ANNA E. WHITFIELD

Department of Plant Pathology [email protected] Kansas State University Phone:(785) 532-3364 Manhattan, Kansas 66506 FAX: (785) 532-5692

EDUCATION Ph.D. (Plant Pathology) University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2004 Advisor: Thomas L. German Dissertation Title: Virus acquisition by thrips: the role of the Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) glycoproteins.

M.S. (Plant Pathology) University of California, Davis, 1999 Advisor: Diane E. Ullman Thesis Title: The development of a serologically-based indexing program for Tomato spotted wilt virus in dormant Ranunculus asiaticus tubers.

B.S.A. (Biological Science) University of Georgia, Athens, 1996

POSITIONS HELD 2011- Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan.

2006-11 Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan.

2005-06 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Supervisor: S.A. Hogenhout.

2004-05 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison Supervisor: T. L. German.

1998-03 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

1996-98 Graduate Research Assistant, Departments of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS Montero-Astúa, M., Ullman, D.E., and Whitfield, A.E. Dynamics of TSWV infection and spread in its insect vector, Frankliniella occidentalis, with an emphasis on the principal salivary glands. (Manuscript written and in review by colleagues).

Barandoc-Alviar K., Ramirez, G.M., Rotenberg, D. and Whitfield, A.E. Analysis of acquisition and titer of Maize mosaic rhabdovirus in its vector, Peregrinus maidis (Hemiptera: Delphacidae). (Submitted).

Rotenberg, D., Bockus, W. W., Whitfield, A.E., Hervey, K., Baker, K., Ou, Z., Laney, A., De Wolf, E.D., and Appel J.A. Occurrence of Barley yellow dwarf virus and Wheat streak mosaic virus and their contributions to yield losses in winter wheat fields in Kansas. (Submitted).

Anna E. Whitfield 1 curriculum vitae

Rotenberg, D., Jacobson, A., Schneweis, D., and Whitfield, A.E. 2015. Thrips transmission of tospoviruses. Current Opinion in Virology. (In press).

Whitfield, A.E., and Rotenberg, D. 2015. Disruption of insect transmission of plant viruses. Current Opinion in Insect Science 8:79-87.

Whitfield, A.E., Falk, B.W, Rotenberg, D. Insect vector-mediated transmission of plant viruses. Virology 479-480:278-289. *Invited review for the 60th Anniversary Issue of Virology.

Badillo-Vargas, I., Rotenberg, D., Schneweis, B.A., and Whitfield, A.E. 2015. RNA interference tools for Frankliniella occidentalis. Journal of Insect Physiology 76:36-46.

Whitfield, A.E., Rotenberg, D., and German, T. L. 2014. Plant pest destruction goes viral. Nature Biotechnology 32:65-66.

Stafford-Banks, C.A., Rotenberg, D.; Johnson, B.R., Whitfield, A.E., and Ullman, D.E. 2014. Analysis of the salivary gland transcriptome of Frankliniella occidentalis. PLoS ONE 9:e94447.

Montero-Astúa, M., Rotenberg, D., Leach, A., Schneweis, B., Park, K., Park, S.H., German, T.L., and Whitfield, A.E. 2014. Disruption of vector transmission by a plant-expressed viral glycoprotein. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 27:296-304.

Dietzgen, R.G., Kuhn, J.H., Clawson, A.N., Freitas-Astúa, J., Goodin, M.M., Kitajima, E., Kondo, H., Wetzel, T., Whitfield, A.E. 2014. Dichorhavirus: a proposed new genus for Brevipalpus mite- transmitted, nuclear, bacilliform, bipartite, negative-strand RNA plant viruses. Archives of Virology 159:607-619.

Alexander, H. M., Mauck, K. E., Whitfield, A.E., Garrett K. A., and C. M. Malmstrom. 2014. Plant- virus interactions and the agro-ecological interface. 2014. European Journal of Plant Pathology 138:529- 547.

Yao, J., Rotenberg, D., Afsharifar, A., Barandoc-Alviar K., Whitfield, A.E. 2013. Development of RNAi methods for Peregrinus maidis, the corn planthopper. PLoS ONE 8(8):e70243.

Nachappa, P., Margolies, D.C., Nechols, J.R., Whitfield, A.E., and Rotenberg, D. 2013. Tomato spotted wilt virus benefits a non-vector arthropod, Tetranychus urticae, by modulating different plant responses in tomato. PLoS ONE 8(9):e75909.

Jacobson, A.L., Johnston, .S. Rotenberg, D., Whitfield, A.E., Booth, W., Vargo, E.L., Kennedy, G.G 2013. Genome size and ploidy of Thysanoptera. Insect Molecular Biology 22: 12-17.

Elbeaino, T., Whitfield. A.E., Sharma, M., Digiaro, M. 2013. Emaravirus-specific degenerate PCR primers allowed the identification of partial RNA-dependent RNA polymerase sequences of Maize red stripe virus and Pigeonpea sterility mosaic virus. Journal of Virological Methods 188:37-40.

Badillo-Vargas, I., Rotenberg, D., Schneweis, D. J., Hiromasa, Y., Tomich, J. M., and Whitfield, A.E. 2012. Proteomic analysis of the first instar larvae of Frankliniella occidentalis, the insect vector of Tomato spotted wilt virus. Journal of Virology 86:8793-8809.

Whitfield, A.E., Rotenberg, D., Aritua, V., and Hogenhout, S.A. 2011. Analysis of expressed sequence tags from Maize mosaic rhabdovirus-infected gut tissues of Peregrinus maidis reveals the presence of key components of insect innate immunity. Insect Molecular Biology 20:225-242. Anna E. Whitfield 2 curriculum vitae

Murugan, M., Cardona, P. Sotelo, Duraimurugan, P., Whitfield, A. E., Schneweis, D., Starkey, S., Smith, C. M. 2011. Wheat Curl Mite Resistance: Interactions of Mite Feeding With Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus Infection. Journal of Economic Entomology 104:1406-1414.

Rotenberg, D., and Whitfield, A.E. 2010. Analysis of expressed sequence tags for Frankliniella occidentalis, the western flower thrips. Insect Molecular Biology 19:537-551.

Rotenberg, D., Kumar, N.K.K., Ullman, D.E., Montero-Astúa, M., Willis, D.K, German, T.L., and Whitfield, A.E. 2009.Variation in Tomato spotted wilt virus titer in Frankliniella occidentalis and its association with frequency of transmission. Phytopathology 99:404-410.

Ammar, E.D., Tsai, C.W., Whitfield, A.E., Redinbaugh, M.G., and Hogenhout,S.A. 2009. Cellular and molecular aspects of rhabdovirus interactions with insect and plant hosts. Annual Review of Entomology 54:447-468.

Whitfield, A.E., Kumar, N.K.K., Rotenberg, D., Ullman, D.E., Wyman, E.A., Zeitlow, C., Willis, D.K., and German T.L. 2008. A soluble form of the Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) glycoprotein GN (GN-S) inhibits transmission of TSWV by Frankliniella occidentalis. Phytopathology 98:45-50.

