Professor
Distinguished Professor of Entomology & UCD Cancer Center
Director, NIEHS-UCD Superfund Program
PI, NIH Biotechnology Training Program
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8584
Office: (530) 752-7519
Fax: (530) 752-1537
Education:
1973 U.S. Army Academy of Health Science, San Antonio, Texas
Public Health Medical Officer. Medical Science Certificate
1969-1973 University of California, Berkeley, California
Ph.D. Major: Entomology/Toxicology
1965-1969 University of California, Berkeley, California
B.S. Major: Entomology; Minor: Zoology & Chemistry
Professional Experiences:
1/75-11/80 Division of Toxicology and Physiology, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside
Assistant Professor of Entomology and Assistant Entomologist
12/80-7/83 Departments of Entomology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis
Associate Professor of Entomology & Environmental Toxicology
7/83-9/98 Departments of Entomology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California Davis
Professor of Entomology and Environmental Toxicology
7/83-Present Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis
Professor of Entomology
7/86-7/87 Pharmacology/Toxicology Graduate Group Chair, University of California, Davis
9/87-Present Program Director, NIEHS Superfund Research Program Project, University of California, Davis
10/99-Present Founding member U.C. Davis Medical School Cancer Center
2002-Present Director, NIH Training Grant in Biotechnology
2003-Present Appointed Distinguished Professor, University of California, Davis
Military:
Reserve Officer, U.S. Army Medical Service Corps. 1969-77
Major Honors and Fellowships:
1965-69 L.S.U. Non-Resident Scholar Award
1966-69 L.S.U. College of Agriculture Scholarship
1968 Phi Kappa Psi Summerfield Scholarship
1968 Alpha Zeta Top Sophomore Award
1969 Dairy Association Top Senior Award Scholarship
1969 (declined) Phi Kappa Phi Fellowship
1969-72 NDEA Title IV Fellowship
1969-73 NSF Fellowship, NDEA Fellowship U.C. Berkeley
1973-74 Rockefeller Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. Northwestern University
1978-84 National Institutes of Health Research Career Development Award
1982-87 Frasch Foundation Award in Agricultural Chemistry
1987-92 Burroughs Wellcome Toxicology Scholar Award
1988-89 Fogarty Foundation Fellow, NIH
1988-89 Visiting Fellow, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University
1993 Burroughs Wellcome International Fellowship, NERC Laboratory, Oxford University
1993 International Award in Pesticide Chemistry, American Chemical Society
1993 CNRS Fellowship University Pasteur, Strasbourg
1994 Kenneth A. Spencer Award in Agricultural Chemistry
1995 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Award in Agriculture
1996 Alfred M. Boyce Lecturer, University of California, Riverside
1996 Hong Memorial Lecturer in Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Illinois Univ., Urbana
1997 NSF International Fellowship, US/Australia
1997 Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America Award, Zeneca Ag Products
1997 McMaster’s International Fellowship, CSIRO Australia
1997-2007 NIEHS Merit Award
1998 Entomology Society of America Recognition Award, Insect Physiology, Biochemistry & Toxicology
1998 National Entomological Society of America Award in Insect Physiology
1999 Agriculture Research Service Sterling B. Hendricks Memorial Lecturer
1999 National Academy of Sciences
2000 University of California Davis Distinguished Research Faculty Lecturer
2000 University Medal
2003-Present University of California Davis Distinguished Professor
2003-06 University of Queensland, Australia, Honorary Professor, School of Molecular & Microbial Sci.
2008 University of California Davis Distinguished Teaching Award
2009-Present George and Judy Marcus Senior Fellow, American Asthma Foundation
2010 Fellow of the Entomological Society of America
Lectureships:
Alfred M. Boyce Lecturer, University of California, Riverside (1996)
Hong Memorial Lecturer in Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana (1996)
C.V. Riley Memorial Lecturer, College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources, Univ. of Missouri (1996)
Paul Dahm Memorial Lecturer in Insecticide Toxicology. Iowa State University, Ames , IA (1998)
John Doull Lecturer in Toxicology (1999)
Agriculture Research Service Sterling B. Hendricks Memorial Lecturer (1999)
University of California, Davis Faculty Research Lecturer (2000)
Visiting Professorship University of Queensland, Brisbane Australia (2002)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS/NIH) Distinguished Lecturer (2006)
Memberships:
National Academy of Science
American Chemical Society - Agriculture Chemicals Division
AOAC International
Entomological Society of America
Society of Toxicology
International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics
ASPET – American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Research Projects in Progress:
Insect Research
Exploit a fundamental understanding of insect developmental biology for the control of insect pests.
Develop site-directed inhibitors for enzymes involved in juvenile hormone metabolism.
Design chemical and biochemical agents for the disruption of insect development.
Use cloned proteins expressed in baculovirus vectors for insect control.
Investigate regulation of endocrine events at the molecular level.
Mammalian Research
Examine effect of hepatic enzymes on foreign compounds in diet & the influence of these compounds on hepatic enzymes.
Examine the mechanism of action of nongenotoxic carcinogens & their influence on esterases, epoxide hydrolases, & glutathione transferases.
Design selective inhibitors, substrates & purification systems for hepatic esterases & epoxide hydrolases.
Clone and hyper-express esterases and epoxide hydrolases for structural and toxicological studies.
Immunochemistry
Develop the technologies for application of immunochemistry to toxicological & environmental research.
Develop mono- and polyclonal based immunoassays for environmental contaminants.
Develop immunoassay systems to evaluate human exposure.
Explore monoclonal, polyclonal and cloned antibodies for biosensor development.