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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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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