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February 2006 Society for Invertebrate Pathology Vol. 39, No. 1Nominees for Vice PresidentSubcommittee of the Organizing Committee,International Organization for Biological ControlInternational Conference, “Technology Transfer inBiological Control: From Research to Practice”,Montpellier, France; 1997/98: President,Entomological Society of Alberta; 1993 - 95:President, Canadian Forum for Biological Control;1991-93: Secretary, Entomological Society ofAlberta; 1991: Chairman, Working Group on LRSRegional Biocontrol Centre Proposal; 1991-92:Member, LRS Biocontrol Centre Committee; 1991- 95: Chairman, Professional Institute of the PublicService of Canada, Research Scientist LethbridgeSubgroup; 1990 - 95: Member, PIPSC-Management Consultative Committee.Memberships Society for Invertebrate Pathology,Entomological Societies of Canada and Alberta,International Organization for Biological Control,Canadian Forum for Biological Control, TheCanadian Biocontrol NetworkDr. Mark GoettelEducation: 1975: B.Sc. in Biology, ConcordiaUniversity1977 M.Sc. in Insect Ecophysiology, University ofOttawa1987: Ph.D. in Insect Pathology, University of Alberta.Experience: 1988 - Present: Research Scientist, InsectPathology, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada,Lethbridge Research Centre; 1987 - 1988: NSERCPostdoctoral Fellow, Insect Pathology Resource Centre,Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University; 1978 -81: Research Entomologist, Dept. of Health, Suva, Fiji.Service to SIP Member of the Society since 1983;Member of Divisions on Microbial Control andFungi; 2001 - present: Chair, SIP MeetingsCommittee; 1997: Chair, SIP Local MeetingArrangements Committee, Banff 1997; 1991 - 93:Assistant Editor, SIP Newsletter; 1993 - 2001Editor, SIP Newsletter; 1994 - 98: SIP Trustee;1993: Chair, Safety Publications Subcommittee;1989-91: Chairman, SIP, Division on MicrobialControl, past-chair, 91-93; 1985/86: Member, SIPNew Initiatives Committee.Interests Microbial control of insect pests, developmentand commercialization of microbial control agents, safetyand registration of microbials and more specifically,regulatory requirements and their impact of microbialcontrol.Professional Activities: 1996 - present: AdjunctProfessor, Simon Fraser University; 2001 - present:Editor-in-Chief, Biocontrol Science and Technology;1996- present: Member, Editorial Board, BiologicalControl; 2001 - 2002: Member, Board of Directors, TheBiocontrol Network;1999: Member, Organizing Committee, InternationalSymposium, Biological Control Agents in Crop &Animal Protection, University of Wales, Swansea; 1999 -2004: Chair, Bylaws, Rules and Regulations Committee,Entomological Society of Canada; 1998: Member,Organizing Committee, British Mycological SocietySymposium, The Future of Fungi in the Control of Pests,Weeds and Diseases, Southampton, United Kingdom;1997 - 2000: Director-at-Large, Entomological Society ofCanada; 1996: Member, Scientific ProgramPage 12Dr. Jorge IbarraEDUCATION: B.Sc. in Biology at Universidad A.de Nuevo León (Mexico) (1976); M.Sc. (Hons.) inEntomology at Colegio Superior de AgriculturaTropical, (Mexico) (1978); Ph.D. in Entomology atthe University of California, Riverside (USA)(1986), with emphasis on Insect Pathology and
February 2006 Society for Invertebrate Pathology Vol. 39, No. 1Molecular Biology. Recipient of the Harry S. SmithAward, 1985 (UCR).EXPERIENCE: Lab Assistant (UANL, 1973-1974),Lab Instructor (UANL, 1974-1975, 1977-1978),Professor (UANL, assist., assoc., full, 1978-1983); Headof the General Biology Lab (UANL, 1979-1982);Research Assistant (UCR, 1982-1986); PostdoctoralResearch Assistant (UCR, 1986); Full-time professor(CINVESTAV-México, since 1986); Chairman of theDepartment of Biotechnology and Biochemistry(CINVESTAV, 1996-1999); Sabbatical leave(Chercheur-stagiaire) (Institut Pasteur-Paris, 1999, hostedby A. Delecluse).PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Editorial board,Biological Control (1994-2000). Editorial board,Biopesticides International (since 2004). Reviewer for:Journal of Invertebrate Pathology (1996-2005),Biological Control (2002-2005), BioControl (2005), BioTechniques (2001-2003), FEMS Microbiology Letters(2003-2004), FEMS Microbiology Ecology (2003),Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture (2004),In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology- Plant(2005), BMC Microbiology (2005), Manejo Integrado dePlagas y Agroecología (Costa Rica) (2003-2005),Vedalia (Mexico) (1993-2004) and seven more localjournals. Chairman of the organizing committee for the33 rd Annual Meeting of the Society for InvertebratePathology (2000). Organizer of three Latin AmericanCourses on Insect Microbial Control (Mexico, 1991,1993 and Argentina, 1996). Member of three organizingcommittees for three national meetings. Invited speaker(international): Ithaca, NY (1988), Palo Alto, CA (1991),China (1992), Peru (1998), Chile (1998), Spain (1999),Bolivia (2001), Chile (2003). Twenty years promotingthe use of insect pathogens as biological control agents inLatin America, as well as the use of genetically modifiedentomopathogens and plants, through courses, talks,collaborations, and student trainings, in Mexico, Cuba,Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile,Argentina, and Brazil.MEMBERSHIPS: Society for Invertebrate Pathology:Since 1984; member of the membership committee(1994-2003); trustee (1996-2000). Entomological Societyof America: Since 1983; member of the membershipcommittee for the Southwestern branch (1992-1994).Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society: Since 1985.Sociedad Mexicana de Control Biológico: Since 1991(Founding member); Trustee for the Central Region(1991-1993); Vice-President (1995-1997 and 2005-2007); Sociedad Mexicana de Entomología: Trustee forPage 13the Central Region (1995-1997). Regular memberof the Mexican Academy of Science: Since 1998.Member of the National System of Scientists(Mexico): Since 1986, currently at level III (thehighest).INTERESTS: Thirty-two years working inEntomology and 25 years working with Bacillusthuringiensis and other entomopathogens. Mostwork done on the selection and characterization ofnative strains of B. thuringiensis and otherentomopathogens, as well as on their diversity,detected through molecular tools. Search for newactivities of B. thuringiensis strains. Developmentof recombinant baculovirus and cyanobacteria toincrease or develop virulence to insects.Development of commercial formulations ofentomopathogenic fungi. Use of entomopathogenicnematodes to control tropical fruit flies.Nominees for SecretaryDr. Jenny CoryEducation: B.Sc. (Hons) 1979, University ofSheffield, UK.D.Phil. 1984, Oxford University, UK. “Aspects ofthe ecology of ground and rove beetles as related totheir pest control potential”.Experience: 1984 – 2003. Higher, Senior andPrincipal Scientific Officer, Natural EnvironmentResearch Council (NERC), Institute of Virology,Oxford UK (later the Institute of Virology andEnvironmental Microbiology and then the Centrefor Ecology and Hydrology, Oxford). Group leader,‘Molecular Ecology and Biocontrol’, then (from
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