CURRICULUM VITAE DR. DOUGLAS DOWNIE

ADDRESS: 2408 D St. Sacramento, CA 95812 e-mail: [email protected] phone: 530 559-0182

EDUCATION: 1999 Ph.D., Entomology, University of California, Davis, CA 1994 B.S., Biology with minor in Botany, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA

2016-2019 – Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist) - California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Pesticide Regulation, Pest Management and Licensing Branch, Agricultural Pest Management Program

2012-2016 – Environmental Scientist – California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Pesticide Regulation, Pest Management and Licensing Branch, Pest Management Analysis Program.

PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: 2009-2011 – Senior Lecturer- Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. • Population genetics in a pollinating weevil • Effects of a genetic bottleneck on a biocontrol agent of the invasive weed water hyacinth.

2003-2009 – Lecturer – Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. • Molecular systematics in amorphocerine weevils on • Tracking the origins of South African grape phylloxera • Uncovering relationships and origins in South African populations of the invasive weed, Pereskia aculeata

2002-2003 - Postdoctoral Researcher - Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, CA. • Molecular systematics of Pseudomyrmex (50%)(Dr. P. S. Ward, Principle Investigator). • Molecular systematics of mealybugs, family Pseudococcidae (50%) (Dr. P. J. Gullan, Principle Investigator).

1999 – 2002 - Postdoctoral Researcher - Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, CA. • Molecular phylogeography of native and pest populations of grape phylloxera in the United States. Distribution, patterns of genetic variation, and phylogenetic relationships of grape phylloxera populations throughout the US in relation to their host (Vitis ) and geographic source determined by RAPD and DNA sequences. • Locating the source of an invasive pest through mtDNA sequences. Place samples of grape phylloxera from its introduced range onto a molecular phylogeny based on sequences from the native range. • Genetic variation in grape phylloxera life history traits by spontaneous mutation. Estimation of mutation rates and effects for life history traits by means of long-term mutation accumulation experiments analyzed using quantitative genetics methods. • Manage set-up of molecular systematic component in the laboratory of P. J. Gullan and P. S. Cranston in the Department of Entomology at University of California, Davis.

1994-1999 - Ph.D. Research - Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis Thesis: Population structure in native grape phylloxera. • Molecular ecology of native grape phylloxera on sympatric host species • Greenhouse transfer experiments measuring performance of this gall-forming on host plant genotypes collected among terrestrial islands in the US southwest. • Field survey and monitoring of distribution and abundance of insect and species of its host plant. • Description of life cycle previously unknown in grape phylloxera.

Research Assistant -1994-1999 - Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis • Laboratory and greenhouse studies in host plant resistance and insect responses to stress • population monitoring and insecticide trials in the field • electronic monitoring of insect feeding behavior

Supervisory: • Supervised and trained 7 research technicians, U.C., Davis, 1999-2001 • Supervised or co-supervised 4 third year student projects, 6 Honours projects, 3 Master’s theses, 1 PhD thesis, Rhodes University, 2004-2010

TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 2012, Fall - Adjunct Faculty, Woodland Community College. • Taught: Ecology 10 Environment: Concepts and Issues; on campus and online.

Adjunct Faculty, Sacramento State University. • Taught: Biology I Activity.

2012, Spring – Adjunct Faculty – Department of Biology, Sacramento State University. • Taught: Biology 1

2011, September-October – Visiting Lecturer – Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. • Taught: Evolution, Insect Genetics

2003-2011 – Lecturer / Senior Lecturer – Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. • Taught: Evolution, Molecular Methods in Entomology, Plant-Insect Interactions, Genetics and Microevolution, Introductory Entomology, Insect Genetics, Predators and Parasitoids, various Honours tutorials

2002 - Adjunct Faculty, Biology Instructor, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, CA. • Taught: Spring semester, Biology 14, Environmental Biology.

1999 - Adjunct Faculty, National University, Sacramento, CA. • Taught: Science 219, Plants and People. Course in economic botany that focused on general introduction to botany as well as applied topics including ethnobotany.

