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Awards

  • Meatra D. Harrison Professional Development Scholarship. Texas Cooperative Extension. Texas A&M University. 2004.
  • Orkin Livestock Entomology Award: Outstanding Graduate Student, Livestock Insect Workers Conference. 2000.
  • Outstanding Ph.D. Student Scholarship, Georgia Entomological Society. 1999.
  • Outstanding Student Presentation, Southeastern Branch Student Award: Entomological Society of America. 1996.
  • J.H. Cochran Memorial Scholarship: Outstanding Graduate Student in Entomology, South Carolina Entomological Society. 1995.
  • Outstanding Chemistry Student, Middle Georgia College. 1991.

Committee Service

  • Planning committee. 2004. Blackland Income Growth Summer Agriculture Tour of the state of Georgia.
  • Consititution and by-laws committee. 2004-present. Co-founder and co-chair. North American Forensic Entomology Association. Founding member of association.
  • Constitution and by-laws committee. 2004-present. Co-founder and chair. Livestock Insect Workers Association. Founding member of association.
  • Editorial committee, Journal of Environmental Entomology. 2004-2009. Representative of Section D, Entomological Society of America.
  • Student awards committee. 2004. Southwestern Branch: Entomological Society of America. Lubbock, Texas.
  • Organizing committee. 2003. Co-founder. Development of North American Forensic Entomology Association.
  • Organizing committee. 2003. Chair and co-founder. Development of Veterinarian Entomology Association.
  • Search committee for vector entomologist. 2003. Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University.
  • Conference organizing committee. 2003. Initiated and developed first forensic entomology conference in North America. Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • Student Affairs Committee. 2000. Georgia Entomological Society.
  • Sigma Xi Membership Committee. 2000. Tifton Chapter, Tifton, Georgia.
  • O.I. Snapp Awards Committee. 2000. Georgia Entomological Society.
  • Forensic Sciences Panel. 2000. Department of Biology, University of Georgia.
  • Alumni Relations Committee. 1999-2000. College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia.
  • National Student Affairs Committee. 1999-2000.
  • Entomological Society of America. Vice-chairperson 1999, Chairperson 2000.
  • Travel Grants Selection Committee. 1998. Graduate Student Organization, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
  • Ka Pouhana (Mentor) Award Selection Committee. 1998. University of Hawaii at Manoa: College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources.
  • Curriculum Committee. 1997-1998. Department of Entomology, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
  • Ka Mea Kolo Outreach Program Committee. 1996-1997.
  • Department of Entomology, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Chairperson 1997.
  • Membership Committee. 1995-1996. South Carolina Entomological Society.

Experience

    Granting Review Panel
    • National Research Initiative. 2004-present.
    • National Institute of Justice. 2001-present.
    Journal Affiliation
    • Subject editor, Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 2004-present.
    • Manuscript reviewer, Journal of Medical Entomology, Entomological Society of America. 2003-present.
    • Manuscript reviewer, Journal of Environmental Entomology, Entomological Society of America. 2002-present.
    • Co-editor, Tymbal: University of Georgia Internet Information Page. 1998-1999.
    • Editor´s assistant, Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 1996-1997.
    Instructor or Faculty Affiliation
    • Adjunct professor, taught forensic entomology, AGRI 4903/5903-CJ4853/5153, Tarleton State University. 2003-present.
    • Adjunct professor, taught Anatomy & Physiology and Biology I, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. 2000-2002.
    • Certified instructor, Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council. 2000. Certification
    • Licensed South Carolina commercial pesticides applicator. 1995-1996.

Forensic Cases

  • Case number 010900573 of Valdosta Police Department, Valdosta, Georgia. Analysis of entomological evidence. September 2001.
  • Case number 01G-0358 of Gwinnett County Medical Examiner, Lawerenceville, Georiga. Analysis of entomological evidence. May 2001.
  • Case number 98033741 of the Smyrna Police Department, Smyrna, Georgia. Analysis of entomological evidence. November 1999.
  • Case number 99002294 of Hall County Sheriff´s Department, Gainesville, Georgia. Analysis of entomological evidence. February 1999.
  • Case number 990016742 of Hall County Sheriff´s Department, Gainesville, Georgia. Analysis of entomological evidence. February 1999.

Grants

    Funded or Pending
    • National Research Initiative. Utilizing semiochemicals to monitor parasitoid populations as an adjunct decision tool for pest management. Sumitted 2004 ($411,000.00).
    • Public Health Insecticide Research. Evaluation of innovative insecticides for control of filth flies in a deployed military setting. Submitted 2004 ($242,000.00).
    • Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program. Implementation of a pilot IPM program for Texas dairy producers. Submitted 2003 ($26,621.00).
    • U.S. Poultry & Egg Association. Characterization of behavioral response of gravid house fly, Musca domestica L., females to odors released by black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (L.), larvae. 2000 ($10,005.00). (Co-authored with D. Craig Sheppard).
    • Graduate School, University of Georgia, 2000 ($550.00).
    • Graduate Student Organization Travel Grant, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1997 ($500.00).
    • W.C. Nettles Memorial Grant, Department of Entomology, Clemson University, 1994 ($492.00).

    Not Funded

    • Advanced Technology Program. 2003. Using the black soldier fly to reduce dairy waste and produce a ruminant feed and soil fertilizer. $105,000.00. Co-authored with Drs. J. Muir, Texas A&M University, & B. Lambert, Tarleton State University.
    • Advanced Technology Program. 2003. Olfactory inhibition of house fly oviposition by black soldier fly larvae. $84,000.00. Co-authored with Dr. D. Bay, Texas A&M University.
    • Section 319(h) Agricultural/Silvicultural Nonpoint Source Program. 2003. Black soldier fly: Waste and nutrient management in dairies. $127,600.00. Co-authored with Dr. D. Weindorf, Tarleton State University.
    • Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education. 2003. Integrated pest management and sustainable agriculture on dairies in the leon water shed region of Texas. $79,000.00.
    • Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education. 2002. Development and distribution of a sustainable insect management practices CD-ROM for cooperative extention agents and vocational agriculture teachers in the Southeast. $10,000.00. Co-authored with Drs. N. Hinkle and G. Rains, University of Georgia.

Professional Membership

  • Texas Chapter: American Society of Agronomy, 2004-present
  • European Assocation of Forensic Entomology. 2003-present
  • American Academy of Forensic Sciences. 1996-present.
  • Sigma Xi, Scientific Honor Society. 1996-present.
  • Entomological Society of America. 1994-present.
  • Hawaiian Entomological Society. 1996-1998.
  • South Carolina Entomological Society. 1994-1996.

Professional Service

  • Medical-veterinary entomology section moderator. 2003. National: Entomological Society of America. Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • Symposium organizer. 2001. Forensic Entomology. Southeastern Branch: Entomological Society of America, Augusta, Georgia.
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