Hogenhout,S.A., Ammar, E.D., Whitfield, A.E., and Redinbaugh, M.G. 2008. Insect vector interactions with persistently transmitted viruses. Annual Review of Phytopathology 46:327-359.

Rotenberg, D., Jimenez Wells, A., Chapman, E.J., Whitfield, A.E., Goodman, R.M., and Cooperband, L.R. 2007. Soil properties associated with organic matter-mediated bean root rot suppression in field soil amended with fresh and composted paper mill residuals. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 39:2936-2948.

Whitfield, A.E., Ullman, D.E., and German T.L. 2005. Tomato spotted wilt virus glycoprotein GC is cleaved at acidic pH. Virus Research 110:183-186.

Whitfield, A.E., Ullman, D.E., and German T.L. 2005. Tospovirus-Thrips Interactions. Annual Review of Phytopathology 43:459-489.

Ullman, D.E., Whitfield A.E., and German, T.L. 2005. Thrips and tospoviruses come of age: mapping determinants of insect transmission. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102:4931-4932.

Whitfield, A.E., Ullman, D.E., and German T.L. 2004. Expression, purification, and characterization of a soluble form of Tomato spotted wilt virus glycoprotein GN. Journal of Virology 78:13197-13206.

Whitfield, A.E., Campbell, L.R., Sherwood, J.L. and Ullman, D.E. 2003. Tissue blot immunoassay to detect tomato spotted wilt virus in Ranunculus asiaticus and other ornamentals. Plant Disease 87:618- 622.

BOOK CHAPTERS Barandoc-Alviar K., Badillo-Vargas, I., and Whitfield, A.E. Interactions between insect vectors and propagative plant viruses. In Management of insect pests to agriculture: lessons learned from deciphering their genome, transcriptome and proteome. M. Ghanim and H. Czosnek, ed. Springer. (In press)

Montero-Astúa, M., Stafford, C., Badillo-Vargas, I., Rotenberg, D., Ullman, D.E., and Whitfield, A. E., Tospovirus -thrips biology. In Vector-Mediated Transmission of Plant Pathogens. J.K. Brown, ed. APS Press. (In press)

Anna E. Whitfield 3 curriculum vitae Redinbaugh, M.G., Whitfield, A.E., and Ammar, E.D. 2012. Insect Vector Interactions and Transmission of Cereal-infecting Rhabdoviruses. In: Rhabdoviruses: Molecular Taxonomy, Evolution, Genomics, Ecology, Cytopathology and Control, R. Dietzgen and I. Kuzmin, eds. Horizon Scientific Press, London, pp. 147-163.

Dietzgen, R.G., Calisher, C.H., Kurath, G., Kuzmin, I.V., Rodriguez, L.L., Stone, D.M., Tesh, R.B., Tordo, N., Walker, P.J., Wetzel, T., and Whitfield, A.E. 2012. Rhabdoviridae. Pages 686-713 in: Virus taxonomy: classification and nomenclature of viruses: Ninth Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Ed: King, A.M.Q., Adams, M.J., Carstens, E.B. and Lefkowitz, E.J. San Diego: Elsevier.

Ullman, D.E., Meideros, R.B., Campbell, L.R., Whitfield, A.E., Sherwood, J.L., and German T.L. 2002. Thrips as Vectors of Tospoviruses. Pages 113-140 in: Advances in Botanical Research Plant Virus Vector Interactions. R.T. Plumb and J.A. Callow, eds. Academic Press. London.

Sherwood, J.L., German, T.L., Whitfield, A.E., Moyer, J.W., and Ullman, D.E. 2001. Tospoviruses. Pages 1034-1040 in: The Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology. O.C. Maloy and T.D. Murray, eds. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Sherwood, J.L., German, T.L., Whitfield, A.E., Moyer, J.W., and Ullman, D.E. 2001. Tomato Spotted Wilt. Pages 1030-1031 in: The Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology. O.C. Maloy and T.D. Murray, eds. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Ullman, D.E., Casey, C.A., Whitfield, A.E., Campbell, L.R., Robb, K.L., Medeiros, R.B., German, T.L., and Sherwood, J.L. 1998. Thrips and tospoviruses: Present and future strategies for management. Brighton Conference, Pests and Diseases. British Crops Protection Council.

ARTICLES IN PROGRESS Adkins, S., Rayapati, N., and Whitfield, A.E. Tospovirus biology. (Invited review for Molecular Plant Pathology, in prep for 2015 submission)

Oliver, J.E., and Whitfield, A.E. Tospoviruses. Annual Review of Virology. (Invited review in progress).

GROWER PUBLICATIONS Cloyd, R.A. and Whitfield, A.E. 2012. The Western flower thrips and INSV complex. Grower Talks 76:62-66.

Robb, K., Casey, C., Whitfield, A.E., Campbell, L., and Ullman, D. 1998. Fight impatiens necrotic spot virus and tomato spotted wilt virus using a new monitoring system to make informed decisions. Grower

GRANTS and CONTRACTS Collaborative Research to Control Thrips and Tospoviruses. USDA Non Assistance Cooperative Agreement. PI: A.E. Whitfield, T.L. German, and S. Adkins. $38,708.

Identification of Efficient Aphid Vectors of Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus (BYDV) and Screening for Barley Yellow Dwarf (BYD) Resistance/Tolerance in Kansas Winter Wheat. Kansas Wheat Alliance through the WGGRC/IUCRC. Co-PIs: A.E. Whitfield and D. Rotenberg and undergraduate Co-PIS: Alexandria Kieffaber and Matthew Ramos. $20,000.

Vector Status of the Invasive Leafhopper, Balclutha rubrostriata as it Invades the Central Plains States. 2015-2017. USDA NIFA. PD: A. Wayadande, co-PI: A.E. Whitfield. $150,000 ($50,000 to KSU)

Anna E. Whitfield 4 curriculum vitae Identification of Barley yellow dwarf virus species and aphid vectors of primary importance in Kansas. 2014. Kansas Wheat Commission, PD: D. Rotenberg, co-PI: A.E. Whitfield. $40,835.

Identification of Wheat Curl Mite and Virus-Resistant Wheat Germplasm. 2014. Kansas Wheat Commission, PD: C.M. Smith, co-PIs: A. Fritz, W.P. Chuang, and A.E. Whitfield. $40,000.

Identification of Wheat Curl Mite and Virus-Resistant Wheat Germplasm. 2013. Kansas Wheat Commission, PD: C.M. Smith, co-PIs: A. Fritz, W.P. Chuang, and A.E. Whitfield. $35,000.

Advancing contemporary technologies and integrated strategies for sustainable management of thrips- transmitted Tospoviruses. 2012-2017. PDs: D. Ullman and J. Sherwood co-PIs: G. Kennedy, M. Mutschler, S. Adkins, N. Rayapati, D. Rotenberg, A.E. Whitfield, R. Kermerait. USDA NIFA. $3,750,000 ($750,000 to KSU).

Enabling biotechnological breakthroughs for effective control of wheat virus diseases in Kansas. 2012. Heartland Plant Innovations, Inc. PD: D.Rotenberg, co-PIs: W. Bockus and A.E. Whitfield. $150,000.

