Education:
1981:
Ph.D., Zoology. University of London, U.K. Dissertation title: Ectoparasites
and other arthropod associates of the eastern chipmunk, Tamias striatus
(L.), in central Tennessee, USA.
1977: B.Sc., Zoology. Royal Holloway College, University
of London, UK.
Graduation with First Class Honours.
Employment:
2003 – present: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology,
Georgia Southern Univ.
1992-2003: Institute of Arthropodology & Parasitology, U.S. National Tick
Collection, Georgia Southern Univ., Statesboro, GA (Assistant Curator &
Assistant Professor, 1992-98; Associate Professor, 1998-2003).
1994-present: Research Associate (honorary position). Department of Mammalogy,
American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY.
1987-present: Research Associate (currently honorary position), Department of
Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
1990-1992: Research Epidemiologist/Entomologist. Departments of Arboviral
Entomology and Epidemiology, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of
Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD.
1989-1990: Research Associate, Department of Entomology,
Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL.
1982-1987: Research Associate. Department of Cell Biology, Vanderbilt Univ.
School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
Grants:
1978
& 1979: Two separate grant awards from the Central Research Fund of the
University of London to study rodent ectoparasites.
1985:
Award from the University of Maryland Medical School (NIH funds) to survey
mammal fleas in Indonesia.
1985:
Grant award from the National Geographic Society to study mammals, their
ectoparasites and potential disease relationships in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
1989:
Grant award from the Smithsonian Institution to catalog and curate the U.S.
National Collections of lice (Phthiraptera). Also, to provide identifications
of Anoplura on a worldwide basis.
1990
& 1991: Two separate fellowship awards from the National Research Council to
work in the Depts. of Arboviral Entomology and Epidemiology at USAMRIID, Fort
Detrick, Frederick, MD.
1990-1991: Grant award from the Celebes Fund of the American Museum of Natural
History, New York, to study mammal ectoparasites at that institution.
1992-1993: Georgia Southern Univ. Faculty Research Award to study tick ecology
on St. Catherines Island, GA.
1992-1994: Edward John Noble Foundation Grant award to study ecology and
vector potential of ticks on St. Catherine's Island, GA.
1995-1996: Nature Conservancy Council (NCC) grant award to study woodrats and
their ectoparasites at Broxton Rocks NCC site, GA.
1995-1996: Georgia Southern Univ. Faculty Research Award
to study woodrat ectoparasites.
1996-1997: American Wildlife Research Foundation grant award to study ticks
and spirochetes of migrating birds.
1997-1999: Edward John Noble Foundation Grant award to study ticks and
tick-borne pathogens of migrating birds.
1999-2000: Georgia Southern Univ. Faculty Research Award
to study ehrlichiosis infections in ticks.
1999-2004: National Institutes of Health RO1 grant award (to J. E. Keirans, L.
A. Durden & Q.-Q. Fang) to study “Biosystematics of medically important tick
vectors.”
2000-2003: Dept. of Interior (NRPP) grant to Keith Langdon (L. A. Durden is
Collaborator) for “Complete vertebrate inventory and atlas, Great Smoky
Mountains National Park.”
Honors:
Personal profile in 'New Scientist' (No. 1449, p. 22, 28
March, 1985).
Personal profile in 'The Tennessean' newspaper (pages lb
& 3b, 13 July, 1985).
Personal profile in 'Proceedings of the Entomological
Society of Washington' Vol. 92: 368-369, 1990).
Featured on Cable News Network television broadcast about the U.S. National
Tick Collection (May, 1992).
Appearance in Smithsonian Institution video, 'Insects:
The Little Things that run the World.' (1995).
Personal profile in 'The Atlanta Constitution' newspaper
(page M4, 11 May 1997).
Full Graduate Faculty status, Georgia Southern Univ.
(1995 - present).
Faculty Award of Excellence in Research and/or Scholarly Activities, Georgia
Southern University (2001).
Profile in the “Charlotte Observer” newspaper (June
2003).
Henry Baldwin Ward medal recipient (scheduled) of the
American Society of Parasitologists (July 2004).
Research Interests:
Taxonomy and systematics of hematophagous arthropods, especially ticks, fleas,
sucking lice and some groups of parasitic mites.
Pathogen transmission by hematophagous arthropods, especially by ticks, flea
and lice.
Emerging Diseases, especially zoonoses.
Ectoparasites of vertebrates, especially mammals.
Tropical Biology, including zoogeography.
Medical and veterinary entomology and acarology,
including vector ecology.
Ecology of Lepidoptera.
Curation of biological collections.
Teaching:
1983, 1984: Biological Laboratory Techniques. Vanderbilt
Univ., Nashville, TN.
1985: Medical and Veterinary Entomology. Dumoga-Bone
National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
1985: Current Topics in Cell Biology (co-taught).
Vanderbilt Univ.
1992-2003:
One-hour lectures and tours of the U.S. National Tick Collection for courses
(especially GSU 1210), researchers, administrators and interested public,
Georgia Southern Univ. (ca. 20/year).
1993,
1995, 1996, 1998, 2000: Summer Acarology Program - Tick Section (co-taught with
W. Burgdorfer, J. E. Keirans, G. R. Needham, R. G. Robbins & J. S. H. Klompen).
Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH.
1993-2002:
Guest lecturer in the following courses at Georgia Southern University:
Medical-Veterinary Entomology, Mammalogy, Virology, Biogeography, and Soil
Microbiology.
1994, 1995, 1997-2003: "Biological Problems" (BIO 7878),
Georgia Southern Univ.
1994-2002: Thesis Research (BIOL 7999), Georgia Southern
Univ.
1995: Ticks
and tick-borne diseases. Intensive short course for U.S. Army personnel. Georgia
Southern Univ.
1997-2003: "Directed Studies" (BIOL 7898). Georgia Southern
Univ.
1998, 2001, 2003: "Emerging Diseases" (BIOL 5099/G).
Georgia Southern Univ.
2002, 2003: “Undergraduate Research” (BIOL 4890). Georgia
Southern Univ.
2003 –
“Insects & People (BIOL 1331)” and “Undergraduate Seminar” (BIOL 4620). Georgia
Southern Univ.
Society affiliations:
American Society of Parasitologists.
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
American Committee on Medical Entomology.
American Committee on Arthropod-Borne Viruses.
Society for Vector Ecology.
Royal Entomological Society of London.
Entomological Society of America (section D - