Special Member News Issue!
ESA Newsletter Information for the Members of the Entomological Society of America DECEMBER 2005 • VOLUME 28, NUMBER 12
Special Member News Issue! Announcements from This issue of the ESA Newsletter is devot- an integral role in the development and ESA Headquarters ed to news about members of the Society. ongoing evolution of Steritech’s EcoSensi- To submit your own news, please complete tive®, a pest prevention system that began in 2005 Annual Meeting Wrap-Up the online form at http://www.entsoc.org/ the early 1990s to address the industry-wide Due to conflicts between the news- pubs/periodicals/news/submit_news.htm, need for environmentally responsible pest letter production schedule and the or e-mail your news to lspurlock@entsoc. management. It is an award-winning pro- 2005 ESA Annual Meeting, the wrap- org. Sharp, print-quality photos are always gram twice recognized by the EPA’s Pesti- up for the 2005 meeting will be fea- welcome. cide Environmental Stewardship Program for tured in the February issue. It will be excellence in reducing the risks associated delayed because the January issue will Dr. Peter H. Adler, a professor of with pesticide usage. As a member of Steri- be in the printing and mailing stages entomology at Clemson University’s Depart- tech’s Technical Committee, Black has been of production at the same time as the ment of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sci- responsible for developing service protocols Annual Meeting. With the meeting not ences, received the 2005 Clemson Alumni and training updates, providing field support yet over at that time, the wrap-up can, Award for Outstanding Achievement in to a team of more than 300 service team therefore, not be included in the Janu- Research. Adler has held a teaching and re- members, and assisting in product research ary issue. search appointment at Clemson since 1984. and recommendation. Earlier this year, Black The meeting wrap-up will also be His research focuses on the behavior, ecol- was elected ESA’s 2006 director-elect of the available on the ESA website by the ogy, cytogenetics, and systematics of agricul- Certification Board end of December. Look for it on the turally and medically important arthropods. Dr. Consuelo De Moraes, an assistant What’s New page at http://www.ent- His work has generated more than $1.1 professor of entomology at Pennsylvania soc.org/whats_new/. million in funding from the EPA, NIH, Na- State University (PSU), was presented an tional Park Service, NSF, the U.S. Research Emerald Honors award at the Minorities Changes Made to Hierarchy of and Development Foundation, USDA, the in Research Sciences conference, held in Certification Board Directors U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and NATO. September. De Moraes was named a Spe- Dr. Stuart Mitchell has stepped Also, Adler will receive the Entomological cial Recognition Honoree for her work in down as 2005 director-elect of the Foundation’s Thomas Say Award this month, research on the chemical relationships be- Certification Board to achieve his goal for co-authoring the book Black Flies (Simu- tween plants and insects. Emerald Honors of becoming a medical doctor. lidae) of North America. are the premier awards for Blacks, Latinos, “It was a difficult decision to make. I Judith B. Black, Asian Americans, and Native Americans very much wanted to serve ESA in this BCE, a pest manage- working in the research sciences. Exception- capacity. The timing of both medical ment expert with nearly ally talented minorities from a broad range school graduation and medical board 20 years of experience, of scientific fields are recognized each year exams was accelerated well beyond has been named tech- for stellar achievement. my original planning,” Mitchell said. nical director of the De Moraes said she is excited to win one 2005 Director Dr. Bob Davis and pest prevention divi- of the prestigious awards after being nomi- 2005 Past Director Jeff Weier will each sion of The Steritech nated by Dr. Gary Felton, head of the PSU serve an additional year in their cur- Group, Inc., a provider entomology department. “Many of the other rent positions. Judy Black will begin of food safety and pest winners are researchers in the medical field, her duties as director-elect in 2006 as prevention services so the award came as a surprise to me,” De previously planned. in North America. An 11-year veteran of Moraes said. She also became the first en- the company, Black will provide direction tomologist -- and the first faculty member in and oversight for the company’s technical PSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences -- to committee, which plays a critical role in the win a David and Lucile Packard Foundation In this issue.... research, development and implementation Fellowship for Science and Engineering in Common Names ...... 3 of new technologies in the company. She 2003. Certification News ...... 3 will also continue to represent Steritech in The October 14 issue of the journal the industry through her work with various Science featured an article by University of Annual Meeting ...... 4 committees and associations. Kentucky (UKY) entomologist Dr. Stephen Job Opportunities ...... 7 A well-known advocate for the structural pest management industry, Black has played Continued on page 4 Datebook ...... 8
December 2005 ESA Newsletter 1 P RESIDENT ’ S C ORNER Michael A. Ivie, 2005 ESA President
ell, the year has gone so quickly! Weller and Kathleen to the members of the Executive Committee, Even with Wilma adding a month Shields each put in who covered many extra tasks. ESA is for- Wto my term, it seems like yester- hundreds of hours of tunate indeed to have those members who day that I wrote my first President’s Corner. unpaid work to make step forward to shoulder what needs to be By the time you receive this, my 13th and the meeting happen, done when the task appears, and this group last column as president, I will have passed and then they added is first and foremost among them. Thank the gavel to President Gilstrap in Fort Lau- hundreds more to car- you! derdale. ry out the many new There are some people who did not really Quite a time we’ve had over the last 13 initiatives this year (on top of which, they volunteer to support me, nor was it their job, months—war in Iraq, tsunami in Asia, hur- have the honor of paying registration fees, but they backed me up because they are my ricanes on the Gulf Coast, famine in Africa, just like the rest of us). They were assisted friends. I want to thank my students, Sardis volcanoes in the Antilles, and Hurricane and backed up by a team of volunteers that Medrano Cabral and Ian Foley, who covered Wilma postponing our meeting. And in added thousands of hours to that total. a myriad of tasks for me that kept me sane; every one of these disasters and others, our The hard work of the Program Committee Richard Hurley who reviewed dozens of members have been called on to help, sav- to generate excitement for this meeting paid documents on impossible deadlines, helping ing and improving lives around the world. off with a record number of submissions, me avoid many embarrassments; and my I have been so proud of entomologists this novel events, and uniformly high-quality of- other fellow Montana State University ento- year, and so grateful to all of you for the ferings across the field of entomology. How- mologists who pitched in to help in dozens opportunity to have served as your president ever, without the commitment from you, the of diverse ways from covering meetings and while you made the world a better place. handling paperwork to answering inquires ESA has had quite a year as well. Our and relieving me of daily tasks so I could finances are solid. Our membership is grow- work for you. ing. Our Annual and Branch Meetings are Thank you, the members My co-PI in life, LaDonna Ivie, was the better than ever. And our journals are burst- of ESA for the opportunity person most critical to my success, nay, ing at the seams. We have a dedicated and to serve you and for survival, this year, from providing personal talented volunteer pool and a great staff. your support for me and support to reviewing my President’s Corner We have not rested on our laurels though. entomology over the last year. columns, keeping me organized and making We have worked to prepare ESA for the sure I show up at least close to on time. She future and developed an exciting proposal to Huzzah! is my anchor. Thanks, Donna. position the Society for the next generation. Lastly, thank you, the members of ESA for All of this brings to mind a quote attribut- the opportunity to serve you and for your ed to Gandhi, “There go my people; I must members, to provide the content and attend, support for me and entomology over the last go with them, for I am their leader.” their work would have come to naught. And year. Huzzah! After years of declining membership, we contribute you have. Thanks to Susan, Kath- reversed the trend last year and began to leen, and the dozens of others I do not have The ESA Newsletter (US ISSN 0273-7353) is grow again. Much of the credit for this goes room to list here. Wilma kept the numbers published monthly by the Entomological Society to our fantastic Membership Committee, of actual attendees from breaking records, so of America (ESA), 10001 Derekwood Lane, Suite which has worked tirelessly to communicate no thanks to her. 100, Lanham, MD 20706-4876; ph. 301-731- 4535; fax 301-731-4538; lspurlock@entsoc. the excitement of what is happening in ESA There are so many people who make the org; http://www.entsoc.org. The deadline for all to potential members and those in contact job of president possible for a volunteer. submissions is the first of the month, one month with potential members. As I write this in The headquarters staff has been a fantastic prior to publication. mid-November, our 2005 membership group to work with. Only a skeleton of what POSTMASTER: Subscription rate for members levels have already surpassed those of 2002, we had just five years ago, they are all work- is $10, which is included in the dues. The rate for nonmembers is $28; institutions, $43. Periodicals 2003, and 2004, growing two years in a row ing at 110 percent just to keep us going, postage paid at Lanham-Seabrook, MD, and other for the first time in considerably more than and they make it look easy. Without their mailing offices.© 2005 ESA. a decade. We are approaching the 6,000 dedication and support, the ESA would have Job Opportunity rates are $25/line for regular member-mark again, and although Wilma floundered years ago. I especially want to and postdoctoral positions, and $10/line for has made it unlikely we will add enough personally thank Lisa and Judy for their sup- graduate assistantships. Advertisers may choose to run the ad on the ESA web site for an addition- end-of-year members to make that mark this port and patience with the ESA Newsletter al 20 percent of the newsletter ad cost. Ads will year, we are now within striking distance of and Annual Meeting, and for their consistent be edited and abbreviated. Submission deadline breaking back through that level in 2006. grace and forbearance when covering my is the first of the month, one month prior to Thanks, Rayda, Chris, and the others who missed deadlines and periodic disappear- publication. Submit ads using online form at helped this happen. ances while I did my day job. Then, there http://www.entsoc.org/employment. Online Job Opportunities are also at the above URL. Our 2005 Annual Meeting is a record- is Executive Director Paula Lettice. She did The newsletter’s purpose is to provide infor- breaker as well, but of a different kind. almost everything I got credit for (except mation deemed of interest to our members. News Those of us who have not been Program choose the Annual Meeting theme—that was on entomological research have been published Committee chairs have no idea how much me!). Also, thanks, Alan, Elizabeth, Chris, in peer-reviewed journals or were provided by re- work the volunteers put into making the and Mary—I don’t know what we would do liable sources such as universities or government agencies. ESA staff relies upon readers’ discretion meeting happen in a normal year, but to without you. to interpret and evaluate articles about scientific redesign the entire meeting, with new rules, I have been fortunate to have worked with research. Comments may be directed to the origi- guidelines, and deadlines in six weeks is as fine a Governing Board as any organiza- nal information source and/or Newsletter Editor a whole new level of complexity. Susan tion could ever have. I am especially grateful Lisa Spurlock (see contact information above).
2 December 2005 ESA Newsletter Welcome New and Returning Members!
ESA welcomes the new members who have recently joined and Erika A. García Nájera, ENCB-IPN previous members who have returned after two or more years away Philip J. Gillis, Barry University from the Society. Professional affiliations are noted where provided. Dr. Stewart M. Gray, USDA-ARS Plant Protection Research Unit Thelma M. Heidel, Purdue University Czarina Baker, University of San Diego JoVonn G. Hill, Mississippi Entomological Museum Dr. Anuja Bharadwaj, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Patricia L. Hunt, Pennsylvania State University John A. Burns, Monsanto Company Dr. Roman V. Jashenko, Institute of Zoology-Kazakhstan Dr. Selim S. Caglar, Hacettepe University Dr. Terrence P. McGlynn, University of San Diego Dr. Rathnam Chaguturu, FMC Corporation Motshwari Obopile, The Ohio State University Donald G. Clagg, III, DuPont Crop Protection Dr. David W. Pledger, Texas A&M University-Kingsville Heidi Connahs, Auburn University Nicola J.R. Plowes, University of Connecticut Peter J. Cook, Farma Tech International Corporation Rosanne M. Radavich, Purdue University Bernice B. DeMarco, Michigan State University John W. Sharpe, II, Insect Control & Research Jose’ Derraik, MAF Biosecurity NZ Cressida S. Silvers, USDA-ARS Invasive Plant Research Laboratory Brian D. Farrell, Harvard University Dr. John J. Socha, Argonne National Laboratory Dr. Howard W. Fescemyer, Pennsylvania State University Greta C. Thorson, University of Delaware Carolyn Foley, Purdue University Jade M. Vardeman, Kansas State University Daniel L. Frank, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Ashley D. Walter, Purdue University Jaime Fuest, University of Georgia Glenys M. Wood, South Australian R&D Institute
S USTAINING A SSOCIATES C ERTIFICATION N E W S
ESA would like to thank its Sustaining Associates for their commit- The ESA Certification Board would like to ment to our Society. Each Sustaining Associate company designates congratulate those pest management profession- an official representative who has all rights and privileges that an als who have recently become board (BCE) and individual member has. associate certified entomologists (ACE). Profes- The latest Sustaining Associate to renew its commitment to the sional affiliations are noted where provided. Society is: New ACEs Leica Microsystems, Inc. (BRONZE) Representative: Pam Jandura • Gary Ray Colerider, Apex Pest Control URL: http://www.leica-microsystems.us • Doug S. Nolan, Nolen’s Pest Eliminator
For more information on ESA’s Sustaining Associates program, New BCEs (Full) please visit http://www.entsoc.org/membership/sa/, or contact Chris Stelzig, Director of Membership and Marketing, phone 301-731- Urban and Industrial Entomology 4535, extension 3021, [email protected] • Marty A. Keane, IPM Associates, Inc. • Samuel E. Nichols, Cook’s Pest Control
Comments Requested for Common For more information about ESA’s associate and board certification programs, please visit Name Proposals http://www.entsoc.org/certification/, e-mail to [email protected], or call 703-234-4121. The ESA Standing Committee on the Common Names of Insects has approved and is submitting the following name for comment from the Society’s members. Common name: gypsy ant MSU Offers Online Course in Forensic Scientific name: Aphaenogaster araneoides Emery Entomology Family: Formicidae Order: Hymenoptera Michigan State University (MSU) is offering a new online course, Forensic Entomology: The Role of Insects in Crime Scene Investiga- CORRECTION—Incorrect information was provided for the tions, beginning in January 2006. Offered as a 7-week and 2-week yellow stem borer in the October newsletter. The correct infor- course, it will be available for undergraduate, graduate, and non- mation is: credit students. Common name: yellow stem borer The course will be taught by Dr. Richard W. Merritt and Ryan K. Scientific name: Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker) Kimbirauskas. Merritt, chair of the American Board of Forensic Ento- Family: Crambidae mologists (ABFE), has more than 20 years of teaching and research Order: Lepidoptera experience. Kimbirauskas is an ABFE certified forensic entomologist. The undergraduate course is ENT 890, section 601; the graduate Please send comments by January 1, 2006, to Committee course is ENT 401, section 615; and the non-credit course is ENT Chair Dr. Robert Haack at [email protected]. 812. For more information, please e-mail [email protected].
December 2005 ESA Newsletter 3 2 0 0 6 A N N U A L M E E T I N G & E X H I B I T I O N N E W S
December 10-13, 2006 — Indianapolis, IN — http://www.entsoc.org/annual_meeting/
From the Local Arrangements Committee Calls for 2006 Symposia and The 2006 Local Arrangements Committee (LAC) is looking for- Papers ward to hosting you and your family at the ESA Annual Meeting in The Call for Symposia for the Indianapolis, Indiana, December 10-13, 2006. 2006 Annual Meeting is available Indianapolis is a bustling Midwestern city in the heartland of online at http://www.entsoc.org/ America that offers a number of attractions. Take some time to annual_meeting/Future_meetings/ visit the Butterfly Paradise/Nature Center, the Eitlejorg Museum of INdianapolis.htm, or please check American Indians, the President Benjamin Harrison Home, and of the September or October issues of course, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum this newsletter for a printed ver- located at the speedway. If you are interested in shopping, Circle sion. The theme for this meeting is Centre in downtown offers more than 100 shops, restaurants, and “Give Something Back!” entertainment activities. The Indianapolis International Airport is just Also, the 2006 Call for Papers 12 minutes from the meeting site at the Indiana Convention Cen- will be available on the ESA an- ter and RCA Dome in downtown. The compact size of downtown nual meeting website soon and Indianapolis puts you within steps of dozens of restaurants, as well will also be announced in a future as theaters, nightclubs, museums, and shopping. Additional informa- issue of this newsletter. Please Canal bridge in downtown tion on Indianapolis is available at http://www.indy.org. watch the newsletter or check out Indianapolis. We look forward to seeing you in 2006! the ESA annual meeting website —Jerry Michels, LAC Chair, [email protected] for details.
Member News, from page 1 Yongxiang. The award winners are invited to visit CAS, give academic lectures in their L. Dobson and student members Zhiyong Xi and Cynthia Chiew respective fields, and host postdoctoral-level Khoo. The article, Wolbachia Establishment and Invasion in an researchers as part of an academic exchange. Aedes aegypti Laboratory Population, focuses on the team’s work to Gaugler is a leader in insect pathology, particu- develop new approaches to controlling mosquitoes and the diseases larly in the area of entomopathology. Pioneer- they transmit. These diseases include various forms of encephalitis, ing the use of nematodes as a biocontrol, West Nile, malaria, and many others that impact both humans and Gaugler was a key player in securing U.S. EPA animals. Dobson, an associate professor of entomology at UKY and exemption of entomopathogenic nematodes the principal investigator on the study, credits the work of his col- for use as insecticides. He is also well known leagues, Xi, formerly a UKY postdoctoral researcher who was re- for his work in developing molecular methods cently hired at Johns Hopkins University, and Khoo, who is a current to genetically improve entomopathogenic doctorate student in entomology at UKY. nematodes. This work, considered by many to be groundbreaking, Dr. Jonathan V. Edelson was named professor and head of provided new molecular tools and resulted in the first reported field the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology at Oklahoma release of a nonmicrobial, transgenic “natural enemy.” State University, effective October 1, 2005. Edelson joined the de- A Fellow of AAAS, he has received the Rutgers Board of Trustee’s partment as associate professor and director in 1989 and previously Excellence in Research Award, the ESA Recognition in Entomology served as director of the Wes Watkins Agricultural Research and Award, and the Entomological Foundation’s Excellence in Integrated Extension Center until 1996. Since 1997, he has served as professor Pest Management Award. Most recently, Gaugler was awarded a of entomology charged with developing IPM research and exten- 2005 Research Fulbright, which will take him to Egypt to develop sion education programs for vegetable crops in Oklahoma. The Continued on next page department currently has 21 tenured and tenure-track faculty and 45 graduate students. The department is in a growth phase with three faculty positions currently advertised and two additional faculty positions anticipated to be funded next year. ESA Fellow Dr. Randy Gaugler, a distinguished professor of Condolences entomology at Rutgers University’s Cook College, has been named a recipient of the 2006 Albert Einstein Professorship by the Chinese Sincere condolences to the families, friends, Academy of Sciences (CAS). Among the 15 recipients of the award and colleagues of recently deceased ESA mem- are six Nobel Prize laureates in fields ranging from economics to ber: physics, and one Turing Award winner. Recipients are chosen yearly • Charles G. Witherington, BCE Retired, Saint Cloud, FL from a pool of nominees by a panel chaired by CAS President Lu
