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Education

Ph.D. in Entomology, 1988

  • University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota.
  • Dissertation title: "Insect species infesting stored barley: their detection, distribution, estimation, and resistance to organophosphates."  GPA 3.93.

M.S. in Entomology, 1984

  • University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota.
  • Thesis title: "Susceptibility of larval instars of the Indianmeal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) to Bacillus thuringiensis-insecticide combinations."  GPA 3.96.

B.S. in Agriculture, 1981

  • Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, India. GPA 3.88.

Diploma, 1976

  • Menlo-Atherton High School, Atherton, California.
  
 

Employment

Professor, July 1, 2003 – present

Associate Professor, 1999 June to 2003 July

  • Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.

Associate Professor and Extension Educator, 1996 July to 1999 May

  • Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Assistant Professor and Extension Educator, 1989 August to 1996 June

  • Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Post-Doctoral Research Associate, 1988 April to 1989 August

  • Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.

Graduate Research Assistant, 1982 January to 1988 April

  • Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota.
  
 

Research Experience and interests

  • Management of insects using elevated temperatures
  • Effects of ultrasound on reproduction of storage moths
  • Developing of IPM programs for the food and retail industries
  • Model environmental effects on insect development and survival
  • Pesticide toxicology and resistance 
  • Develop survey and sampling techniques                 
  • Develop/evaluate trapping technologies  
  
 

Teaching Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1982 to 1985, 1987 and 1988

  • Economic Entomology Laboratory, University of Minnesota. Prepare and give frequent guest lectures in basic entomology, toxicology, agronomy, and pest management courses for undergraduates and graduates at the University of Minnesota (1986 to 1999); lectured at Kansas State University (1988 to 1989).

Associate Professor, 1999-2003; Professor, 2003 - present

  • Teach GRSC 651 (4 credits) and GRSC 710 (2 credits) courses in the Department of Grain Science and Industry. Teach ENTOM 805 (3 cr) course in the Department of Entomology. Give presentations at International Grains Program and American Feed Industry Association short courses.
 
 

Extension/ Outreach experience

  • Coordinate Pesticide Impact Assessment Program activities within the state, providing information on pesticide safety and registration/reregistration status to public, county agents, extension agents, and industry representatives, 1990-1999.
  • Evaluate impact of existing and new pesticide regulations in crop production.
  • Collect data on pesticides used on various crops.
  • Participate and present talks at pest control operator, stored grain, and food processing pest management conferences.
  • Publish extension bulletins, folders and fact sheets on various topics (see addendum).
  • Pest problem diagnosis and remediation.
 
 

Industry Experience

  • Visit food-processing facilities to survey premises and/or transportation vehicles for insect infestation and explore options for insect management; present talks on insect biology, ecology, and control.
  • Assist pest control companies in identifying insect species; recommend management strategies.
  • Conduct research on stored-food pests and pesticides or pesticide alternatives upon request.
  • Assist businesses involved in the food industry by investigating consumer complaints.
  • Serve as an “expert witness” in law suits, especially those pertaining to contamination of foodstuffs with insects or insecticides.
  • Consulted with over 20 grain and food companies on issues related to insect infestations. Presently consulting with Anheuser Busch to develop a pesticide management program for their rice mills and breweries.
  
 

Supervisory Skills

Managed and supervised postdoctoral research associates technicians, research specialists and junior scientists in various laboratory and field experiments at the University of Minnesota and Kansas State University (6 postdoctoral fellows, and over 20 technicians).

 
 

Conferences/ WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED AND MODERATED

At Kansas State University (1999–present)  

  • Organizer/Moderator for the "Pest Management and Heat Treatment Workshops" held three days before the International Association of Operative Millers Annual Technical and Trade Show,  May 14-15, 2004, Wichita and Manhattan, Kansas.

  • Organizer/Moderator for the symposium on, "New products and Technologies for the Future" at the North Central Branch Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, March 28-31, 2004, Kansas City, Missouri.

  • Organizer, “Fourth Stored Product Pest Management and Heat Treatment Workshop”, August 5-7, 2003. Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.