Identification of Wheat Curl Mite and Virus-Resistant Wheat Germplasm. 2012. Kansas Wheat Commission, PD: C.M. Smith, co-PIs: A. Fritz, and A.E. Whitfield. $35,000.

Enabling biotechnological breakthroughs for effective control of wheat virus diseases in Kansas. 2011. Heartland Plant Innovations, Inc. PD: D. Rotenberg, co-PIs: W. Bockus and A.E Whitfield. $150,000.

Identification of Wheat Curl Mite and Virus-Resistant Wheat Germplasm. 2011. Kansas Wheat Commission, PD: C.M. Smith, co-PI: A.E. Whitfield. $44,500.

Enabling biotechnological breakthroughs for effective control of wheat virus diseases in Kansas. 2011. Heartland Plant Innovations, Inc. PD: D.Rotenberg, co-PIs: W. Bockus and A.E. Whitfield. $200,000.

Targeting thrips and tospoviruses with Bt toxins. Biotechnology Research and Development Corporation. 2011-2013. PD: T.L. German, co-PI: A.E. Whitfield. $389,246

Molecular Mechanisms of Virus-Vector Interactions. NSF CAREER. 2010-2016. PD: A.E. Whitfield. $1,006,490.

Identification of Wheat Curl Mite and Virus-Resistant Wheat Germplasm. 2010. Kansas Wheat Commission, PD: C.M. Smith, co-PI: A.E. Whitfield. $44,538.

Identification of Wheat Curl Mite and Virus-Resistant Wheat Germplasm. 2009. Kansas Wheat Commission, PD: C.M. Smith, co-PI: A.E. Whitfield. $42,729.

Potential antagonistic cross-talk between defensive signaling pathways in tomato plants in response to a viral pathogen and an arthropod herbivore, and the effect on the third trophic level. 2008. Targeted Excellence-Ecological Genomics Institute, Kansas State University, PD: D. Margolies, co-PIs J. Nechols, P. Nacchappa, D. Rotenberg. A.E. Whitfield, and L.R. Campbell. $75,000.

Identification of Wheat Curl Mite and Virus-Resistant Wheat Germplasm. 2008. Kansas Wheat Commission, PD: C.M. Smith, co-PIs A.E. Whitfield and J.P. Fellers. $33,840.

Molecular determinants of Tomato spotted wilt virus glycoprotein GN involved in virus acquisition by thrips and transmission to plant hosts. 2007-2012. USDA CSREES-NRI, PD: A.E. Whitfield. $399,994.

Anna E. Whitfield 5 curriculum vitae Developing Resources for Identification of Virus-Resistant Wheat Germplasm. 2007. Kansas Wheat Commission, PD: A.E. Whitfield, co-PIs D. Seifers and J. Stack. $12,000.

Developing genomics tools for Frankliniella occidentalis. 2007. Targeted Excellence-Arthropod Genomics Center, Kansas State University, co-PIs: Dorith Rotenberg and A.E. Whitfield. $43,169.

Functional genomics of Peregrinus maidis midguts and interactions with maize mosaic virus. USDA-NRI Postdoctoral Research Grant. 2006. PD: A.E. Whitfield, Mentor: S. A. Hogenhout. $125,000.

HONORS AND AWARDS KSU, College of Agriculture Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award 2014 Ad Astra Top 150 Kansas Scientist, both past and present, June 2011 Schroth Faces of the Future of Virology, American Phytopathological Society, 2010 National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2010 Outstanding Oral Presentation, The Ohio State University, Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Symposium 2006 American Society for Virology Travel Award 2000, 2003-2005 Joel Dalrymple Award, American Society for Virology, 2003 American Phytopathological Society Foundation Travel Award 1998, 2000, and 2002 (Virology award) University of Wisconsin, Department of Plant Pathology Travel Award 1998, 2000-2002 O.N. Allen Scholarship, University of Wisconsin 2001 Wisconsin Alumni Association Award 2000 Women in Science and Engineering Travel Award 2000 L. Leach Student Travel Award, University of California, Davis 1998 Student Paper Competition Second Place Award, Pacific Division American Phytopathological Society 1998

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY KSU, Ecological Genomics Institute, Steering Committee (2014-present) KSU, Sarachek Award Selection Committee (2014, 2015) KSU, College of Agriculture Undergraduate Research Committee, Member (2012-present) KSU Graduate Council Committee on Planning, Member (2012-2015) KSU Graduate Council (2012-2015) KSU Plant Pathology Graduate Admissions Committee, Member (2011-present) Department of Entomology, Head Search and Screen Committee, Member (2011-2012) College of Agriculture Dean and KSRE Director, Search and Screen Committee, Member (2011-2012) KSRE Grant Assistance and Administration Search and Screen Committee, Member (2010) KSRE Task Force for Improving Grant Assistance and Administration, Member (2010) Arthropod Genomics Center Seed Grant Committee, Member (2008-2010) Seminar Series Coordinator, responsible for selecting, inviting, and hosting seminar speakers for the weekly Plant Pathology Seminar Series (Fall 2008 and Spring 2009) Interdepartmental Genetics Program Curriculum/Admissions Committee, Member (2008-present) Department of Entomology, Vector Biology Search and Screen Committee, Member (2007-2008) CSREES Departmental Review Planning Committee, Member- my primary responsibility was the research component of the review (2007-2009). KSU ADVANCE Departmental Initiative Project, Participant (2006-2011) Ecological Genomics Curriculum Committee, Member (2006-2010) Facilitator of Students Own Seminar, University of Wisconsin, Madison (2000-2003) Member of the Plant Pathology Publicity Committee, University of Wisconsin, Madison (1999-2002) Member of the Plant Pathology Graduate Student Council, University of Wisconsin, Madison (1999)

Anna E. Whitfield 6 curriculum vitae President of Department of Plant Pathology Students, University of California, Davis (1997-1998) Member of the Graduate Affairs Committee, University of California, Davis (1997-1998)

SERVICE TO THE SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE AND TO THE PROFESSION Journal of Virology, Editorial Board (2015-present) Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Microbial Threats, workshop on “Vector-Borne Diseases: Exploring the Environmental, Ecological, and Health Connections” September 16th and 17th, 2014 in Washington, DC. Insect Genetic Technologies Research Coordination Network, Participant (2014-present) •Member of the Xth International Symposium on Thysanoptera and Tospoviruses Planning Committee Member of the 2015 Arthropod Genomics Symposium Planning Committee American Phytopathological Society, Vector-Pathogen Complexes Committee, Member (2011- present), Vice-chair (2012-2013), Chair (2013-2014) Plant Disease, Editorial Board (2012-2015) Phytopathology, Editorial Board (2012-2015) International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, Rhabdoviridae Study Group, Member (2008-present) Coordinating Committee for the Plant virus ecology Research Coordination Network (2007-2009) Plant Virus Ecology Research Coordination Network, Participant (2007-2012) Member of the Diversity and Equality Committee, American Phytopathological Society (2007-2011) Member of the Plant Virology Committee, American Phytopathological Society (2006-present)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT National Science Foundation Workshop, Science: Becoming the Messenger, April 13, 2015 KSU COA Emotional Intelligence Workshop, May 22, 2014 18th Annual K-State Leadership Seminar, March 11, 2014, “Leadership for the Common Good” Annual K-State Spring Teaching Workshop, January 31-February 1, 2014, "Actively Engaging the Brain" KSU Advance Program Workshop, April 6, 2012, "Writing Your Next Chapter: How to Find Your Mojo and Move Forward at Mid-Career" KSU COA-KSRE Workshop, May 18-19, 2010, “Leadership and Change”

PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS Plant Virus Ecology Network Meeting 2008, 2009, 2012 Annual Arthropod Genomics Meeting 2007-2011, 2015 Ecological Genomics Symposium 2006-2010, 2013 Entomological Society of America 1998, 2007 American Phytopathological Society Meeting 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006-2015 American Society for Virology Meeting 2000, 2001, and 2003-2006  International Symposium on Thysanoptera and Tospoviruses 2005, 2009, 2015 American Phytopathological Society - North Central Branch Meeting 2004, 2013-2014 Entomological Society of America - North Central Branch Meeting 2003 Society of American Florists Annual Conference on Insect and Disease Management on Ornamentals, Del Mar, California 1998 Entomological Society of America - Pacific Branch Meeting 1997

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES American Association for the Advancement of Science American Phytopathological Society American Society for Virology American Society for Microbiology

Anna E. Whitfield 7 curriculum vitae INVITED TALKS Disrupting circulative virus transmission by blocking virus-vector interactions. American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting, Pasadena, CA, August 1-5, 2015.

Current and emerging strategies in the war against thrips and tospoviruses. Xth International Symposium on Thysanoptera and Tospoviruses. Pacific Grove, CA, May 16-20, 2015.

Exploiting the specificity of virus-vector interactions for new disease control strategies. Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Microbial Threats, workshop on “Vector-Borne Diseases: Exploring the Environmental, Ecological, and Health Connections” September 16th and 17th, 2014 in Washington, DC.

RNAi Biotechnology Discussions, The Phytoviews session. American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, August 9-13, 2014.

Final transmission: Exploiting the specificity of virus-vector interactions for new disease control strategies. North Central-American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting, Madison, WI, June 13, 2014.

Dissecting the molecular interplay between plant viruses and their arthropod vectors. Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, May 5, 2014.

Final transmission: Exploiting the specificity of virus-vector interactions for new disease control strategies. Department of Horticulture, Forestry and Recreation Resources, Kansas State University October 22, 2013.

Molecular interactions between plant viruses and their arthropod vectors. Department of Plant Sciences and Pathology. Rutgers University, April 5, 2013.

Final transmission: Exploiting the specificity of virus-vector interactions for new disease control strategies. Department of Entomology at University of California, Davis March 13, 2013.

Ecological and molecular interactions between viruses and arthropod vectors. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series, Division of Biology, KSU, February 14, 2013.

Final transmission: Exploiting the specificity of virus-vector interactions for new disease control strategies. Center for Disease Vector Research Symposium, University of California, Riverside September 29, 2012.

What makes a vector a vector: The ecological and molecular basis of vector competence in planthoppers and thrips. American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting, Providence, RI, August 6, 2012.

Virus diseases of wheat: bigger than we thought! Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Graduate Student Invited Speaker. April 4, 2012

Dissecting the molecular interplay between plant viruses and their arthropod vectors. Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, March 21, 2012.

Molecular interactions between viruses and their arthropod vectors. Department of Biological Science, University of Tulsa, November 11, 2011.

Dissecting the molecular interplay between plant viruses and their arthropod vectors. Departments of

Anna E. Whitfield 8 curriculum vitae Entomology and Plant Pathology, Iowa State University October 17, 2011.

Identifying viral and vector determinants of Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) transmission by thrips. Department of Plant Pathology National Agricultural Research Center, Tsukuba, Japan, September 20, 2011.

Analysis of the Frankliniella occidentalis proteome and identification of differentially expressed proteins in response to Tomato spotted wilt virus infection. The International Congress of Virology, Sapporo, Japan, September 11-16, 2011.

Molecular interactions between plant viruses and their arthropod vectors. Departments of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, March 11, 2011.

Dissecting the molecular interplay between plant viruses and their arthropod vectors. Department of Entomology, Texas A&M, February 3, 2011.

Transmission of tospoviruses by thrips. North Central Extension & Research Activity (NCERA) Soybean Virus Annual Meeting, Ames, IA, November 9, 2010.

Dissecting the molecular interplay between plant viruses and their arthropod vectors. 8th Annual Ecological Genomics Symposium, Kansas City, MO, November 5 –7, 2010.

Molecular mechanisms of Tomato spotted wilt virus –Frankliniella occidentalis interactions. Schroth Faces of the Future of Virology. The Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, Charlotte, NC, August 7-11, 2010.

Ecological genomics of plant virus-vector interactions. Ecological Genomics Research Forum, Manhattan, KS, June 24, 2010.

Dissecting the molecular interplay between plant viruses and their arthropod vectors. Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology Seminar Speaker, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, October 28, 2009.

A soluble form of glycoprotein GN of Tomato spotted wilt virus inhibits transmission of virus by Frankliniella occidentalis. Closing Address at: The International Symposium on Thysanoptera and Tospoviruses. Gold Coast, Australia, August 21-September 4 2009.

Molecular and cellular interactions between rhabdoviruses and their insect hosts. The Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, Portland, OR, August 2, 2009.

Virus interactions with insect and plant hosts. Plant Virus Ecology Network Meeting, Ca’ Tron di Roncade (Treviso), Italy, April 22, 2009.

Investigation of biological parameters that influence thrips-Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) interactions. Ecological Genomics Research Forum, Manhattan, KS, May 31, 2008.

Molecular interactions between plant viruses and their arthropod vectors. Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, March 3, 2008.

Molecular interactions between plant viruses and their arthropod vectors. Oklahoma EPSCoR Annual State Conference, Stillwater, OK, May 17, 2007.

Anna E. Whitfield 9 curriculum vitae Developing genomics tools for Frankliniella occidentalis. Arthropod Genomics Symposium, Kansas State University, April 20, 2007.

Molecular interactions between plant viruses and their arthropod vectors. Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, January 19, 2007.

The role of Tomato spotted wilt virus glycoproteins in virus acquisition by thrips. Invited talk, Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Symposium, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, April 1, 2006,

The role of the Tomato spotted wilt virus glycoproteins in virus acquisition by thrips. Plenary speaker, VIII International Symposium on Thysanoptera and Tospoviruses. Asilomar, California.September 11- 15, 2005.

Exploring applied and basic aspects of virus-vector biology. Dept. of Entomology Seminar, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Fall 2004.

Virus acquisition by thrips: the role of Tomato spotted wilt virus glycoproteins. Wooster Area Molecular Biology Association Seminar, The Ohio State University-OARDC, Wooster, OH, May 2003.

