- • Mr. Ralph Anthony Rosania, ACE tionally recognized for scholarly achieve- • Mr. Todd T. Sawyer, ACE University, Stillwater, OK 74078. Phone: ment. For more information about ESA’s associ- 405-744-9405, fax: 405-744-6039, e- Gregory Lanzaro, a medical entomologist ate or board certification programs, please mail: [email protected]. at the University of California, Davis, is the visit http://www.entsoc.org/certification, e- recipient of the 2007 Academic Federation mail [email protected], or call 703-234-4121. Questions regarding the position may Award for Excellence in Research at UC be directed to the Search and Screening Davis for his work on both the mosquito committee chair, Dr. Jim Criswell (jim. that transmits malaria and the blood-sucking [email protected]) or Department sand fly that transmits visceral leishmaniasis. Head, Dr. Jonathan Edelson (jonathan. The annual award recognizes the outstand- [email protected]). Oklahoma State ing research efforts of an Academic Federa- University is an Affirmative Action/Equal tion member. Opportunity Employer committed to David M. Soderlund, professor of ento- multicultural diversity. mology at Cornell University’s New York

August 2007 ESA Newsletter 15 Welcome New and Returning Members! ESA welcomes the new members who have recently joined and previous members who have returned after two or more years away from the Society. Professional affiliations are noted where provided.

Mr. J. Hunter Adams State University Mr. Adam Stephen Petherwick, University Dr. Ruben Alarcon, Jr., University of Mr. Matt S. Giese of Birmingham Arizona Mr. Luis E. Gomez, Dow AgroSciences Ms. Margaret Elizabeth Pfiester, University Mrs. Nina Alphey, University of Oxford Dr. Jose E. Gonzalez-Zamora, University of Florida Ms. Radhika Ananthakrishnan, Kansas of Seville Miss Lanae M. Pierson State University Mr. Judah D. Grossman, University of Dr. Gabriela Ines Pirk, Universidad De Dr. Geoffrey Michael Attardo, Yale California, Davis Buenos Aires University Mr. Limb Kemp Mataute Hapairai, Ms. Becca Polasek, Texas A&M University Mr. Chris Bedwell, University of South Brigham Young University Mrs. Electra F. Ragan, Georgia Southern Alabama Ms. Christina Harris University Mr. Adam J. Bell Mrs. Rebekah Grace Hassell, University of Mr. Karl Roeder, Texas A&M University Mrs. Sarah E. Bione-Dunn Kentucky Miss Sandra Schaeffer, University Of Mr. Christopher M. Briggs, University of Mr. William E. Herman, United States Nebraska-Lincoln California, Riverside Army Mr. Arsalan A. Shah Ms. Ashley Buhring, Texas A&M Dr. Brian Inouye, Florida State University Mr. Matan Shelomi, Harvard University University Mrs. Heather Bird Jackson, Louisiana State Miss Jesica Sines Ms. Nurmastini Sufina Bujang, University University Ms. Ava Skrabanek, Texas A&M University of Florida Dr. Deborah C. Jaworski, Oklahoma State Miss Laura A. Starkus, Kansas State Ms. Joanna Buley, University of Oklahoma University University Mrs. Mika Danielle Cameron, Texas A&M Miss Sukanya Klandsinsirikul, King Mong- Mr. Stephen E. Terry University kuts Institute of Technology Ladkrabang Ms. Divya Uma Mr. Frank Matthew Casillas, Texas A&M Ms. Emily Clare Kraus Mr. Dustin R. VanOverbeke, University of University Mrs. Blair Nicole Lay California, Riverside Mr. Brian P. Clark, University of Maryland Ms. Kathleen Virginia Lee, University of Dr. Naoko Yoshinaga, Kyoto University Cooperative Extension Minnesota Mr. Adam R. Zeilinger, University of Mr. Luciano V. Cosme, Kansas State Mr. Dennis W. Long, AgraQuest, Inc. Minnesota University Ms. Rachel E. Mallinger, University of Dr. Qirui Zhang, Ohio State University Ms. Katelyn Cox Chalaire, Texas A&M Wisconsin-Madison University Dr. Jordan M. Marshall Mr. Timothy Joseph Davis, United States Dr. Brian C. McNulty, Athenix Corp. Air Force Mr. Sean Menke, University of California, Ms. Kimberly Dickinson, NCH Corpora- San Diego Condolences tion Dr. Luis Felipe Montiel, Corporación Dr. Thomas C. Emmel, University of Flori- Bibliográfica S.A de C.V. Sincere condolences to the families, da / McGuire Center for Lepidoptera Ms. Amy Mullins, Texas A&M University friends, and colleagues of the following Ms. Amanda M. Evans, Museum of Mr. Wayne Osborne recently deceased ESA members: Cooperative Zoology Dr. Nikolaos Papadopoulos, University of Dr. Mike W. Fairbanks, Arkansas Tech Thessaly • John E. Campbell, BCE, Johnston, IA University Ms. Oulimathe Paraiso, Florida A&M Ms. Maria Teresa Ferreira, University of University • L. Reed Green, Wharton, TX Florida Miss Julie Ann Peterson, University of • Shahid Ashrafi Ms. Maureen E. Flannery, San Francisco Kentucky

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