1994-1997 - Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis, CA. • Provided instruction for BioSci 1C - General Botany in the Department of Plant Biology, (2 quarters); BioSci 1B. - General Zoology in the Department of Evolution and Ecology; and Entomology 100 - General Entomology in the Department of Entomology.

Other work experience: 1985-1994 - Various construction firms, residential construction. 1980-1986 - Music instructor, privately and at Napa Music, Napa, CA. Landscape installation and maintenance, self-employed, Napa Valley, CA.

PUBLICATIONS: Daane, K. M., Middleton, M. C., Sforza, R.F. H., Kamps-Hughes, N., Watson, G. W., Almeida, R. P. P., Correa, M. C. G., Downie, D.A., Walton, V. M. 2018. Determining the geographic origin of invasive populations of the mealybug Planococcus ficus based on molecular genetic analysis. PLoS ONE, 13(3):e0193852. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193852. Paterson I.D., Mangan R., Downie D.A., Coetzee J.A., Hill M.P., Burke A.M., Downey P.O., Henry T.J. & Compton S. 2016. Two in one: cryptic species discovered in biological control agent populations. Ecology and Evolution 6(17): 6139-6150. Paterson, I.D., M.P. Hill & D. A. Downie. 2012. The effect of host plant intraspecific genetic variation on the fitness of a monophagous biological control agent. Biocontrol Science & Technology, 22: 513-525. Taylor, S., D. A. Downie & I. D. Paterson. 2011. Genetic diversity of introduced populations of the water hyacinth biological control agent Eccritotarsus catarinensis (Hemiptera: Miridae). Biological Control, 58: 330-336. Paterson, I. D., J. A. Coetzee, M. P. Hill & D. A. Downie. 2011. A pre-release assessment of the relationship between the invasive alien plant, Pereskia aculeata Miller (Cactaceae), and native plant biodiversity in South Africa. Biological Control 57: 59-65. Downie, D. A. 2010. Baubles, bangles and biotypes: a critical review of the use and abuse of the biotype concept. Journal of Insect Science 10: 176. available online: insectscience.org/10.176 Downie, D. A. & J. G. Williams. 2009. Population structure of Porthetes hispidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a pollinator of the African cycad Encephalartos friderici- guilielmi. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 102: 1126-1134. Sun Qing-Hua, Chen Ying-Chun, Wang Hai-Bo, D. A. Downie & Zhai Heng. 2009. Origin and genetic diversity of grape phylloxera in China. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 52: 885- 894. Tourle, R., D. A. Downie, & M. H. Villet. 2009. in the ointment: a morphological and molecular comparison of Lucilia cuprina and L. sericata (Diptera: ) in South Africa. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 23: 6-14. Paterson, I. D., D. A. Downie, & M. P. Hill. 2009. Using molecular methods to determine the origin of weed populations of Pereskia aculeata in South Africa and its relevance to biological control. Biological Control, 48: 84-91. Downie, D. A., J. S. Donaldson & R. G. Oberpreiler. 2008. Molecular systematics and evolution in an African cycad-weevil interaction: Amorphocerini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) weevils on Encephalartos. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 47: 102-116. Downie, D. A. & J. S. Donaldson. 2007. Molecular systematics in amorphocerine weevils on Encephalartos: preliminary results. Pp. 372-387, In: A. Vovides, D. Wm. Stevenson, & R. Osborne eds. Proceedings of Cycad 2005: the 7th International Conference on Cycad Biology. New York Botanical Garden Press. Downie, D. A. 2005. Evidence for multiple origins of grape phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae Fitch)(Hemiptera: Phylloxeridae) in South African vineyards. African Entomology 13: 359-365. Downie, D.A. & P. J. Gullan. 2005. Phylogenetic congruence of mealybugs and their primary endosymbionts. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18: 315-324. Ward. P. S. & D. A. Downie. 2005. The subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): phylogeny and evolution of big-eyed arboreal ants. Systematic Entomology 30: 310-335. Downie, D. A. 2004. Phylogeography in a galling insect, grape phylloxera, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Phylloxeridae) in the fragmented habitat of the Southwest USA. Journal of Biogeography 31: 1759-1768. Downie, D. A. & P. J. Gullan. 2004. Phylogenetic analysis of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) based on DNA sequences from three nuclear genes, and a review of the higher classification. Systematic Entomology 29: 238-259. Downie, D. A. 2003. Effects of short-term spontaneous mutation accumulation for life history traits in grape phylloxera. Genetica 119: 237-251. Gullan, P. J., D. A. Downie, & S. A. Steffan. 2003. A new pest species of the mealybug genus Ferrisia Fullaway (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) from the USA. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 96: 723-737. Downie, D. A. 2002. Locating the sources of an invasive pest, grape phylloxera, using a mtDNA gene genealogy. Molecular Ecology 11: 2013-2026. Downie, D. A., J. R. Fisher & J. Granett. 2001. Grapes, galls, and geography: the distribution of nuclear and mtDNA variation across host plant species and regions in a specialist herbivore. Evolution 55:1345-1362. Downie, D. A. & J. Granett. 2000. Genetic divergence in geographically isolated populations of native grape phylloxera. Southwestern Entomologist. 25: 255-263. Downie, D. A., J. Granett, & J. R. Fisher. 2000. Distribution and abundance of leaf galling and foliar sexual morphs of grape phylloxera and Vitis species in the central and eastern United States. Environmental Entomology 29: 979-986. Downie, D.A. 2000. Patterns of genetic variation in native grape phylloxera on two sympatric host species. Molecular Ecology 9: 505-514. Downie, D.A. 1999. Performance of native grape phylloxera on host plants within and among terrestrial islands in the southwestern U.S. Oecologia 121: 527-536. Downie, D.A. and J. Granett. 1999. Distribution, abundance and short-term persistence of grape phylloxera populations in two regions of the native range. Environmental Entomology 28: 1004-1013. Lin, H., D.A. Downie, M.A. Walker, J. Granett, & G. English-Loeb. 1999. Genetic structure in native populations of grape phylloxera. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 92: 376-381. Omer, A.D., J. Granett, L. Kocsis, & D.A. Downie. 1999. Preference and performance responses of California grape phylloxera to different Vitis rootstocks. Journal of Applied Entomology 123: 341-346. Downie, D.A. and J. Granett. 1998. A life cycle variation in grape phylloxera. Southwest Entomologist 23: 11-16. Omer, A.D., J. Granett, D.A. Downie, M.A. Walker. 1997. Population dynamics of grape phylloxera in California vineyards. Vitis 36: 199-205.