ABSTRACTS Martin, K.M., Barandoc-Alviar, K., Rotenberg, D., and Whitfield, A. E. Differential gene expression in Peregrinus maidis after infection with Maize mosaic virus. The American Phytopathological Society Meeting, Pasadena, CA, August 1-5, 2015.

Martin, K.M.; Goodin, M. M.; and Whitfield, A. E. Subcellular localization and characterization of proteins of Maize mosaic virus. The American Phytopathological Society Meeting, Pasadena, CA, August 1-5, 2015.

Barandoc-Alviar, K., Rotenberg, D., and Whitfield, A. E. Analysis of the virus-insect vector interactome of Maize mosaic rhabdovirus glycoprotein. The American Phytopathological Society Meeting, Pasadena, CA, August 1-5, 2015. *KBA was awarded a KSU Presidential Fellowship to attend this meeting.

Schneweis, D.J., Whitfield, A.E., and Rotenberg, D. Dressing up the Frankliniella occidentalis genome: Using a Tuxedo RNA-seq pipeline to quantify the response of western flower thrips during Tomato spotted wilt virus infection. The Ninth Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium. Manhattan, KS, June 17-19, 2015.

Oliver, J.E., Whitfield, A.E., and Rotenberg, D. Identification and annotation of Frankliniella occidentalis V-ATPase gene family members. The Ninth Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium. Manhattan, KS, June 17-19, 2015.

Schneweis, D.J., Whitfield, A.E., and Rotenberg, D. Using the i5K Frankliniella occidentalis genome to assemble a reference transcriptome for analysis of differential gene expression in first-instar larvae during tospovirus infection. The Xth International Symposium on Thysanoptera and Tospoviruses, Pacific Grove, CA, May 16-20, 2015. *DJS was awarded a TTEN travel fellowship.

Oliver, J.E., Whitfield, A.E., and Rotenberg, D. Annotation of V-ATPase gene family members in Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) The Xth International Symposium on Thysanoptera and Tospoviruses, Pacific Grove, CA, May 16-20, 2015.*JEO was awarded a Laurence Mound travel fellowship.

Anna E. Whitfield 10 curriculum vitae Badillo-Vargas, I., Rotenberg, D., and Whitfield, A. E. Use of a proteomics approach to identify Frankliniella occidentalis proteins that respond to Tomato spotted wilt virus infection. The Xth International Symposium on Thysanoptera and Tospoviruses, Pacific Grove, CA, May 16-20, 2015.*IBV was and invited speaker and awarded a TTEN travel fellowship.

Shrestha, A., Champagne, D., Culbreath, A.K., Burke, G., Rotenberg, D., Whitfield, A.E., and Srinivasan, R. Comparison of transcriptomes of viruliferous and nonviruliferous, tobacco thrips, Frankliniella fusca (Hinds). The Entomological Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR, November 16-19, 2014

Badillo-Vargas, I., Schneweis, B., Rotenberg, D., Whitfield, A. E. Development of RNA interference tools for functional genomic assays and control strategies of Frankliniella occidentalis. The Entomological Society of America Meeting, Portland, OR, November 16-19, 2014

Ramos, M. and Whitfield, A.E. Identification of Yellow dwarf virus vectors and their potential role in the movement of virus in the agro-ecological interface. Ecological Genomics Annual Symposium. October 31-November 2, 2014, Kansas City, MO.

Barandoc- Alviar, K., Rotenberg, D., and Whitfield, A.E. Identifying novel interacting proteins of Maize mosaic rhabdovirus glycoprotein using the split-ubiquitin membrane-based yeast two hybrid system. The American Phytopathological Society Meeting, Minneapolis MN, August 9-13, 2014.

Badillo-Vargas, I., Rotenberg, D., and Whitfield, A. E. Identification of Frankliniella occidentalis proteins that respond to or interact with Tomato spotted wilt virus. The American Phytopathological Society Meeting, Minneapolis MN, August 9-13, 2014. *Invited talk for IBV

Ramos, M. and Whitfield, A.E. Identification of Yellow dwarf virus vectors and their potential role in the movement of virus in the agro-ecological interface. Ecological Genomics REU Research Symposium. August 1, 2014, Manhattan, KS.

Ramos, M. and Whitfield, A.E. Identification of Yellow dwarf virus vectors and their potential role in the movement of virus in the agro-ecological interface. KSU URM/REU Joint Research Symposium. July 31, 2014, Manhattan, KS.

Ramos, M. and Whitfield, A.E. Determining the dynamics of a vectored virus in the agro-ecological interface. KSU Ecological Genomics Research Forum. June 17, 2014, Manhattan, KS.

Barandoc- Alviar, K., Rotenberg, D., and Whitfield, A.E. Ecological genomics of virus-vector interactions. 10th Annual Washington University Postdoc Scientific Symposium. April 3, 2014, St. Louis, MO. *KBA received a travel award to attend this meeting.

Covarrubias, O., Whitfield, A.E, Rotenberg, D., Investigating the effects of elevated temperature on Tomato spotted wilt virus accumulation and expression of putative heat-shock protein genes in the insect vector, Frankliniella occidentalis. Kansas State University Research Forum. March 26, 2014, Manhattan, KS. *OC was awarded a prize for second place in the poster competition.

Zeledon, J., Barandoc- Alviar, K., Rotenberg, D., Whitfield, A. E. Characterizing the insect vector response to rhabdovirus infection. Kansas State University Research Forum. March 26, 2014, Manhattan, KS. *JZ was awarded a prize for third place in the poster competition.

Yao, J., Rotenberg, D., Whitfield, A.E. Delivery of Maize mosaic rhabdovirus into Peregrinus maidis by microinjection for functional analysis of genes involved in response to virus infection. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. November 10-13, 2013, Austin, TX.

Anna E. Whitfield 11 curriculum vitae

Badillo-Vargas, I., Rotenberg, D., Whitfield, A. E. Frankliniella occidentalis proteins involved in the interaction with and the response to Tomato spotted wilt virus infection of the insect vector. Ecological Genomics Annual Symposium. November 1-3, 2013. Kansas City, MO.

Covarrubias, O., Whitfield, A.E, Rotenberg, D., Investigating the effects of elevated temperature on Tomato spotted wilt virus accumulation and expression of putative heat-shock protein genes in the insect vector, Frankliniella occidentalis. Ecological Genomics Annual Symposium. November 1-3, 2013, Kansas City, MO.

Zeledon, J., Barandoc- Alviar, K., Rotenberg, D., Whitfield, A. E. Characterizing the insect vector response to rhabdovirus infection. Ecological Genomics Annual Symposium. November 1-3, 2013, Kansas City, MO.

Montero-Astúa, M, Leach-Kieffaber, A., Rotenberg, D., Schneweis, B., Park, S., Park, J.K., German, T.L., and Whitfield, A.E. The GN glycoprotein of Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) inhibits virus acquisition and transmission by thrips. EMBO Meeting: Green viruses, from gene to landscape. September 7-11, 2013, Hyères-les-Palmiers, France.