  • Co-organizer/Co- moderator for the symposium on, "Entomology and Food Safety" at the Annual Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting,  October 26-29, 2003, Cincinnati, Ohio.

  • Coordinator, "Sixth National Stored Product IPM Training Conference", August 19–21, 2002, Manhattan, Kansas.

  • Co-convener for the theme on "Biology, detection, and biological control of infesting organisms" at the Eighth International Working Conference on Stored Product Protection, July 22–26, 2002, York, U.K.

  • Organizer/Moderator for session on "Quality Preservation and Food Safety" for the International Wheat Quality Conference II, May 20–24, 2001, Manhattan, Kansas.

  • Organizer, "Third Stored Product Pest Management and Heat Treatment Workshop", August 6–8, 2001. Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.

  • Organizer, "Second Heat Treatment Workshop", August 14–16, 2000. Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.

  • Co-chair, "Sampling and Trapping" session at the International Conference on Controlled Atmospheres and Fumigation, October 29–November 3, 2000, Fresno, California.

  • Organizer/Moderator for a symposium on, "Management of stored product insects in the 21st century: uncertainties and challenges, Parts 1 and 2". North Central Branch Entomological Society of America meeting, 2000, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

  • Organizer, "First Heat Treatment Workshop", August 4–6, 1999. Department of Grain Science and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.

At University of Minnesota (1989–1998)

  • Co-convener, "Inert Dusts" session at the 7th International Working Conference on Stored-Product Protection, October 14–19, 1998, Beijing, China.

  • Co-convener/Moderator, "Trapping and Sampling" session at the 7th International Working Conference on Stored-Product Protection, October 14–19, 1998, Beijing, China.

  • Organizer/Moderator, "FAO Workshop on Pesticide Resistance in Stored-Product Insects", November 26–28, 1996, Mexico City, Mexico.

  • Steering Committee Member, "Regional Stored Grain Integrated Pest Management Workshop, 1994", Fargo, North Dakota.

  • Panel member, "Standardization of trapping techniques".  Third International Stored-Product Insect Trapping Workshop, April 17–21, 1994, Canberra, Australia.

  • Co-organizer/Co-moderator, informal conference on "Stored-Product Insects" with Dr. John D. Sedlacek, Kentucky State University, Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting, December 1990, San Antonio, Texas.

  • Coordinator/Planning Committee member, "First International Stored-Product Insect Trapping Workshop", December 1990, San Antonio, Texas.

  
 

Computer Literacy

  • Proficient in using main frame and IBM/Macintosh computers for various applications including managing databases, word processing, bar coding, statistics, geostatistics, presentations, model fitting, and web designing.
  • Well-versed with spreadsheets, color graphics and presentation applications.
  • Program and conduct statistical analysis using the Statistical Analysis System (SAS).
  • Well-versed with ArcView (GIS), Surfer, Geo-EAS, Variowin (Geostatistics), MS Access, and MS FrontPage 2000 programs.
  

 
 

Honors & Honor Societies

  • Recipient of the 2004 Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)  Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award  
  • Participant, National Food Processor Association's Train-the-Trainer HACCP Workshop. 16-18 September 2003, Washington, D.C.
  • Regular columnist, “Milling Journal” (2002 – present)
  • College of Agriculture’s 2002 Spring Semester Outstanding Faculty Award.
  • Faculty Advisor, Indian Student Association, Kansas State University, 2001-2002.
  • Received Distinguished Service Recognition from the Association of Operative Millers for speaking at their 2000 May 9th (Kansas City, Missouri) and 2002 May 7th (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Annual Technical and Trade Show.
  • Received a certificate for giving an invited talk on August 24th, 2000 at the International Congress of Entomology meeting in Iguassu Falls, Brazil.
  • Active Member, Food Protection Committee of the Association of Operative Millers, 1999-present.
  • Recipient of the 1997 University of Minnesota Academic Staff Award.
  • Recipient, Minnesota Gamma Sigma Delta Certificate for Academic Excellence in an Agricultural Field.
  • Member, Epsilon Sigma Phi (National Honorary Extension Fraternity, 1990-2003).
  • Coach, championship team, 1988 North Central Branch Entomological Society of America (NCB-ESA) Linnaean games. 
  • Member, championship team, 1986 NCB-ESA Linnaean Games.
  • Vice-President, Frenatae (University of Minnesota Department of Entomology Graduate Student Association), 1985-1986.
  • Department of Entomology Graduate Student Scholarship, December 1984.
  • Recipient of numerous certificates of appreciation and letters of commendation from businesses, organizations, peers, U.S. and foreign government or scientific agencies/departments.
 
