Phone: 979-260-9519

 Fax: 979-260-9386

zeus@usda-apmru.tamu.edu

Current Research

• Collection efficiency of the Keep It Simple Sampler (KISS) in early-season cotton

• Evaluate the use of puncture characteristics for estimating oviposition

• Temporal pattern of Mexican corn rootworm reproductive phenology

Education:

• 1986-90 Tarleton State University; major, Agricultural Education; B.S. 1990
• 1990-92 Tarleton State University; major, General Agriculture; M.S. 1992
• 1993-2000 Texas A&M University; major, Entomology; Ph.D. 2000
  

Employment:

• 1988-90 Student Intern, Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Stephenville, TX
• 1990-92 Extension Assistant - Entomology, Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Stephenville, TX
• 1992-2000 Biological Science Technician - Insects, Areawide Pest Management Research Unit, USDA-ARS, College Station, TX
• 2000-present Research Entomologist, Areawide Pest Management Research Unit, USDA-ARS, College Station, TX

Professional Society Memberships, Offices, and Appointments:

• Entomological Society of America (ESA)
• Southwestern Entomological Society
• Southwestern Branch ESA Committees:
  • Student Affairs (1996); Membership (1996-present); Linnaean Games (2001)
    

Honors and Awards:

• Alpha Zeta
• Gamma Sigma Delta
• Southwestern Branch ESA Graduate Student Paper Award – 1994
• USDA Certificate of Merit, 1997 & 1998 
• USDA-ARS & TAMU ‘FIRST STEP’ award, 2000