Badillo-Vargas, I., Rotenberg, D., and Whitfield, A. E. Frankliniella occidentalis proteins involved in the interaction with and the response to Tomato spotted wilt virus infection of the insect vector. EMBO Meeting: Green viruses, from gene to landscape. September 7-11, 2013, Hyères-les-Palmiers, France.

Barandoc- Alviar, K., Ramirez, G. M., Cui, M., Rotenberg, D., Yao, J., and Whitfield, A.E. Analysis of acquisition and titer of Maize mosaic rhabdovirus in its vector, Peregrinus maidis. The Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, August 9-14, 2013, Austin, TX.

Chuang, W.P., Marimuthu, M., Malik, R., Whitfield, A. E., Fritz, A., Smith C.M. Current studies of interactions between wheat and the Wheat Curl Mite, Aceria tosichella Keifer. Seventh Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium and VectorBase Workshop, June 12 -15, 2013

Schneweis, D.J., Whitfield, A.E., and Rotenberg, D. Building a reference transcriptome for analysis of global gene expression in Frankliniella occidentalis, an agricultural crop pest and insect vector of tospoviruses. Seventh Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium and VectorBase Workshop, June 12 -15, 2013

Badillo-Vargas, I., Rotenberg, D., and Whitfield, A. E. Identification of Frankliniella occidentalis proteins that respond to or interact with Tomato spotted wilt virus. The North Central American Phytopathological Society Meeting, June 12-14, 2013, Manhattan, KS.*IBV was awarded the prize for best presentation and was given a NC-APS Travel Award.

Acosta-Leal, R., Hervey, K. L., Whitfield, A. E., Bockus, W.W., and Rotenberg, D. Genetic diversity of Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) populations in Kansas wheat fields. The North Central American Phytopathological Society Meeting, June 12-14, 2013, Manhattan, KS.

Montero-Astúa, M, Leach-Kieffaber, A., Rotenberg, D., Schneweis, B., Park, S., Park, J.K., German, T.L., and Whitfield, A.E. Inhibition of vector transmission of Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) by transgenic tomato plants that express the TSWV glycoprotein, GN. The North Central American Phytopathological Society Meeting, June 12-14, 2013, Manhattan, KS. *ALK was awarded the prize for best poster presentation and was given a NC-APS Travel Award.

Anna E. Whitfield 12 curriculum vitae Yao, J., Afsharifar, A., Alviar, K., Rotenberg, D., and Whitfield, A.E. Development of RNAi methods for Peregrinus maidis, the corn planthopper. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. November 11-14, 2012, Knoxville, TN.

Badillo-Vargas, I., Rotenberg, D., Hiromasa, Y., Tomich, J. M., and Whitfield, A. E. Differentially expressed proteins in response to Tomato spotted wilt virus infection. The 10th Annual Ecological Genomics Meeting October, 2012, Kansas City, MO. *IBV received an Ecogen Travel Award.

Acosta-Leal, R., Whitfield, A.E., and Rotenberg, D. Evolutionary epidemiology of wheat viruses in Kansas. Annual Noble Foundation Virology Retreat, May 4-6, 2012, Ardmore, OK.

Alviar, K., Rotenberg, D., Whitfield, A.E. Quantification of Maize mosaic virus and its effect on the biology of the vector, Peregrinus maidis. Annual Noble Foundation Virology Retreat, May 4-6, 2012, Ardmore, OK. Badillo-Vargas, I., Rotenberg, D., Hiromasa, Y., Tomich, J. M., and Whitfield, A. E. Proteomic analysis Frankliniella occidentalis response to Tomato spotted wilt virus infection. Annual Noble Foundation Virology Retreat, May 4-6, 2012, Ardmore, OK.

Yao, J., Afsharifar, A., Alviar, K., Rotenberg, D., Whitfield, A.E. RNA interference of two v-ATPase subunits (B and D) in Peregrinus maidis. Annual Noble Foundation Virology Retreat, May 4-6, 2012, Ardmore, OK.

Rotenberg, D., Bockus, W., and Whitfield, A.E. Incidence and distribution of wheat viruses in Kansas. 2012 Annual Noble Foundation Virology Retreat, May 4-6, 2012, Ardmore, OK.

Rotenberg, D., Nachappa, P., Whitfield, A. E., Margolies, D. C., and Nechols, J. R. Plant-mediated interactions between Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) and its insect vector, Frankliniella occidentalis. The International Congress of Virology, September 11-16, 2011, Sapporo, Japan.

Arif, M, Olson, J., Whitfield, A.E., and Ochoa-Corona, F. Sensitive detection and discrimination of WSMV, TriMV and HPV using multiplex RT-PCR. The Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, August 6-10, 2011, Honolulu, HI.

Montero-Astúa, M., Leach, A., Rotenberg, D. and Whitfield, A.E. Characterizing in planta expression of G(N)-S, a soluble form of Tomato spotted wilt virus G(N) glycoprotein. The Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, August 6-10, 2011, Honolulu, HI. *MMA was awarded an APS Travel Award.

Badillo-Vargas, I., Rotenberg, D., Hiromasa, Y., Tomich, J. M., and Whitfield, A. E. Analysis of the Frankliniella occidentalis proteome and differentially expressed proteins in response to Tomato spotted wilt virus infection. The Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, August 6-10, 2011, Honolulu, HI. *IBV was awarded an APS Travel Award.

Rotenberg, D. and Whitfield, A.E. A pest, a plant pathogen, and paucity of tools, oh my! A genomics- based approach to investigate the molecular interaction between Frankliniella occidentalis and Tomato spotted wilt virus. 5th Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium, June 9 – 12, 2011, Kansas City, MO. *Invited talk presented by D. Rotenberg

Alviar, K., Rotenberg, D., Hogenhout, S.A., Aritua, V., and Whitfield, A.E. Analysis of expressed sequence tags from gut tissues of the corn planthopper, Peregrinus maidis, exposed to Maize mosaic rhabdovirus. 5th Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium, June 9 – 12, 2011, Kansas City, MO.

Anna E. Whitfield 13 curriculum vitae Rotenberg, D., Hogenhout, S.A., Aritua, V., and Whitfield, A.E. Analysis of expressed sequence tags from gut tissues of the corn planthopper, Peregrinus maidis, exposed to Maize mosaic rhabdovirus. The Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Dec. 12-15, 2010, San Diego, CA.

Rotenberg, D., and Whitfield, A.E. A genomics-based approach to identify vector component involved in the molecular interaction between Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) and Frankliniella occidentalis. The Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Dec. 12-15, 2010, San Diego CA.*Invited talk presented by D. Rotenberg

Schneweis, D., Whitfield, A. E., and Rotenberg, D. Cloning and characterizing antiviral defense pathway genes in Frankliniella occidentalis, the vector host of Tomato spotted wilt virus. 4th Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium, June 10-13, 2010, Kansas City, MO. *DJS was awarded an AGS Travel Award.