4 December 2005 ESA Newsletter Member News, from previous page teaching and publication. These winners are: chaired the committee as well. She received (1) James C. Dunford, a Ph.D. student at a B.S. in entomology from the University of low-cost alternatives to the mass production the University of Florida, Department of En- Georgia. of nematodes for biocontrol in agriculture. tomology and Nematology, received a 2005 Last month, Pi Chi Omega, the pest Gaugler earned his B.S. in entomology Graduate Student Teacher Award. Dunford management fraternity, announced its 2005 from North Dakota State University and his is advised by ESA members Drs. Paul Gold- scholarship recipients, of which three out M.S. and Ph.D. in entomology from North stein and Jacqueline Miller of the McGuire of the four winners are ESA members. They Carolina State University and the University Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity at include: of Wisconsin, respectively. He has been a the Florida Museum of Natural History. (1) Donny A. Oswalt (pictured on the fol- professor at Rutgers since 1982. (2) Jennifer Henke, an M.S. student and lowing page) is a Ph.D. student in urban en- Dr. Thomas teaching assistant at the University of Geor- tomology, at Clemson University. Oswalt’s P. Kuhar, an assis- gia, Department of Entomology, Athens, also research is titled Nesting Sites, Central Place tant professor in the received a 2005 Graduate Student Teacher Foraging, and Effects of Nonrepellent Insec- Department of Ento- Award. In addition to teaching, Henke’s ticides on Black Carpenter Ant Camponotus mology at Virginia interests lie in the sampling efficacy of mac- Continued on page 6 Polytechnic Institute roninvertebrates and length-mass relation- and State University, ships of macroinvertebrates in wetlands. has been named (3) Urban entomology professor Dr. Patri- a senior editor of cia A. Zungoli received the 2005 Teaching Plant Health Prog- Award of Merit. Zungoli is an extension ress. Kuhar is sta- specialist and professor of entomology at tioned at the Eastern Clemson University, where she has been Shore Agricultural a member of the entomology faculty since Research and Extension Center near Painter, 1982. Her official responsibilities include Virginia. He is in charge of all vegetable extension, teaching undergraduate and entomology in the state, and his current graduate courses, and maintaining an ac- research includes the use of Trichogramma tive research program in household and parasitoids for the biocontrol of the Euro- structural entomology. She has also received pean corn borer in peppers and potatoes, a 2003 PCT Leadership and the 2005 ESA Colorado potato beetle insecticide resistance Southeastern Branch Distinguished Achieve- management and behavioral manipulation ment Award in Teaching. using pheromones and plant attractants, Three 2005 PCT Leadership Awards, diamondback moth IPM in collards, corn sponsored by Pest Control Technology earworm insecticide resistance monitoring, (PCT) Magazine and Sygenta Professional and stink bug IPM in tomatoes, cotton, and Products, have gone to ESA members. These soybeans. Kuhar received his B.S. in biology winners are: (1992) from Towson University and his M.S. (1) Dr. Jerome Goddard, the first public (1996) and Ph.D. (2000) in entomology from health entomologist with the Mississippi Virginia Tech. Prior to joining Virginia Tech, Department of Health, is also a clinical he was a postdoctoral researcher with Dr. assistant professor of preventative medicine Michael P. Hoffmann at Cornell University, and an assistant professor of medicine at the working on various projects geared around University of Mississippi, School of Medi- IPM in vegetable crops. cine, in Jackson. Previously he was a medi- Dr. Darin W. Lickfeldt, a product cal entomologist with the U.S. Air Force. technology specialist for Dow AgroSciences’ He also authored the Physician’s Guide to turf and ornamental (T&O) group, has been Arthropods of Medical Importance, first pub- Gnamptogenys posteropsis image (taken with the Leica MZ16) promoted to a global T&O research and lished in 1993 and now in its fourth edition. Courtesy of Dr. Gary Alpert, Harvard University development position, located in India- Goddard received a Bachelor’s in science napolis, Indiana. He will be responsible for education (1979) and a Master’s in biology collecting and disseminating biological and (1981) from the University of Mississippi, regulatory technical information throughout and