BOOK CHAPTERS: Downie, D. A. 2018. Patterns of fumigant use in California grapes. In: eds. M. Zhang, S. Jackson, M. Robertson, & M. Zeiss, Managing and Analyzing Pesticide Use Data for Pest Management, Environmental Monitoring, Public Health and Public Policies. ACS Symposium Series, American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, vol. 1283, pp. 133-147. Downie, D. A. 2008. Grape Phylloxera. In: ed. J. Capinera, Encyclopedia of Entomology, 2nd ed., Springer, pp. 1661-1663.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS: Downie, D. A. 2013. Host plant resistance reduces fumigant use: a lesson from grape phylloxera. Proceedings of the 2013 Annual International Research Conference on Methyl Bromide Alternatives and Emission Reductions. 20.1-20.4. Downie, D. A. 2009. Too Much Experience? A job candidate struggles with the challenges of a long-distance job search at community colleges. The Chronicle of Higher Education. December 2. Downie, D. A. 2009. Micro and macroevolution. Grocott’s Mail, 10 July, p. 6. Downie, D. A. 2009. DNA barcoding. Grocott’s Mail, 5 June, p. 17. Cockburn, J., G. Williams, D. Downie, T. Bellingan, K. Crous, T. Goble, & N. Mazungula. 2008. Putting an evolutionary perspective on biological invasions. Science in Africa, May. Downie, D. A. 2006. Comment: grape phylloxera and the grapevine: searching for the science. Journal of Experimental Botany, eLetters response to Battey & Simmonds 2005. Journal of Experimental Botany 56: 3029-3031. Downie, D.A. 2006. Not in my garden. Encephalartos 86: 20-21.