Badillo-Vargas, I., Rotenberg, D., Hiromasa, Y., Tomich, J. M., and Whitfield, A. E. Transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of the first instar larvae of Frankliniella occidentalis, the insect vector of Tomato spotted wilt virus. 4th Annual Arthropod Genomics Symposium, June 10-13, 2010, Kansas City, MO. *IBV was awarded an AGS Travel Award.

Nachappa, P., Margolies, D. C., Whitfield, A. E., Nechols, J. R., Rotenberg, D. Plant-mediated interactions between Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) and its insect vector, Frankliniella occidentalis, and a non-vector arthropod, Tetranychus urticae. 7th Annual Ecological Genomics Symposium, November 13-15, 2009, Kansas City, MO.

Badillo-Vargas, I., Rotenberg, D., Hiromasa, Y., Tomich, J. M., and Whitfield, A. E. Proteomic analysis of the first instar larvae of western flower thrips. 7th Annual Ecological Genomics Symposium, November 13 – 15, 2009, Kansas City, MO.

Montero-Astúa, M. and Whitfield, A.E. Expression of the nucleocapsid protein and glycoprotein GN of Tomato spotted wilt virus in plants. The Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, August 1-5, 2009, Portland, OR.

Rotenberg, D. and Whitfield, A.E. Genomics tools for Frankliniella occidentalis, an arthropod vector for Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). The Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, August 1-5, 2009, Portland, OR.

Aritua, V., Rotenberg, D., Hogenhout, S.A., and Whitfield, A.E. Developing genomics tools for Peregrinus maidis and interactions with Maize mosaic virus. Annual Ecological Genomics Symposium, November 14-16, 2008, Kansas City, MO.

Rotenberg, D., Kumar, N.K.K., Whitfield, A.E., Montero-Astúa, M., Willis, D. K., German, T. L., and Ullman, D. E. Quantitative analysis of Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) titer in Frankliniella occidentalis and its association with frequency of transmission. The Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, July 26-30, 2008, Minneapolis, MN.

Badillo-Vargas, I.E., Whitfield, A.E., and German, T.L. In planta expression of a soluble recombinant form of the GN glycoprotein (GN-S) of Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) and assessment of its interaction with western flower thrips (WFT) gut. The Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, July 26-30, 2008, Minneapolis, MN.

Badillo-Vargas, I.E., Whitfield, A.E., and German, T.L. Expression of a soluble recombinant form of the GN glycoprotein (GN-S) of Tomato spotted wilt virus in planta and assessment of its interaction with thrips gut. American Society for Virology 27th Annual Meeting, July 12-16, 2008, Ithaca, NY. Anna E. Whitfield 14 curriculum vitae

Rotenberg, D., Hogenhout, S.A., Nelson, J.C., and Whitfield, A.E. Developing genomics tools for Peregrinus maidis. Annual Arthropod Genomics Meeting, April 10 -13, 2008, Kansas City, MO.

Rotenberg, D., Fellers, J.P., Chanbusrakam, L.J, and Ullman, D.E., and Whitfield, A.E. Developing genomics tools for Frankliniella occidentalis, the western flower thrips. Annual Arthropod Genomics Meeting, April 10 -13, 2008, Kansas City, MO.

Rotenberg, D., Hogenhout, S.A., Nelson, J.C., and Whitfield, A.E. Functional genomics of Peregrinus maidis midguts and interactions with maize mosaic virus. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Dec. 9-12, 2007, San Diego, CA.

Rotenberg, D. and Whitfield, A.E. Developing resources for the identification of virus-resistant wheat germplasm. The Kansas Wheat Conference, July 31-Aug. 1, 2007, Wichita, KS.

Rotenberg, D. and Whitfield, A.E. Developing genomics tools for Frankliniella occidentalis, the western flower thrips. Arthropod Genomics Symposium, April 20, 2007, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.

Whitfield, A.E., and Rotenberg, D. Exploring links between viruses, vectors, and their environment. Annual Ecological Genomics Symposium. November 3-5, 2006, Overland Park, Kansas.

Whitfield, A.E., German, T.L., Ammar, E.D., Tsai, C.W., Redinbaugh, M. G., and Hogenhout S. A. Expression of the Maize mosaic virus (MMV) glycoprotein in insect cells. The Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, July 29-August 2, 2006, Québec City, Québec, Canada.

Whitfield, A.E., German, T.L., Ammar, E.D., Redinbaugh, M. G., and Hogenhout S. A. Expression of the Maize mosaic virus (MMV) glycoprotein in insect cells. American Society for Virology 25th Annual Meeting, July 15-19, 2006, Madison, WI.

Whitfield, A.E., German, T.L., Ammar, E.D., Redinbaugh, M. G., and Hogenhout S. A. Expression of the Maize mosaic virus (MMV) glycoprotein in insect cells. Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Symposium, The Ohio State University, April 1, 2006, Wooster, OH.

Whitfield, A.E., Kumar, N.K.K., Rotenberg, D., Willis, D.K., Ullman, D.E., and German T.L. Tomato spotted wilt virus glycoprotein GN inhibits virus acquisition and transmission. American Society for Virology Annual Meeting, June 18-22, 2005, State College, PA.

Whitfield, A.E., Ullman, D.E., and German T.L. A soluble form of Tomato spotted wilt virus glycoprotein GN binds larval thrips midguts. American Society for Virology Annual Meeting, July 10-14, 2004, Montreal, Canada.

Whitfield, A.E., Ullman, D.E., and German T.L.. Tomato spotted wilt virus glycoprotein GN binds larval thrips midguts and inhibits virus acquisition. Annual Meeting of the North Central Branch, American Phytopathological Society, June 23-25, 2004, St. Paul, MN.

Whitfield, A.E., Ullman, D.E., and German T.L. Expression and characterization of soluble forms of Tomato spotted wilt virus glycoproteins. American Society for Virology Annual Meeting, July 12-16 2003, Davis, CA.

German T.L. and Whitfield A.E. Thrips as Vectors of Tospoviruses. Entomological Society of America North Central Branch Meeting, March 23-26, 2003, Madison, WI.

Anna E. Whitfield 15 curriculum vitae Whitfield A.E. and German T.L. Expression and characterization of a soluble form of Tomato spotted wilt virus GN glycoprotein. Entomological Society of America North Central Branch Meeting, March 23- 26, 2003, Madison, WI.

Whitfield, A.E., Ullman, D.E., and German T.L. Baculovirus expression of TSWV glycoproteins. The Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, July 27-31, 2002, Milwaukee, WI.

German, T.L., Chapman, E.J., Whitfield, A.E., Thompson, A.N., and Hanson, S.F. Transfection of insect cell cultures and thrips homogenates with a DNA reporter construct or purified Tomato spotted wilt virus preparations. American Society for Virology Annual Meeting, July 20-24, 2002, Lexington, KY.

Erickson, M.L., Kumm, S., Whitfield, A.E., Medeiros, R.B., German, T.L., and Ullman, D.E., Facultative bacteria infecting thrips: Do they have a role in tospovirus transmission? The Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, August 25-29, 2001, Salt Lake City, UT.

