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Curriculum Vitae: October 6, 2004
Howard Ferris
Department of Nematology
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-8432
FAX: (530) 752-5809
E-MAIL: HFERRIS@UCDAVIS.EDU
EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Ph.D. 1972. North Carolina State University.
Major Professor: Dr C.J. Nusbaum
Major: Plant Pathology Minor: Ecology
M.S. 1968. University of London.
Major: Zoology
Diploma 1965. State Agricultural University, Wageningen.
Professor: Dr M. Oostenbrink
Major: Nematology
B.S. 1964. University of London.
Majors: Botany and Zoology
RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT
May 1985 - present:
Professor of Nematology and Nematologist in the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Nematology, University of California, Davis
July 1983 - April 1985:
Professor of Nematology and Nematologist in the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside
July 1982 - July 1983:
Associate Professor of Nematology and Associate Nematologist in the Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside
July 1978 - July 1982
Associate Nematologist in the Agricultural Experiment Station and Lecturer, Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside
September 1973 - July 1978
Assistant Nematologist in the Agricultural Experiment Station and Lecturer, Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside
July 1972 - August 1973
Acting Assistant Nematologist in the Agricultural Experiment Station and Lecturer, Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside
August 1968 - June 1972
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
HONORS & AWARDS
Ciba-Geigy Recognition Award for Excellence, 1984. First International Congress of Nematology, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Phi Kappa Phi, Honor Society for Agriculture, 1972.
Sigma Xi, 1972.
Outstanding Paper of the Year Award, 1979 (with M.V. McKenry). American Journal of Enology and Viticulture.
Dimock Lecturer, 1983. Cornell University.
Fellow, Society of Nematologists, 1995
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
European Society of Nematologists
Society of Nematologists
Organization of Tropical American Nematologists
RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS
Nematode and pest population biology and population assessment; crop damage and loss assessment; integrated pest and crop management. Nematode energetics and contributions to nutrient cycling. Soil food webs.
Teach: Nematology 100: General Plant Nematology; Plant Biology 146 (with Don Phillips): Rhzosphere Ecology; Animal Biology 50C (with Rosie Woodroffe and Greg Lanzaro): Issues in Animal Biology.
ADMINISTRATIVE & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2005-2006: Ecology, Evolution, Environmenmt, Organismal Biology Panel, Science Foundation of Ireland.
2004-Present: Chair, Graduate Group in Integrated Pest management
1997-1998: UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Organization Transition Team.
1994-1997: Chair, Agricultural Resources Program Planning Advisory Committee, UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
1985-1994: Chair, Department of Nematology, UC Davis.
1992-Present: Associate Editor, Nematologica which has become Nematology
1990-1992: Chair, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Division Planning Group in Pest Management.
1982-1984: Associate Director, UC Statewide Integrated Pest Management Project.
1980s: Associate Editor, Journal of Nematology.