ABSTRACTS Paterson, I., Coetzee, J., Downie, D., Mpekula, O., Mabunda, D. 2013. Interbreeding between strains of the water hyacinth mirid. In: Proceedings of the 18th Entomological Congress. Entomological Society of Southern Africa. Strümpher, W. P., Downie, D., Sole, C. L. & Scholtz, C. H. 2011. Phylogeny of the family Trogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). In: Proceedings of the Congress of the Southern African Society for Systematic Biology. Southern African Society for Systematic Biology. Coetzee, J., Hill. M., Paterson, I., Downie, D., Taylor, S., Taylor, C. & Voogt, N. 2011. A tale of two strains: a comparison of two populations of Eccritotarsus catarinensis, a biological control agent of water hyacinth in South Africa. Proceedings of the XIII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds. Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA. Paterson, I.D., Hill, M.P., Neser, S., Downie, D.A. 2011. Surveys for potential biological control agents for Pereskia aculeata: selection of the most promising potential agents. Proceedings of the XIII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds. Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA. Paterson, I., Downie, D., Neser, S., Hill, M. 2008. The origin of the South African weed population of Pereskia aculeate (Cactaceae) and new potential biological control agents. In: Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Entomology, Durban, South Africa. Downie, D. A., & P. J. Gullan. 2005. Phylogenetic congruence of mealybugs and their primary endosymbionts. In: Proceedings of the 15th Entomological Congress. Entomological Society of Southern Africa. Downie, D. A. 2005. Evidence for multiple origins of grape phylloxera in South African vineyards. In: Proceedings of the 15th Entomological Congress. Entomological Society of Southern Africa. Downie, D. A. 2004. Effects of short-term spontaneous mutation accumulation for life history traits in grape phylloxera. In: Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane, Australia.

PRESENTATIONS: Invited: Effects of short-term spontaneous mutation accumulation for life history traits in grape phylloxera. Symposium: Evolutionary genetic mechanisms of response to environmental change. XXII International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane, Australia, August 2004. Do mealybugs and their primary endosymbionts co-diverge? Seminar presentation to the Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, October, 2003. Population genetics and phylogeography of an invasive pest in native and introduced ranges. Seminar presentation to the Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, December, 2002. Insights on an invasive species from evolutionary genetics. Seminar presentation to the Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. October 30, 2002. Population genetics and phylogeography of an invasive pest in native and introduced ranges. Seminar presentation to the Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences Department, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI. April 15, 2002. Population genetics and phylogeography of an invasive pest in native and introduced ranges. Seminar presentation to the Department of Entomology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. April 9, 2002. Going native: genetic structure in the native range of an introduced pest. Seminar presentation at the Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory, Sidney, Montana. October 29, 2001. Going native: genetic structure in the native range of an introduced pest. Seminar presentation to the Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas. June 6, 2001. Population structure and phylogeography in US grape phylloxera. Informal Conference: Genetics of aphids and other parthenogens: applications to agriculture, evolution, and ecology (organizers/moderators: Kevin Shufran, USDA-ARS, Stillwater, OK and David Hawthorne, Dept. of Entomology, Univ. of Maryland, College Park MD). Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada. December, 2000. Population structure in native grape phylloxera. Seminar presentation to the Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis. April 7, 1999.