a Ph.D. in medical entomology (1984) the company. Lickfeldt received his B.S. from Mississippi State University. Optical Excellence (1991) and M.S. (1994) in crop and soil (2) Joseph K. Harris, BCE, vice president sciences from Michigan State University and of sales and service for Cook’s Pest Control, Achieve Publication Quality Images his Ph.D. (2001) in natural resources and Decatur, Alabama, has been “Chairperson of environmental sciences from the University the Year” for the National Pest Management of Illinois. Association’s (NPMA) Project Development Three recipients of 2005 awards from Council, past president of the Alabama Pest the North American Colleges and Teachers Control Association and Sales and Marketing of Agriculture (NACTA) are ESA members. Executives (SME) of North Alabama, former NACTA is a professional society that focuses chair of the NPMA Education Committee, Leica Microsystems Inc. 2345 Waukegan Road on promoting, recognizing, and rewarding and a member of SME International. Bannockburn, IL 60015 excellence in teaching agriculture and relat- (3) Patricia A. Hottel, BCE, technical di- Phone (847) 405-0123 (800) 248-0123 Fax (847) 405-0164 ed areas at the post-secondary level in North rector for McCloud Services since 1980, has www.stereomicroscopy.com America. Through its competitive awards, been a member of the Copesan Technical NACTA annually recognizes outstanding Committee for a number of years, and has © 2004 Leica Microsystems Inc., BN#462 December 2005 ESA Newsletter 5 Bayer and NPMA Look for “Young Scientist of the Year”
Bayer Environmental Science and the pest species. One individual selected as the The three National Pest Management Association “Young Scientist of the Year” will also re- finalists will (NPMA) have announced the second ceive a $10,000 grant to continue his or her present their “Young Scientist of the Year” competi- research. In addition, a $1,000 donation will research at tion, a scholarship and grant program for be made to the general scholarship funds at NPMA’s Pest- graduate students. The last competition the institutions attended by each of the three World 2006 was held in 2004. finalists. to be held on In 2006, scholarships ranging from To enter the competition, students seeking October 25-28 $1,000 to $2,500 will be granted to three a Master’s or doctoral degree in entomology in Lake Grapevine, Texas. individuals whose research advances at an accredited university should submit For more information about the “Young our current knowledge of the biology, their research to be judged by a panel of Scientist of the Year” competition, please behavior, ecology, or management of university and industry professionals. call 215-790-4359.
Member News, from page 5 they’re very aggressive little insects,” he ex- the American Mosquito Association, the As- plained. The O’Reilly Factor is a news show sociation of Military Surgeons of the United pennsylvanicus De- on the Fox News channel. States, and life member of the Reserve Of- Geer (Hymenoptera: Texas Governor Rick Perry has ap- ficers Association of the United States. He Formicae). He is also pointed Richard Rogers, BCE, to serve on received his undergraduate degrees from the the winner of the Ento- the Texas Structural Pest Control Board University of Missouri and Webster Univer- mological Foundation’s through 2009. The board develops criteria sity. 2005 Jeffrey P. LaF- for licensing individuals and businesses Dr. R. Talbot age Graduate Student in the structural pest control industry. The Trotter, III has begun Research Award. His appointment has been confirmed by the work as a research major professor is Dr. Texas Senate. Rogers, the vice president of ecologist with the U.S. Eric P. Benson. Oswalt operations for Myers Pest & Termite Services Forest Service North- received his B.S. and in Euless, Texas, is the former president eastern Research Sta- M.S. from Auburn University. of the Texas Pest Control Association and tion as part of the team (2) Jody M. Green is a graduate student at former vice president of the United Pesticide studying the biology Purdue University. Her research is entitled Formulators and Distributors Association and biocontrol of de- Horizontal Transfer of Insecticide in Colo- and the Dallas Pest Control Association. He structive invasive forest nies of Subterraneant Termites. received his B.S. and M.S. in entomology insects at the Station’s (3) Greg H. Broussard is a graduate stu- from Oklahoma State University. Hamden/Ansonia laboratory. Trotter will dent at Oklahoma State University’s Depart- After six years of working on cot- build databases showing the world-wide ment of Entomology and Plant Pathology. ton insects, research scientist Dr. Allan T. distribution of the hemlock woolly adelgid The title of