CIMSPIP has done an outstanding
job of offering training to undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral
research associates. Note that the scientists have been able to leverage
funds from complementary projects to generate significant funding for training.
Some of the undergraduate students who worked on CIMCPIP projects have now
entered the graduate programs. Most of the trainees are US citizens, and a
significant number are women.
Undergraduate Student Research Involvement:
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David Szabela, B.S. May 2003, Agricultural & Biological Engineering; Summer
2001 research assistant. M.S. Graduate Research Assistant beginning in May
2003. |
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Lucas
Crowder, B.S. May 2003, Agricultural & Biological Engineering; Summer
2002 research assistant. |
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Evan
Zimmerman, Freshman student in Agricultural System Management; Summer 2003
research assistant. |
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Philip Morton, B.S. expected May 2004, Entomology and Plant Pathology; Student
Research Assistant from 1999 to present. Awarded a Lou Wentz scholarship to
conduct research on trapping and spatial analysis of Indianmeal moth
populations.
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Andrew Puckette, B.S. expected May 2006, Entomology and Plant Pathology; Student
Research Assistant from 2002 to present. |
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Erin Harris, student in Agricultural Communications; Student Research Assistant
from 2001 to present.
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Stacy Saunders, undergraduate research assistant, 2002 to present.
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Paul Morton, undergraduate research assistant, 2002 to present.
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Justin Cordell, undergraduate research assistant, 2002 to present, dual
entomology and biochemistry major.
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Sarah Velasquez (2001) undergraduate research assistant.
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Lisa
McGavran (2001) undergraduate research assistant.
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Carmelita
Goosen (2001-present) undergraduate research assistant. |
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Jackie
Rowan (2001-present) undergraduate research assistant |
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Brandi Kaufman (2002-present) undergraduate research assistant
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Graduate
students:
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Waseem Akbar. M.S. May 2003. Evaluation
of interactions of surface-active agents with Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) for control of Tribolium
castaneum (Herbst).
Kansas State University.
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Tony Grace. Ph.D. Expected graduation December 2005.
Population genetics of the Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella. Hubner (Lepidoptera:Pyralidae).
Kansas
State
University. |
| Rizana Mahroof. Ph.D. Expected graduation May 2004.
Heat treatment as an alternative to methyl bromide fumigation for management of
the red flour beetle in food processing facilities and is heat tolerance in red
flour beetle mediated through heat shock proteins. Kansas State
University. |
| Zeb Larson. M.S. Expected graduation May 2004.
Gut bacteria in stored product insects associated with feed mills and their
antibiotic resistance. Kansas
State University. |
| Siva Mohandas. Ph.D. Expected graduation December
2005. Modeling population dynamics and effects of hydroprene on the critical
life history parameters of Indianmeal moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hübner).
Kansas
State
University. |
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Godfrey Ching’oma. Ph.D. Expected graduation
December 2006. Dispersal behavior of the lesser grain borer, Rhizopertha dominica
(Coleoptera: Bostrichidae).
Kansas
State
University. |
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Olgaly Ramos. Ph.D. Expected graduation December
2005. Entomopathogenic nematodes as biological control agents of
stored-product pests. Kansas State
University. |
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Dhanaraj Boina. M.S. Expected graduation December 2003. Development and
validation of thermal death kinetic models for the confused flour beetle,
Tribolium confusum (Jacquelin du Val), exposed to elevated temperatures. Kansas
State University. |
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Matt Grieshop. Ph.D.
Expected graduation December 2005. Spatial and structural factors affecting the
biological control of Plodia interpunctella by Trichogramma spp. in retail
stores. Kansas State University. |
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Erika Jensen. M.S.
Expected graduation December 2004. Distribution, survival and reproduction
of lesser grain borer (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae; Ryzopertha
dominica
) in wheat treated with diatomaceous earth. Kansas State University. |
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Yaowaluk Chanbang, Ph.D. Expected graduation December 2005.