Whitfield, A.E., Kumm, S., Medeiros, R.B., Erickson, M.L., Ullman, D.E., and German, T.L. Characterization of a putative TSWV receptor(s) in Frankliniella occidentalis using antibodies raised against TSWV-binding proteins. The Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, August 12-16, 2000, New Orleans, LA.

Whitfield, A.E., Medeiros, R.B., Ullman, D.E., and German, T.L. Characterization of antibodies raised against TSWV-binding thrips proteins. American Society for Virology Annual Meeting, July 8-12, 2000, Ft. Collins, CO.

Whitfield, A.E., Campbell, L.R., Sherwood, J.L., and Ullman, D.E. Development and application of a tissue blot immunoassay to detect Tomato spotted wilt virus. The Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathological Society, November 8-12, 1998, Las Vegas, NV.

WORKSHOPS Facilitated a two-day workshop on the identification and detection of tospoviruses for University of California Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors at the University of California, Davis, April 23-24, 1998.

Fight thrips and tospoviruses with a new monitoring system: Get them before they get you! D.E. Ullman, L.R. Campbell, A.E. Whitfield, and C. Casey. A poster display and demonstration at the Society of American Florists Annual Conference on Insect and Disease Management of Ornamentals, February 21-23, 1998, Del Mar, California.

JOURNAL REVIEWER Annals of Applied Biology (1-2007, 1-2010), Crop Protection (1-2013), Ecology (1-2006), Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (1-2006,1- 2012, 1-2013), Functional Ecology (1-2012), Genome Biology and Evolution (1-2014), Heredity (1-2012), Insect Molecular Biology (1-2009), Journal of Ecology (1- 2012), Journal of Economic Entomology (1-2010), Journal of General Virology (1-2006, 1-2011, 1- 2012), Journal of Invertebrate Pathology (1-2012), Journal of Virology (1-2011, 2-2012, 3-2013, 5-2014, 4-2015), Nature Biotechnology (1-2013), Phytopathology (1-2009, 2-2011, 3-2012, 4-2013, 4-2014), Plant Disease (2-2006, 2-2008, 2-2011, 3-2013, 6-2013, 5-2014), Plant Pathology (1-2007, 1-2008, 1- 2009), PLoS One (1-2011, 1-2013), PLOS Pathogens (1-2013, 1-2014, Invited Guest Editor 1-2015), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA (1-2015), Oecologia (1-2007, 1-2008, 1-2012), Virology (1-2008, 1-2009, 2-2010, 1-2012, 1-2014)

GRANT REVIEWER

Anna E. Whitfield 16 curriculum vitae Arthropod Genomics Targeted Excellence Seed Grants (1-2006, member of grant review committee 2008-2011), BARD (2-2006, 1-2008, 1-2011), USDA-NRI (2-2006, 2-2011), NSF (3-2007, 1-2009, 3- 2010, 2-2011, 1-2013), University of Arizona-ADVANCE (1-2008)

Grant review panelist for the 2008 USDA-NRI Microbial Biology (B): Microbial Associations with Plants program.

Grant review panelist for NSF Integrative Organismal Systems 2011, 2012, and 2013.

USDA-ARS PROJECT REVIEW PANEL January 2012 (reviewed 2 USDA-ARS programs)

TEACHING Plant Virology (PLPTH 835) is a study of the composition, symptomatology, diagnosis, replication, molecular biology, genetics, and evolution of plant-infecting viruses. Fall 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2013.

Plant-Virus-Vector Interactions (PLPTH 837) focuses on recent progress toward understanding the biological processes and molecular interactions involved in the acquisition and transmission of viruses by their vectors. Fall 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014.

THESIS ADVISOR (*indicates this individual is a member of an underrepresented group in the STEM disciplines) Mauricio Montero-Astua, Ph.D., Plant Pathology (2007-2012, Sarachek and Tillman Fellowship Awards) Ismael Badillo-Vargas*, Ph.D., Plant Pathology (2008-2014, Donoghue, Ecological Genomics, Sarachek, and Tillman Fellowship Awards and USDA-NIFA Predoctoral Fellow) Catherine Stewart, Ph.D., Genetics (2014-present, Interdepartmental Genetics Fellow)

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ADVISOR Valente Aritua (2008-2009) Jianxiu Yao (2011-2013) Karen Alviar (2011-present) Jonathan Oliver (2014-present) Kathleen Martin (2014-present)

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH MENTOR (*indicates this individual is a member of an underrepresented group in the STEM disciplines) Emilia Alfaro*, Kyle Baker, Muyun ‘Belle’ Cui, Laura Erbe, Tiffany Glover* (SUROP/K-INBRE), Kaylee Hervey, Malachia Hoover*(SUROP), Jennifer Howell, Bridget Kennedy, Alexandria Leach, Madeline Lucas (College of Agriculture Honors Project), Jeanne Pierzynski, Cari Quick*(SUROP/K- INBRE), Matthew Ramos*(SUROP, NSF-URM), Laura Reyes* (NSF-REU), Nelson Rivera* (NSF- REU/SUROP), Brandi Schneweis, Jazmin Zeledon*(Ecological Genomics NSF-URM)

GRADUATE STUDENT COMMITTEES Sujata Chaudhari, Ph.D. Biochemistry, Outside Chair (2011) Dustin Deisher, M.S., Plant Pathology (2014-present) Luisa Fernanda Cruz, M.S. Plant Pathology (2007-2009) Martha Giraldo, Ph.D. Plant Pathology (2006-2010) Amanda Higley, Ph.D. Psychology, Outside Chair (2007-2009) Ningbo Li, Ph.D. ,Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Outside Chair (2013) Jessica Rupp, Ph.D. Plant Pathology (2010-2015) Derek Schneweis Ph.D. Plant Pathology (2011-present) Candice Stafford, Ph.D. Plant Pathology, UC-Davis (2008-2013) David Unis, Ph.D., Biology (2014-present)

Anna E. Whitfield 17 curriculum vitae Dianna Wilkening, M.S. Entomology (2006-2009) Junli Zhang, (2010-2015)

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES “Plants get sick too” workshop for GROW. June 5, 2015.

Organized and led an activity for the Summer Soybean Research Institute for Teachers (Brian McCornack, PD) related to virus symptoms and detection.

“Discovering the hidden world of viruses” workshop for EXCITE. June 19, 2014.

“Plants get sick too” workshop for GROW. June 19, 2014.

Participated in the “Plants get sick too” workshop for GROW. Students from PLPTH837 developed teaching modules that were used in the session. June 5, 2013.

Led and developed “Discovering the hidden world of viruses” workshop for EXCITE. Students from PLPTH837 developed teaching modules that were used in the session. June 7, 2013.

Organized the field component of the NC-APS/KSU Dept. of Plant Pathology Undergraduate Outreach Day and aided in presentation of information on ecological studies of plant disease of native grasses. June 12, 2013.

Developed a lab tour/learning module on vectors of plant viruses for the NC-APS/KSU Dept. of Plant Pathology Undergraduate Outreach Day. June 12, 2013.

Met with the Manhattan High School Wide Horizons Group and discussed “Science as a career path.” May 3, 2012.

Anna E. Whitfield 18 curriculum vitae