Brossard’s research is Ecology Showler has recently changed his affiliation (HWA) and its hosts and natural enemies. of Reticulitermes flavipes on the Oklahoma within USDA-ARS to the Kika de la Garza He will use this information to determine Tall Grass Prairie. Subtropical Agricultural Research Center’s the biogeographical conditions that influ- ZipZap Termite & Pest Control in organic farming program in the Integrated ence the establishment and spread of HWA Kansas City, Missouri, was awarded the Farming and Natural Resources Research and determine which of its natural enemies first-ever Best in Class Customer Service Unit, Weslaco, Texas. His contact coordi- would work best in the regions with HWA Award, sponsored by PCT Magazine and nates have not changed. infestations. Trotter will be stationed at Yale Syngenta Professional Products. Jeff Preece, Dr. Eric H. Smith, BCE, director of University’s School of Forestry and Environ- BCE, ZipZap’s technical director, received technical services for Dobson Pest Control, mental Studies, where he will complement the award from Jodi Dorsch, the magazine’s has been elected president of Pi Chi Omega. the forest health program within Yale’s editor, during the 2005 NPMA Academy. Smith, whose term began in October, will Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry and Dr. David K. serve for two years. Dodson Pest Control is strengthen interactions and renew historical Pollet, professor of located in Lynchburg, Virginia. ties between the Forest Service and Yale. entomology at Louisi- Augustine Exterminators in Overland The Virginia Tech W.B. Alwood En- ana State University’s Park, Kansas, has contracted with consultant tomological Society, which is the graduate AgCenter, was inter- Forest St. Aubin, BCE Retired, to assist with student organization within the Department viewed on the televi- regulatory issues and certification. He will of Entomology and is made up of many ESA sion news show, The also serve as staff entomologist. Previously, members, was awarded the university’s O’Reilly Factor, in St. Aubin established and operated Summa 2005 College of Agriculture and Life Science October regarding fire Pest Management Services, Inc., in Overland Award for Outreach Excellence. The award ants in the hurricane zone. Pollet explained Park. He also was the director of the Kansas was presented in recognition of the students’ that the insects survived the flooding in Department of Agriculture’s Division of work offering Bug Tours to thousands of Louisiana and Mississippi by rolling into a Plant Health Care and the first technical edi- individuals throughout the state of Virginia. ball and flowing with the water. “They wait tor of Chemical Times and Trends. He is a Bug Tours is a hands-on experience for for the water to subside and start building retired Colonel from the U.S. Army Reserve, school kids, community organizations, and a new colony. A lot of people have been Medical Service Corps. In addition to his others, allowing them to see, hear, feel, and bitten—they have a sting and venom, and membership in ESA, he is also a member of experience arthropods.
6 December 2005 ESA Newsletter J OB O PPORTUNIT I E S
GRAD. ASSTS.: 2 grad. asst. positions avail. for to: Dr. Susan Barton, Search Committee Chair, suitable candidate is identified. An affirmative M.Sc. students to conduct apic. res. on IPM of Dept. of Plant & Soil Sci., 152 Townsend Hall, action-equal opportunity employer.* parasitic mites in west. Wash. state and eval. 531 S. College Ave., Newark, DE 19717, ph. selected honey bee stocks in commercial bee- 302-831-1375, [email protected]. The UNI- keep. opers. Beekeep. exper. pref. but not req. VERSITY OF DELAWARE is an Equal Opportu- Contact: Doris Lohrey-Birch, Dept. of Entom., nity Employer which encourages applications Wash. State Univ., P.O. Box 646382, FSHN from Minority Group Members and Women.* 166, Pullman, WA 99164-6382, entom@wsu. edu.* DEPT. CHAIR: TX Tech Univ. invites applics. and nomins. for Prof. and Chair of Dept. of ORNAM. IPM EXTEN. SPECIALIST: Plant Plant & Soil Sci. in College of Agric. Sci. & and soil sci. Univ. of DE Coop. Exten. 