Thomas Phillips

Thomas W. Phillips

Dept. of Entomology
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK 74078
Phone: (405) 744-9408
Fax: (405) 744-6039
E-mail: tomp@okstate.edu
Homepage: http://entoplp.okstate.edu/profiles/phillips.htm

Education

1984	Doctor of Philosophy (Biology, Entomology Concentration) SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, New York
1981	Master of Science (Biology, Entomology Concentration) SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, New York
1978	Bachelor of Science (Biology) Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

Employment

1996 - date
Associate Professor
Dept. of Entomology, Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK

1995 - 1996
Research Entomologist
USDA ARS Tropical Fruit and Vegetable Research
Laboratory, Hilo, HI

1990 - 1994
Research Entomologist and Assistant Professor
USDA ARS Stored Products Insect Research Unit
Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

1986 - 1990
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

1984 - 1985
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Spring and Summer, each year)
Department of Environmental and Forest Biology
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY

1984 - 1985
Visiting Instructor (Fall, each year)
The Ranger School, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Wanakena, NY

1984
Visiting Instructor (Summer)
Cranberry Lake Biological Station
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Cranberry Lake, NY

1979 - 1984
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Environmental and Forest Biology
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY

1976 Teaching Assistant (General Ecology, Fall)
Biology Department, Juniata College
Huntingdon, PA

Relevant Publications

Phillips, T. W., J. K. Phillips, F. X. Webster, R. T. Tang, and W. E. Burkholder. 1996. Identification of sex pheromones from the cowpea weevil, Callosobruchus maculatus, and related studies with C. analis (Coleoptera: Bruchidae). J. Chem. Ecol. 22: 2233-2249

Yan, G. and T. W. Phillips. 1996. Influence of tapeworm infestion on the production of aggregation pheromone and defensive compounds in Tribolium castaneum. J. Parasitol. 82:1037-1029.

Kenkel, P., G. Cuperus, T. Phillips, R. Noyes and J. Criswell. 1997. Biological preservation of grain quality: losses in storage and handling. Pp. 385-389 In: Steele, J. L. and O. K. Chung, eds., "Proceedings of the International Wheat Quality Conference," Grain Industry Alliance, Mahattan, KS.

Noyes, R. T., T. W. Phillips, G. W. Cuperus, D. K. Mueller and C. Schmidt. 1997. Application of ECO2FUME fumigant gas to stored wheat in steel bins. Proceeding of the Annual International Research Conference on Methyl Bromide Alternatives and Emissions Reductions. Published Abstract, pp. 75-1 t o75-2.

Phillips, T. W. 1997. Semiochemicals of stored-product insects: research and applications. J. Stored Prod. 33:17-30.

Phillips, T. W., R. T. Noyes, G. W. Cuperus, D. K. Mueller and C. Schmidt. 1997. Mortality of stored-product insects exposed to ECO2FUME fumigant gas. Proceeding of the Annual International Research Conference on Methyl Bromide Alternatives and Emissions Reductions. pp. 76-1 t o76-2.

Phillips, T. W., S. S. Sanxter, J. W. Armstrong and J. H. Moy. 1997. Quarantine treatments fro Hawaiian fruit flies: recent studies with irradiation, heat and cold. Proceeding of the Annual International Research Conference on Methyl Bromide Alternatives and Emissions Reductions. pp. 117-1 t o117-2.

Andreev, D., M. Kreitman, T. W. Phillips, R. W. Beeman, and R. H. ffrench-Constant. 1999. Multiple origins of insecticide resistance in Tribolium. J. Mol. Evol. In Press.

Gebre-Amlak, A., T. W. Phillips, G. W. Cuperus, S. Anderson, E. J. Eisenbraun and K. Payne. 1999. Repellency and toxicity of essential oils and major oil components from eastern red cedar, Juniperus virginaiana, to stored-product insects. J. Econ. Entomol. In prep.

Toews, M. D., G. W. Cuperus and T. W. Phillips. 1999. Susceptibility of eight U.S. wheat cultivars tto infestation by Rhyzopertha cominica (Fab.) (Coleptera: Bostrichidae). Envirn. Entomol. Submitted.

Armstrong J. W. and T. W. Phillips. 1998. Quarantine cold treatment for litchi: a tale of strange results. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance. Published Abstract.

Phillips, T. W. 1998. Stored product insect pheromones: unexploited opportunities. Pp. 105-107 In: Minks, A. K., ed. Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Insect Pheromones. Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Phillips, T. W. 1998. Cylinder-based phosphine for control of postharvest insect pests. Proceeding of the Annual International Research Conference on Methyl Bromide Alternatives and Emissions Reductions. Published Abstract, pp. 86-1 to 86-4.