News & Events
December 30, 2011
Harvey Teyler Retires from Alamosa Mosquito Control District.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
WCMVCA 38th Annual Meeting!
2012 Call For Papers: Memo & Instructions - Submission Form
The deadline to submit papers is December 27, 2011. Please contact Kristine Bennett at (970) 219-5965 Kristine.bennett@colostate.edu
for more information.
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WCMVCA Election of Officers (2012)
Bios of Candidates:
Banu Kesavaraju:
I completed my undergraduate and masters degrees in India. I focused on herpetology for my masters degree with my final thesis being on Olive Ridley sea turtles. I switched research organisms and became interested in mosquitoes after I came to Illinois state university for my doctoral degree. At Illinois State University, I was part of a team that conducted most of its field work in Florida on the invasive biology of the mosquito Aedes albopictus. I graduated from Illinois State University in 2007 where I focused on the competitive interactions and anti predatory behavior of Ae. albopictus for my dissertation. I went on to do a post doctoral fellowship at Rutgers University and continued my work on Ae. albopictus focusing on its competitive interactions with other species in the presence of sub lethal levels of pesticides.
In 2009 I joined the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District as a biologist and I have been working on various topics like pesticide resistance, sugar baited traps and computer aided novel surveillance methods. I have more than 25 peer reviewed publications and serve as a reviewer for several medical entomology and ecology journals.
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Robert G. Hancock:
Robert G. Hancock is a dynamic and decorated teacher of Biology who happens to be a uniquely-skilled entomologist and an award-winning natural history filmmaker. Prior to taking a position three years ago at Metropolitan State College of Denver (MSCD), he worked for 15 years at Cumberland College (Now the University of the Cumberlands) in Kentucky.
Dr. Hancock has an extraordinary track record of providing undergraduates with significant research. Since 1993 he has mentored numerous undergraduate research projects most of which have been focused on the behavior and physiology of mosquitoes, bedbugs and other hematophagus insects. These students have benefitted tremendously from their research training and experience: most of them have gone on to earn graduate/professional degrees and now work as health-care professionals, scientists or educators.
Broadly-defined, he studies the behavior, physiology and ecology of mosquitoes, bedbugs and other insects using techniques ranging from laboratory analytical biochemistry to field entomology involving trapping, active collections and/or observations. His current research systems include 1) mosquito predation; 2) nectar feeding, energetics and ovarian maturation in front range vector and pest mosquitoes; 3) behavioral ecology of black flies and mosquitoes in the Colorado Rocky Mountains; and 4) swallow bugs and other arthropod parasites of cliff swallows.
Dr. Hancock is also an active filmmaker and, in addition to providing macro footage of insects for national and international television use, has completed full length documentaries on salt marsh mosquitoes and bedbugs. He is currently writing a documentary on the life and times of high-altitude mosquitoes in the Rocky Mountains.
When not teaching, filming or researching Hancock can often be found playing trumpet in his Wife Diane Jobe's Denver-based blues band.
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Jessica Schurich:
Education:
B.S. in Environmental Science, East Stroudsburg University, East Stroudsburg, PA (2003)
M.S. Candidate in Entomology, Bio Agricultural & Pest Management Department at Colorado State University (2010-present)
Applicable Background:
9 seasons of experience working for municipal and county level mosquito control programs to monitor and limit West Nile risk in Pennsylvania and Colorado. Broad field and lab experience in larvicide applications, larval habitat identification, mosquito identification, and surveillance monitoring. Since 2006 Jessica has worked as an Operations Manager for Colorado Mosquito Control (CMC). She oversees the training & staffing, development, implementation, and execution of all components of the Integrated Mosquito Management Programs (IMM) for Northern Colorado.
Member: American Mosquito Control Assn.
West Central Mosquito & Vector Control Assn.
Licensed: Qualified Pesticide Applicator - Colorado Department of Agriculture/US EPA
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Stephanie Whitman:
Education:
Bachelor of Arts; Biology, Western State College Colorado
Post Grad: Environmental Health Sciences, Montana State University
Related Positions:
Environmental Health Specialist, Seattle King Co, Health Dept
Director Environmental Health and Mosquito Control, City of Laramie
Senior Public Health Products Technical Specialist, Valent BioSciences Corporation
Mosquito Control Positions Held:
Director of Environmental Health City of Laramie WY
Environmental Health Specialist, Seattle King County Environmental Health
State/Regional/National/International Association Positions or Committee Assignments:
SOVE North West Regional Rep
AMCA Industry Rep
WMMA President
WMMA Industry Rep
WCMVCA Board Member
WCMVCA Treasure
Academic Positions Held/Awards:
Registered Environmental Health Specialist, National Environmental Health Association
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Latest WCMVCA Newsletter Now Available
The WCMVCA Newsletter Volume 1/2 Fall 2009 is hot off the PDF presses.
Click here: WCMVCA Newsletter vol 1-2 Fall 2009
Previous Issues:
WCMVCA Newsletter vol 1-1 Summer 2009
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