 

Peer Reviewer

  • Applied Engineering in Agriculture 
  • Canadian Entomologist
  • Crop Protection 
  • Environmental Entomology
  • Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
  • Integrated Pest Management Reviews
  • Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology
  • Journal of Economic Entomology
  • Journal of Entomological Science
  • Journal of Kansas Entomological Society
  • Journal of Stored Products Research
  • Tropical Agriculture
  • University of Rajshahi Journal of Zoology (Bangladesh)
  • USDA's NRICGP Grants
  • USDA’s Small Business Innovative Research Grants
  • US Civilian Research and Development Foundation
  
 

Scientific & Professional Affiliations

  • American Association of Cereal Chemists (current)
  • Association of Operative Millers (current)
  • Entomological Society of America (current)
  • Secretary, North Central Region Pesticide Impact Assessment Program (1995–1996)
  • Member, City of Minneapolis Pesticide Task Force (1994–1995)
  • Scientific Advisory Panel member, Institute of Agriculture and Trade Policy, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1993–1996)
  • American Oat Association (1995)
 
  Committees

(at K-state)  

  • Member, Wheat Research Summit, August 31, 2004
  • Chairman, Department of Grain Science and Industry Safety and Sanitation Committee (1999-2004)
  • Member, Department of Grain Science and Industry Computer Committee (1999-2004)
  • Member, College of Agriculture Safety Committee (2002-present)
  • Member, College of Agriculture Committee on Effective Instruction (2002-present)
  • Member, Department of Entomology’s IPM and Pesticide Steering Committee (2001-present)
  • Member, Undergraduate Curriculum (ad hoc) Committee (2003) 
  • Member, College of Agriculture Dean/Director Search Committee (2003, ad hoc)
  • Member, Department of Grain Science and Industry Head Search Committee (2003, ad hoc)
  • Member, UG recruitment task force (2003, ad hoc).
 
 

Publications

  • Currently co-editing a book with Dr. D. W. Hagstrum for Haworth Press, U.K. on “Recent Advances in Stored Product Protection.” (At Kansas State University)
  • Co-wrote a text book on “Fundamentals of Stored-Product Entomology” with Dr. D. W. Hagstrum.  Anticipated publication date is January 2004. (At Kansas State University)
  • Co-edited a book, Alternatives to Pesticides in Stored-Product IPM, 2000 (Kluwer Academic Publishers, MA), with Dr. David W. Hagstrum; wrote four of the book's fifteen chapters. (At Kansas State University)
  • Wrote 6 book chapters (At Kansas State University)
  • Co-edited a book, Integrated Management of Insects in Stored Products, 1995 (Marcel Dekker, New York), with Dr. David W. Hagstrum; wrote two of the book's nine chapters
  • Edited FAO Proceedings, Pesticide Resistance in Stored-Product Insects: Detection, Estimation, Management and Education, based on meeting held in Mexico City, Mexico in 1996.  Anticipated publication date, Summer 2004
  • Published research papers, primarily on stored-food insects and insect management, in reputed national and international journals
  • Wrote extension and popular articles on topics of interest to county agents, regulators, food processors, industry sanitarians, pest control operators, grain managers and the general public
 
 

Presentations

  • Presented invited talks and seminars on topics related to pesticides, pesticide alternatives, stored-product insects, and insect management at various organizations, conferences and meetings in the U.S., England, Australia, Canada, China, and Cyprus. 
  • Presented papers and posters at International Conferences on Stored-Product Protection. 
  • Delivered talks at pest management conferences; presented papers and posters at professional meetings throughout the United States. 
  
 

PERSONAL

  • U.S. Citizen
  • Hobbies include chess, reading, painting, biking, photography, and playing basketball