Mr. Enger S. Germán-Ramírez 519 48th St. Ct. W., Palmetto, FL 34221 Mobile: 850-212-3147. [email protected]

Education

2012 M.S. in Agricultural Sciences, Entomology Florida A&M University; Tallahassee FL 2007 B.S. in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources EARTH University; Limón, Costa Rica 2003 Agronomy Technician Diploma (Agronomist) Loyola Polytechnic Institute; San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic 2002 High School Diploma Loyola Polytechnic Institute; San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic Professional Experience

2013 Jun-present, Biological Scientist II, Pest Survey Specialist (Tampa Bay area and Florida Southwest Coast) Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), Division of Plant Industry (DPI), Cooperative Agricultural Survey (CAPS), Supervisor: Dr. Leroy Whilby (State Survey Coordinator, Gainesville) 2013 Jan-June, OPS Assistant/Integrate pest management (IPM) assistant Dr. Muhammad Haseeb, Center for Biological Control (CBC), College of Agriculture and Food Sciences (CAFS), Florida A&M University (FAMU) 2008-2009 Entomology Project Executive (One year internship) Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF), Centro de Tecnologías Agrícolas (CENTA), Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2008 Nursery Keeper trainee (Three weeks) Kenneth Anderson Nursery at Country Lane S.W., Farwell, MN, USA 2008 Greenhouse management and production system trainee (Three weeks) Cider Hill Farm, Amesbury, MA., USA 2006 Organic goat herd management, milking parlor supervision and manure composting (Four months internship) Goat’s Pride Dairy at McLennan Creek, Abbotsford, BC, Canada 2005 Proposal for a plan to the environmental management [collaborator and consulter] (One week) Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica at Peninsula Papagayo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica 2005-2006 Teaching Assistant (One year) Dr. Héctor Medrano, Entrepreneurial Projects at EARTH University 2004-2006 Program Assistant (Two years) MBA. Manrique Arguedas, Waste management and rational use of resources program at EARTH University 2004-2007 Partner Administrator (Three years) Administration, accounting and field/lab work for the processing and industrialization of cassava and plantain chips, Entrepreneurial Projects at EARTH University 2003 Irrigation and drainage systems management of the sugar cane cultivation (Three months training) Ingenio Barahona, Tamayo, Barahona, Dominican Republic 2000 Cultivation of cut flowers (Three months training) JUNAR/CONSTANZA Garden, Constanza, La Vega, Dominican Republic 1/6 German-Ramirez, E.

Special Projects

2013 Jun-present, Regular Assignments Programs Exotic Wood Boring Beetle Program of Ambrosia Beetles Early Detection/Rapid Response Program of Invasive Bark Beetles Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) Program Surveys Golden Spotted Oak Borer Survey Golden spotted oak borer (Agrilus coxalis) Asian Longhorn Beetle Survey Asian longhorn beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) Light Brown Apple Moth Survey Light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana) Asian Gypsy Moth Survey Asian gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) Rosy moth (Lymantria mathura) Tomato Commodity Survey Tomato leaf minor (Tuta absoluta) Neoleucinodes (Neoleucinodes elegantalis) Golden twin spot moth or Tomato looper (Chrysodeixis chalcites) Corn Commodity and Nursery Survey Oriental leafworm moth (Spodoptera litura) Egyptian cottonworm (Spodoptera littoralis) Old world bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) Cotton Seed Bug Survey Cotton seed bug (Oxycarenus hyalinipennis) Cerceris Biocontrol Biosurveillance Survey Cerceris wasp (Cerceris fumipennis) Needle Date Palm Nematode Survey Needle nematode (Longidorus sp.) 2013 Jun-present, Pheromone/Trapping Insect Pheromone (types) Rubber septum (dispenser) Laminate (dispenser) String (dispenser) Manuka oil lure Z-3-hexanol lure Ethanol lure alpha –Pinene lure Ips lure/Ips paraconfusus bait Insect trap (types) Pyramid trap Lindgren multi-funnel Purple prism Jackson Wing trap Delta (large plastic) Plastic bucket (Unitrap)