At professional meetings: Patterns of fumigant use in California grape. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, November 2018. Two in One: Cryptic Species discovered in Biological Control Agent Populations Using Molecular Data and Cross-breeding Experiments. Entomological Society of America Pacific Branch Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, April 2017. Pests, Pesticides and IPM: A New Initiative of CDPR and UC-IPM. Entomological Society of America Pacific Branch Annual Meeting, Portland, OR, April 2017. Host plant resistance reduces fumigant use: a lesson from grape phylloxera. Annual International Research Conference on Methyl Bromide Alternatives and Emission Reductions, San Diego, CA, November 2013. Population structure of Porthetes hispidus (Coleoptera; Curculionidae), a pollinator of the African cycad Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, San Diego CA, December 2010. Population genetics of Porthetes hispidus (Coleoptera; Curculionidae), probable pollinator of the African cycad Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi. Evolution 2008: Joint Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, American Society of Naturalists, and Society of Systematic Biologists, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. June 2008. Molecular systematics in amorphocerine weevils on Encephalartos. Evolution 2006: Joint Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, American Society of Naturalists, and Society of Systematic Biologists, Stony Brook, NY, June 2006. Evidence for multiple origins of grape phylloxera in South African vineyards. 15th Congress of the Entomological Society of South Africa, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, June 2005. Phylogenetic congruence of mealybugs and their primary endosymbionts.15th Congress of the Entomological Society of South Africa, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, June 2005 Molecular systematics in amorphocerine weevils on Encephalartos: preliminary results. Cycad 2005: Seventh International Conference on Cycad Biology, Xalapa, Mexico, January, 2005. Spontaneous mutation accumulation for life history traits in grape phylloxera. Society for the Study of Evolution annual meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill. June, 2002. Phylogeography in a galling insect in the fragmented habitat of the US Southwest. Society for the Study of Evolution annual meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Ill. June, 2002. Locating the sources of an invasive pest using a mtDNA gene genealogy. Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America annual meeting, Park City, Utah. June 2001. Grapes, galls, and geography: the distribution of RAPD and mtDNA variation in US grape phylloxera. Society for the Study of Evolution annual meeting, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IND. June, 2000. Patterns of genetic variation in grape phylloxera on two sympatric host species. Entomological Society of America annual meeting in Las Vegas, NV. November, 1998. Performance of a gall-forming insect on host plant genotypes within and among terrestrial islands in the southwest. Society for the Study of Evolution annual meeting, University of British Columbia,Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. June, 1998. Ecological genetics of grape phylloxera on canyon grape. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, Louisville, Ky. December, 1996.

Poster presentations: Downie, D. A. 2017. California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s Research and Alliance Grants Program. Entomological Society of America Pacific Branch Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, April. Paterson, I. D., D. A. Downie, & M. P. Hill. 2009. Using molecular methods to determine the origin of weed populations of Pereskia aculeata in South Africa and its relevance to biological control. Evolution 2009, Moscow, Idaho, USA, June. Walton, S., D. A. Downie & M. H. Villet, A. Kirk-Spriggs. 2008. The molecular phylogeny of oestroid Diptera, with special emphasis on the taxonomic position of the genus . International Congress of Entomology, Durban, South Africa, July. Downie, D. A. 2003. Effects of short-term spontaneous mutation accumulation for life history traits in grape phylloxera. Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 14th Congress, Pretoria, July.

Others: Untitled presentation. Given to seminar course ENT 198: Ecology of Gall Forming , May 2001. Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis. Organizer: Fiona Goggin.

In public schools: Topics in Evolution and Entomology. Guest speaker in public grammar schools, Golden State Elementary School, W. Sacramento, December, 1997, Patwin Elementary School, Davis, CA, 1998-1999. Guest Speaker through the Adopt-a-Scientist program, an extension program based in the Department of Entomology at U.C., Davis designed to enhance science education in the public schools. Winter-spring 1998.

WORKSHOPS: - Fundamentals of Successful Project Management, Catalysis Group, Inc., Sacramento, CA, February 26-28, 2013. - Workshop on the Biodiversity Management Plan for the Albany Cycad (Encephalartos latifrons), Continuing Education Center, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, April, 2009. Report on Biodiversity Management Plan for Encephalartos latifrons, submitted to South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa. - Scale insect barcode initiative (SIBI), sponsored by the Consortium for the Barcode of Life and the South African Department of Agriculture, Stellenbosch, 12-14 February, 2007. - Workshop on the current status of phylogeography research in South Africa, sponsored by South African Biosystematics Initiative, National Research Foundation, and Rhodes University. Rhodes University, 25-27 June, 2007.

AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS: 2010 - South Africa National Research Foundation Grant (R40,000) 2010 - Rhodes University Joint Research Committee Grant, Rhodes University (ZAR 26,000) 2009 - Rhodes University Joint Research Committee Grant, Rhodes University (ZAR 15,000) 2008 - South Africa National Research Foundation Grant (ZAR 251,000) 2008 - Rhodes University Joint Research Committee Grant, Rhodes University (ZAR 23,700) 2007 - South Africa National Research Foundation Grant (ZAR 80,000) 2007 - Rhodes University Joint Research Committee Grant, Rhodes University (ZAR 22,600) 2006 - Rhodes University Joint Research Committee Grant, Rhodes University (ZAR 22,000) 2005 - South Africa National Research Foundation Grant (ZAR 221,800) 2005 - Rhodes University Joint Research Committee Grant, Rhodes University (ZAR 21,500) 2004 - Rhodes University Joint Research Committee Grant, Rhodes University (ZAR 20,000) 2003 - Rhodes University Joint Research Committee Grant, Rhodes University (ZAR 20,000) 1999 - USDA-National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Postdoctoral Fellowship ($75,000). 1999 - Cooperative Agreement with the USDA-ARS, Pacific-West Area ($86,000) 1998 - Henry A. Jastro Memorial Fellowship, University of California, Davis ($1500) 1997 - Jastro-Shields Graduate Research Award, University of California, Davis ($1500) 1996-1998 - Department of Entomology Travel Awards, University of California ($300) 1991-1992 - Presidential Scholar, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA (3 times) Rated Researcher – National Research Foundation, South Africa

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/AFFILIATIONS: Society for the Study of Evolution Entomological Society of America

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: Reviewer: Journals: Funding agencies: Bulletin of Entomological Research USDA-NRICG research proposals Molecular Ecology Israel Science Foundation Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B National Research Foundation (S. Africa) Oecologia Annals of the Entomological Society of America Evolution Heredity African Entomology Ecological Entomology Journal of Applied Entomology Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata Journal of Economic Entomology European Journal of Entomology American Journal of Enology & Viticulture Administrative: Rhodes University Academic Freedom Committee, 2010 Rhodes University Senate Plagiarism Committee, 2007 External Examiner – Entomology 3, University of Fort Hare, 2007-2009 Master’s thesis, University of Cape Town, 2008 Genetics course, University of Pretoria, 2004 Coordinator, Dept. of Zoology & Entomology Honours Program, 2007-2008, 2010 Coordinator, Departmental Seminar Series – 2004-2007 Departmental Library Acquisitions Officer, 2005-2008, 2010 University Library Committee, 2005-2006 Judge for Eskom Expo for Young Scientists, Grahamstown, 2005-2006 Member of organizing committee for 9th Conference of the South African Society of Systematic Biologists (2011)

OTHER SKILLS: Use of statistical (SYSTAT, SAS, NTSYS (multivariate), Arlequin, DNAsp (population genetics), MEGA, PHYLIP, PAUP, MacClade, MrBayes, WINCLADA/NONA, TCS (phylogenetics)), spreadsheets (MSExcel), graphic (Powerpoint), word processing (MSWord, WordPerfect), and Internet software (Netscape, Internet Explorer). Experience with the use of molecular methods: DNA extraction, PCR, electrophoresis, RAPD, ISSR and AFLP fingerprinting, PCR product purification, DNA sequencing, DNA sequence assembly, alignment and genomic analysis (CLUSTAL, Sequencher, GeneStudio), statistical and phylogenetic analysis of molecular data, use of bioinformatic tools (GenBank, BLAST) Consultation experience Blues and jazz guitarist, writer (prose and poetry), fisherman, carpenter