Evaluation of diatomaceous earth, methoprene, and varietal resistance to control
the lesser grain borer in stored rice. Kansas State University. |
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Susan Reidel. Ph.D. New student, started in June 2003. Will be working on
a biological control dissertation project. Kansas State University. |
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Kendra
Siebert. M.S. New student, will start in August 2003. Will be
working on a project on the developmental genetics of Tribolium. Kansas State
University. |
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Jayne Christen. M.S. New student, started in June
2003. Will be working on the chemical ecology of entomopathogenic
nematodes. Kansas State University. |
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Michael D. Toews, Ph.D. May 2001. Using Traps to
Estimate Populations of the Rusty Grain Beetle, Cryptolestes ferrugineus, and
Other Beetles in Stored Grain. Oklahoma State University. |
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Sinedu Abate-Zeru, M.S. Dec. 2001. Natural Products as
Grain Protectants against Stored Product Insects. Oklahoma State
University. |
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Tamara L. Lukens, M.S., 2002. Cost and Effectiveness of
Integrated
Pest
Management Strategies Compared to Chemical Methods in Stored Wheat. Oklahoma
State University. |
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Ronda Danley, M.S., 2002. An Economic Evaluation of
Phosphine Fumigant Monitoring Devices in Commercial Grain Elevators. Oklahoma
State University. |
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Mukti Ghimire, M.S. candidate (expected graduation December
2003) Host Specificity of the Parasitoid Anisopteromalus calandrae of Stored
Grain Beetles. Oklahoma State University.
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Peter Edde, Ph.D. candidate (expected graduation May
2005). Chemical Ecology of Host Selection Behavior by Rhyzoptertha dominica. Oklahoma State University. |
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Kenra Mills, Ph.D. candidate (expected graduation May
2005). Economic Analyses of Integrated
Pest
Management Applications in the Stored Grain and Food Processing Marketing
System. Oklahoma State University. |
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Post doctorates:
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Mike
Toews. After completing
his PhD in 2001, Toews worked with Subi Bhadriraju on various aspects of the
efficacy of non-OP methods of controlling stored product insects.
Currently he is working with Jim Campbell in the USDA-GMPRC.
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Fangneng Huang, Department of Grain Science and Industry,
Kansas
State
University
. (2001-present). Works on behavioral ecology of stored product insects. |
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Rennie
Roesli, Department of Grain Science and Industry,
Kansas
State
University
(1999-August 2003). Undertook research on IPM. |
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Frank
Padula, Department of Grain Science and Industry,
Kansas
State
University
(2002). IPM of stored product insects. |
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Anil Menon, Department of Grain
Science and Industry,
Kansas
State
University
(1999-2001). IPM of stored product insects. |
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Gurunath Suryavanshi. Worked
with Sonny Ramaswamy and Jim Campbell on the chemical ecology of sawtoothed
grain beetle for one year.
Kansas
State
University. |
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Samuel Ochieng. Started
working on the CIMSPIP project in March 2003. He is continuing work on the
chemical ecology of sawtoothed grain beetle and Indian meal moth, working with
Ramaswamy and Campbell.
Kansas
State
University
.
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Klein Ileleji. Works with
Dirk Maier. He plans and performs the laboratory and pilot bin research,
and maintains collaboration with experts in other fields at the collaborating
consortium institutions. He is responsible to supervise undergraduate student
assistants that have been hired as part of this project.
Purdue
University
. |
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George Mbata. Dr. Mbata
joined the Phillips lab at OSU from April 1999 to August 2000, and again in the
summer of 2001 as a Postdoctoral Fellow studying the efficacy of various
physical control methods against stored-product insects as substitutes to
chemical fumigants.
Oklahoma
State
University |
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Christian Nansen. After
completing his Ph.D. in
Denmark
based on work on the larger grain borer in
Benin
, Dr. Nansen joined the Phillips lab. as a Postdoctoral Fellow in February 2001.
Nansen’s work centers on using synthetic sex pheromones and natural
ovipositition stimulants to develop lure-and-kill technologies against the
Indian meal moth, and also on geostatistical analysis of insect trap data.
Oklahoma
State
University
. |
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Rajshekhar Hulasare.
Postdoctoral Fellow beginning in January 2002 to study methods and applications
of low pressure for disinfestation of stored products and also to pursue
engineering aspects of grain storage structures relative to IPM practices.
Oklahoma
State
University. |
| S.D.D. Deshpande. Visiting scientist in the Phillips
lab. during May-June 2003 from the Center for Agricultural Engineering in
Bhopal
,
India
. Trained in non-chmeical methods for controlling grain insect pests. |
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