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2013 Jun-present, Especial Tasks Programs Old world bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) emergency and delimitation program Jun. 2015, Manatee County, FL, CAPS Team (FDACS & USDA collaborators) Giant African Land Snail (Lissachatina fulica) Aug. 2014, Orange County, FL, CAPS Team Surveys Miridae/Tomato Pinworm (Keiferia lycopersicella) Biocontrol Survey Mar. 2014, Nesidiocoris tenuis (: Miridae), Charlotte County, FL, with S. W. Weihman and D. A. Restom Gaskill Prepona (Prepona laertes) ‘escaped butterfly’ survey Aug. 2013, Broward County, FL, CAPS Team First Detector Record Anatrachyntis simplex in De Soto County, FL Sept. 2015, record: E2014-8111-1, FDACS – DPI batatas in Sarasota County, FL Jan. 2015 with D. A. Restom Gaskill, record: E2015-162-1, FDACS – DPI Diploschizia kimballi in Hillsborough County, FL Oct. 2014 with D. A. Restom Gaskill, record: E2014-7357-1, FDACS – DPI Sephina gundlachi in Manatee County, FL Sept. 2014 with D. A. Restom Gaskill, record: E2014-6138-1, FDACS – DPI Amphiareus obscuriceps in Pinellas County, FL Feb. 2014 with L. Southerland, record: E2014-509-1, FDACS – DPI Mesophleps adustipennis in Manatee County, FL Dec. 2013 with D. A. Restom Gaskill, record: E2013-8799-2, FDACS – DPI Acanthepeira stellata in Charlotte County, FL Dec. 2013 with D. A. Restom Gaskill and R. Blaney, record: E2013-8798-6, FDACS – DPI Hentzia palmarum in Charlotte County, FL Dec. 2013 with D. A. Restom Gaskill and R. Blaney, record: E2013-8798-5, FDACS – DPI Peucetia viridans in Charlotte County, FL Dec. 2013 with D. A. Restom Gaskill and R. Blaney, record: E2013-8798-3, FDACS – DPI Oligonychus stickneyi in Manatee County, FL Nov. 2013 with D. A. Restom Gaskill, record: E2013-8487-1, FDACS – DPI Aphis eugeniae in Manatee County, FL Aug. 2013 with D. A. Restom Gaskill and L. Southerland, record: E2013-6134-1, FDACS – DPI

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Conferences Attendance 2015 Florida Ag Expo UF/IFAS, public outreach Gulf Coast Research & Education Center (GCREC), Nov. 2015, Wimauma, FL 2015 CAPS Annual Workshop, Tomato Commodity Survey presentation (co-author: D. Restom-Gaskill) FDACS-DPI, Feb. 2015, Gainesville, FL 2014 Florida Ag Expo UF/IFAS, public outreach Gulf Coast Research & Education Center (GCREC), Nov. 2014, Wimauma, FL 2014 Florida Small Farm and Alternative Enterprises Conference, public outreach Osceola Heritage Park, Aug. 2014, Kissimmee, FL 2014 First Detector Training Workshop, Hernando County Hernando County Cooperative Extension Service, Mar. 2014, Brookville, FL 2014 Heartland CISMA Annual Invasive Workshop Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area (CISMA), Mar. 2014, Lakeland, FL 2014 FDACS Outreach at Florida State Fair Florida State Fairgrounds, Feb. 2014, Tampa, FL 2014 CAPS Annual Workshop FDACS-DPI, Jan. 2014, Gainesville, FL 2013 Florida Ag Expo UF/IFAS, public outreach Gulf Coast Research & Education Center (GCREC), Nov. 2013, Wimauma, FL Graduate and Research Experience

Master’s Thesis Research 2012 A Faunistic Survey of Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) Occurring on Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) and Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) Agroecosystems in the Dominican Republic [Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, USA]  Collect and identify the mealybug fauna found in coffee and cacao agroecosystems  Confirm the presence or absence, and the host range of Planococcus lilacinus (Cockerell) in the Dominican Republic 2012 Guide and assistant (Summer 2012) Dr. Raymond Hix, CBC-CAFS, FAMU; USDA-APHIS off-shore mitigation strategy of an alien invasive species, Tibraca limbativentris (Stal.) [Hemiptera: Pentatomidae], in the Dominican Republic 2010-2012 Graduate Assistant Dr. Moses Kairo, Center for Biological Control (CBC), College of Agriculture and Food Sciences (CAFS), Florida A&M University (FAMU) 2011 Teaching Assistant (Fall 2011) Dr. Lee Anderson, Science, CAFS at Florida A&M University 2011 and 2010 Pseudococcidae slide mounting and identification training with Dr. Ian Stocks and Dr. Greg Hodges, FDACS, DPI, Bureau of Entomology. Gainesville, FL, USA Bachelor Sciences Thesis Research 2007 Comparative analysis of the image of the rural population in mass media versus their reality, at two communities in Guácimo, Limón, Costa Rica [EARTH University, Limón, Costa Rica]  Analyze the models which define rurality and its interpretation according to mass media  Elaborate a proposal that allow an analysis of rurality realness as contemporary concept Agronomy Technician Thesis Research 2003 Responses of different clones of musaceas to Black Sigatoka in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic [Loyola Polytechnic Institute, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic]  Evaluate the fitness of nine different musaceae clonal breeds versus field climate variables  Measure the impact of black sigatoka to nine different musaceae clonal breeds