NON-SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS BOOKS Cat Came Back and Other Stories. 2007, 2011. Jazzman Publications. Two Trains Running. 2011. Jazzman Publications. God Awful Acres. 2011. Jazzman Publications. Stockboy. 2011. Jazzman Publications. The Meeting. 2012. Jazzman Publications. No One to Blame. 2014. Jazzman Publications. Neighbors. 2019. Jazzman Publications

SHORT STORIES Nuff Said. 1987. KVMR Air Notes, Nevada City, CA., Spring, p12. A Little Conversation Piece. 1987. KVMR Air Notes, Nevada City, CA. Fall, p. 13. An Artist. 1988. Art Matters, Nevada City, CA., February, p. 8. Visitation. 1988. KVMR Airnotes, Nevada City, CA., Spring, p. 8. The Bull. 1988. Art Matters, Nevada City, CA., September, p. 8. The Blanket. 1988. KVMR Airnotes, Nevada City, CA, Winter, p. 16. Sanctum. 2007. The Fishing and Hunting Journal, June/July. Two Old Men. 2009. Down in the Dirt, July vol. 72: 31-33 (online January). Taxi Driver. 2009. Down in the Dirt, November vol. 76: 14-18 (online May). Forklift. 2011. Down in the Dirt, January 090: 76-80. Hammered. 2011. Chiron Review, spring, 94: 36-38. Moving Day. 2011. Botsotso, 17 May. http://www.botsotsoportal.co.za/?page_id=194 One Dog Barking. 2011. New Contrast, December, 156: 7-9. The Jumping Bridge. 2013. Children, Churches and Daddies, 242: March. The Killers. 2013. Down in the Dirt, 116. March. Francis and Timmy. 2013. Verbicide, December. Monkeys. 2020. Children, Churches and Daddies, 300: August.

POETRY First Light. 2006. Society for the Study of Evolution webpage, www.evolutionsociety.org, July. The Mathematics of Home (after a long hike and 2 hours on some South African roads). 2006. The Mail & Guardian vol. 22: p. 27, 4 August. Panther Creek. 2007. The Fishing and Hunting Journal, April/May. Morning People. 2007. The Mail & Guardian, vol. 23: p. 27, 8 June. Two Poems. 2008. New Contrast 141 vol. 36: 32-34, Claremont, South Africa. True Story. 2008. New Contrast 142 vol. 36: 11, Claremont, South Africa. 4 poems. 2008. LitNet, 18 Dec. (http://www.litnet.co.za) Bill’s Bumper. 2009. New Contrast 146 vol. 37: 108-109, Claremont, South Africa. Washing Cars. 2009. New Contrast 148 vol. 37: 72, Claremont, South Africa. 4 poems. 2010. Botsotso, January. http://www.botsotso.org.za/index.php?f_action=Index&f_menu_id=36 3 poems. 2011. Chiron Review, spring, 94: 6. 4 prosettes. 2011. Itch, e.08. http://www.itch.co.za/ When Love Dies. 2011. Chiron Review, fall, 96: 11. Art, The Bad Hosts. 2011. New Contrast, December 156: 7 & 9.

ESSAYS All the Walks of Life. 2010. Grocott’s Mail, Grahamstown, South Africa, June 11. Travel in the Time of Coup. 2011. Travel Thru History, October, http://www.travelthruhistory.com/html/exotic45.html.

REFERENCES Dr. Martin Hill, Head of Entomology, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa, phone: +27 046 603-8712, email: [email protected]

Dr. Alan Hodgson, Professor, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa, phone: +27 046 603-8168 email: [email protected]

Dr. Martin Villet. Professor, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa, phone: +27 046 603-8525, email: [email protected].

Dr. Penny Gullan, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, phone: (02) 612- 52873, email: [email protected]

Dr. Phil Ward, Department of Entomology, University of California, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA. 95616, phone: (530) 752-0486, email: [email protected].

Dr. Nino Yanga, California Department of Pesticide Regulation, 1001 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95812-4015, phone: (916) 445-6387, email: [email protected]