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Curriculum
Vitae:
July 26, 2012
Howard Ferris
Distinguished
Professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology
Phone: (530) 752-8432
Lab phone: (530)
752-2124
FAX: (530) 752-5674
E-mail:
hferris@ucdavis.edu
Website: http://plpnemweb.ucdavis.edu/nemaplex
EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Ph.D. 1972.
Major Professor: Dr C.J.
Nusbaum
Major: Plant Pathology
Minor: Ecology
M.S. 1968.
Major Professor: Dr N.G.M.
Hague
Major: Zoology
Diploma 1965.
State Agricultural University, Wageningen.
Professor: Dr M. Oostenbrink
Major: Nematology
B.S. 1964.
Majors: Botany and Zoology
RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT
May 2012 – present:
Distinguished Professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology,
University of California, Davis, and Nematologist in the Agricultural Experiment
Station
June 2011 – present:
Affiliate Professor,
Escuela de Posgraduados, CATIE, Costa Rica.
May 1985 – April 2012
Professor of Nematology and Nematologist in the
Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Nematology,
July 1983 - April 1985:
Professor of Nematology and Nematologist in the Agricultural Experiment
Station, Department of Nematology,
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,
September 1973 - July 1978
Assistant Nematologist in the Agricultural Experiment Station and
Lecturer, Department of Nematology,
July 1972 - August 1973
Acting Assistant Nematologist in the Agricultural Experiment Station and
Lecturer, Department of Nematology,
August 1968 - June 1972
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology,
January 1964-July 1968
Research Scientist, Department of Nematology, Tobacco research Board,
Harare, Zimbabwe
HONORS & AWARDS
Ciba-Geigy Recognition Award for Excellence, 1984.
First International Congress of Nematology,
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.
Fellow, Society of Nematologists, 1995
Affiliate Professor,
Centro
Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
(CATIE), Costa Rica.
Invited
Keynote Speaker:
2007 International Symposium on Nematodes as Bioindicators, Edinburgh, Scotland
2008
Fifth International Nematology Congress,
Brisbane, Australia.
2009 Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America, Maceio, Brazil
2009 Bongers and Loof Symposium on Nematode Ecology and Systematics,
Wageningen, Netherlands
2011 Nematological Society of Southern Africa, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Some Other Recent Invited Presentations and Seminars;
2009. Contribution of nematodes to the
structure and function of the soil food web, Society of Nematologists/ Soil
Ecology Society. Burlington, Vermont.
2009. Nematode Ecology: Escuela de Posgraduados, CATIE,
Costa Rica.
2009 Ecosystem services of
nematodes in sustainable soil management.
The Ohio State University.
2009 Ecosystem services of
nematodes in sustainable soil management. Rothamsted Research, UK.
2009 Interactions, Functions and Services:
Nematodes in the Soil Food Web. Soil Fungus Conference. Salinas,
California.
2011.
Management and Stewardship: Nematodes in
the Soil Ecosystem. University of Pretoria, South Africa.
2011 Current and Future
Directions in Nematode Faunal Analysis.
Society of Nematologists 50th Anniversary, Corvallis. Oregon.
2012
Approaches in Faunal Analysis.
EUMAINE, Ghent, Belgium.
2012
Development
of grape rootstocks with broad and durable nematode resistance.
EUMAINE, Ghent, Belgium.
2012
Ecosystem Services: Nematodes and the Soil Foodweb. CATIE, Costa Rica.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
European Society of Nematologists
Society of Nematologists
Organization of Tropical American Nematologists
RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS
Nematode energetics and contributions to nutrient cycling.
Soil food webs.
Nematode and pest population biology and population assessment;
crop damage and loss assessment;
integrated pest and crop management.
Current Teaching Assignments: Nematology 100: General Plant Nematology
ADMINISTRATIVE & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2006-2007: Deputy Director, UC Davis
Agricultural Sustainability Institute
2005-2006: Ecology, Evolution,
Environmenmt, Organismal Biology Panel, Science Foundation of
2004-2009: 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/Nematology
1990-1992: Chair, Division of
Agriculture and Natural Resources - Division Planning Group in
1982-1984: Associate Director, UC
Statewide Integrated
1980s: Associate Editor, Journal of
Nematology.