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Research Presentations Oral Competition Entomological Society of America Meeting 2013 March, Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America Meeting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Poster Competition Entomological Society of America Meeting 2012 March, Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America Meeting in Little Rock, Arkansas Global Food Security and Plant Biosecurity Symposium 2011 2011 November, Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Entomological Society of America Meeting 2011 March, Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico Poster Presentation ARD’s 16th Biennial Research Symposium 2011 April, Association of 1890 Research Directors, Inc. Sustainable Solutions for Current and Emerging Issues at Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, Georgia The 10-Year Anniversary Symposium CBC 2010 April, Center for Biological Control (CBC), College of Agriculture and Food Sciences at Florida A&M University Publications

2014 German-Ramirez, E., M. T. K. Kairo, I. Stocks, M. Haseeb and C. A. Serra. 2014. New record of Hypogeococcus pungens (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in the Dominican Republic with comments on specific characters. Florida Entomologist 97(1), March 2014, 320-321pp. 2007 German-Ramirez, E., C. Montoya and J. C. Mazzola. 2007. Análisis comparativo de la imagen del campesino en los medios masivos de información con respecto a su realidad, en dos comunidades del cantón de Guácimo, Limón, Costa Rica. 70 pp. Source: EARTH University, Costa Rica [http://www.earth.ac.cr], Reviewed: Sept. 14, 2015. Available online: http://tierratropical.org/es/editions/edition-6-2-2010/comparative-analysis-of-the-image-of-the-peasant- farmer-in-the-mass-media-with-respect-to-their-reality-in-two-communities-in-guacimo-county-limon- costa-rica/ 2006 German-Ramirez, E., M. E. Batista, J. Mancebo, H. Ricardo and F. Rondon. 2006. Respuesta de Diferentes Clones de Musáceas a la Sigatoka Negra en San Cristóbal, República Dominicana. Source: Esporas Journal [Revista Esporas] Year III, Vol. I, #5. October, 2006, San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic (print edition) Future Publications Annotated checklist of Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) occurrence in Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) and Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) plantations of the Dominican Republic Host range and distribution of Puto baberi (Cockerell) [Hemiptera: Putoidae] among Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) Agroecosystems in the Dominican Republic Observation of the occurrence of Saccharicoccus sacchari (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) in the Dominican Republic

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Grants

2015 National Grant for Innovation and Scientific Development (FONDOCyT) 2015, Ministry of Superior Education Science and Technology, Dominican Republic. Medfly: monitoring and control alternatives for the Dominican Republic (2016 – 2020), Loyola Polytechnic Institute; San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic, Emmanuel A. Torres Quezada, Enger Germán-Ramírez, David E. Dean et al; funded: $200,000.00 2011 Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Program, Southern Region – Graduate Student Grant Competition. Project Title: A Faunistic Survey of Mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) and Their Natural Enemies Occurring on Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) and Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) Agroecosystems in the Dominican Republic. Budget: $8,988 (non-funded)

Honors, Awards & Competitions

2014 Plant Protection Program Award, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Plant Industry, Medallion of Merit, May 2014 2012 William L. Peters Memorial Scholarship, Reuben Capelouto Foundation Award Winner 2012-2013 2012 School of Graduate Studies and Research, Florida A&M University Graduate Studies and Research Travel Grant Award Winner 2011-2012 2012 Linnaean Games Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America Florida A&M University Team [Linnaean Games Coach: Dr. Raymond Hix] 2011 William L. Peters Memorial Scholarship, Reuben Capelouto Foundation Award Winner 2011-2012 2011 Linnaean Games Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America Florida A&M University Team [Linnaean Games Coach: Dr. Raymond Hix] 2010 William L. Peters Memorial Scholarship, Reuben Capelouto Foundation Award Winner 2010-2011 2004-2007 EARTH University Full Scholarship EARTH University Individual Full Scholarship by an Anonymous Donor 2005 EARTH University Entrepreneurial Game Overall Team Champion in Sector 2 Other Skills

Languages Spanish language fluency Portuguese language knowledge Computer software Microsoft office software skilled Statistical Analysis System (SAS) software knowledge eTrap – APHIS-PPQ-USDA Data collection software

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