Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, Entomology (1984).
B.S., Allegheny College, Biology (1978).
Professional Experience:
1988 - present: Research Entomologist, USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Morgantown, WV.
May 1984- March, 1988: Postdoctoral Research Associate: Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
1978-1984: Research Assistant, Division of Entomology and Parasitology, University of California, Berkeley, CA
January - May, 1984: Teaching Associate, Department of Forestry, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1983: Teaching Assistant, Department of Entomological Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1978: Research Assistant, Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1977: Teaching Assistant, Biology Department, Allegheny Colllege, PA
1975-1976 (summers): Biological Aid, Bioenvironmental Bee Laboratory, USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, MD.
1974 Gas station attendant, Don Wright's Exxon, Rockville, MD
Honors and Awards
Forest Insect and Disease Research Award, 1994, USDA Forest Service
Director's award for research excellence, 1994, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station
Outstanding teaching assistant award, Department of Entomological Sciences, University of California, 1983
National Science Foundation Junior Research Participation Fellowship at Bioenvironmental Bee Laboratory, USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Md., 1974.
Adjunct faculty, Dept. Geology & Geography, West Virginia University
Research Associate, The Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Membership in professional societies
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Ecological Society of America
Entomological Society of America
Society of Population Ecology
West Virginia Entomological Society
Publications
Over 100 publications. Click
here to view a list and
download copies of recent papers.