12-mo. Natural Resources. Successful candidate must appt. 75% exten., 25% res. Devel. and imple- have doctorate in agron., hort., botany, soil sci., ment dynamic exten. IPM prog. to support DE entom., or closely rel. field; be recog. interna- nursery and landscape industry. Contribute to tionally; and qualify for tenure at rank of prof. exten. prog. with newsltr. articles, newspaper Should have leadership and budgetary exper.; columns, industry workshops, pest walks, ap- be a visionary, motivator, communicator, team- plied research presentations, Master Gardener builder, and mentor. Dept. is 1 of 6 in college training and IPM support for county and state and is composed of 21 faculty, 10 of which exten. staff. Also conduct appl. res. in IPM rel- have joint appts. with TX Agric. Exper. Sta. and/ evant to DE Green Industry. Qualifs.: M.S. or or TX Coop. Ext. and addl. 34 adjunct faculty Ph.D. in ornam. hort., entom. or plant path. and from industry and USDA. Dept., with 90 under- 4 yrs. broad exper. in devel. and implem. IPM grad. and 52 grad. students (M.S. and Ph.D.), programming. Ability to conduct appl. res. and has establ. outstanding record in teac., res., and progs. that address issues of IPM, sustainabil., outreach. Full pos. descrip. at http://jobs.texas- profitabil. and environ. stewardship. Ability and tech.edu (Requisition #60395). Online applics. flexibility in exercising leadership and team accepted at above URL with ref. ltrs. mailed membership roles, skills and exper. in grant to: Norman Hopper, College of Agric. Sci. & writing. Submit complete CV, applic. ltr., and Natural Resources, TX Tech Univ., Lubbock, names of at least 3 prof. refs. by Jan. 17, 2006 TX 79409-2123. Deadline Jan. 6, 2006 or until
December 2005 ESA Newsletter 7 ESA’s Eastern Branch will meet on Mar. The 2006 American Phytopathologi- 12-14 in Charlottesville, VA. URL: http:// cal Society Annual Meeting will be held For the www.ento.vt.edu/EBESA/esaeb.html on July 29-Aug. 2 in Québec City, Qué- bec, Canada. URL: http://www.apsnet. The 2nd NSF Regional Grants Confer- org ence of fiscal year 2006 will be held Mar. Datebook 13-14 in Boulder, CO. Optional FastLane The XV Congress of the International workshops will take place on Mar. 12. URL: Union for the Study of Social Insects http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/ will take place on July 30-Aug. 4 in NEW DATE! ESA’s 2005 Annual ucboulder06.pdf Washington, DC. URL: http://www.iussi. Meeting will be held on Dec. 15-18 in org/IUSSI2006.html Fort Lauderdale, FL. URL: http://www. ESA’s North Central Branch will meet on entsoc.org/annual_meeting/ Mar. 26-29 in Bloomington, IL. URL: http:// The 91st Ecological Society of Amer- esa.ent.iastate.edu/meeting ica Annual Meeting will be held Aug. Year 2006 6-11 in Memphis, TN. URL: http://www. The 5th U.S. National IPM Symposium esa.org The University of Maryland will host will be held on Apr. 4-6 in St. Louis, MO. its Advanced Landscape Plant IPM PHC URL: http://www.ipmcenters.org/ The XVIIth International Horticultural Short Course on Jan. 2-6 in College Park, ipmsympoisumv/ Congress is slated for Aug. 13-19 in MD. URL: http://www.raupplab.umd.edu/ Seoul, South Korea. URL: http://www. Conferences/AdvLandscape/ The 5th International Symposium on ishs.org/calendar/ Molecular Insect Science will be held May The 17th USDA Interagency Research 20-24 in Tucson, AZ. URL: http://cis.arl. The 12th International Congress of Forum on Gypsy Moth and Other Inva- arizona.edu/symposium/ Acarology will take place on Aug. 21-26 sive Species will be held on Jan. 10-13 in in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. URL: Annapolis, MD. URL: http://www.fs.fed. The 18th World Congress of Soil Science http://www.science.uva.nl/ibed/ica2006 us/ne/morgantown/4557/forum2006/ will take place on July 9-15 in Philadelphia, PA. URL: http://www.18wcss.org The 3rd International Congress on The International Conference on Bio- Phthiraptera will be held Oct. 16-20 in diversity of Insects: Challenging Issues in The 16th International Ecdysone Work- Buenos Aires, Argentina. URL: http:// Management and Conservation is slated shop is slated for July 10-14 in Ghent, www.phthiraptera.org/ICP3/ICP3_ for Jan. 30-Feb. 3 in Coimbatore, India. Belgium. Contact: Dr. Guy Smagghe, guy. 01.htm URL: http://www.b-u.ac.in [email protected] PestWorld 2006, sponsored by the ESA’s Southwestern Branch will meet A conference on Advances in Threat National Pest Management Association, on Feb. 26-Mar. 1 in Austin, TX. URL: Assessment and Their Application to Forest is slated for Oct. 25-28 in Grapevine, http://swbesa.tamu.edu and Rangeland Management will be held TX. URL: http://www.pestworld.org on July 18-20 in Boulder, CO. URL: http:// ESA’s Pacific Branch will meet on www.forestencyclopedia.net/encyclopedia/ The 2006 Joint Annual Meeting of Mar. 5-8 in Wailea, Maui, HI. Contact: threats the American Society of Agronomy, the Ron Mau, [email protected] Crop Science Society of America, and The American Society for Horticultural the Soil Science Society of America will ESA’s Southeastern Branch will meet Science’s Annual Conference will be held take place on Nov. 12-16 in Indianan- on Mar. 5-8 in Wilmington, NC. URL: on July 27-30 in New Orleans, LA. URL: apolis, IN. URL: http://www.asa-cssa- http://www.seb-esa.org http://www.ashs.org sssa.org
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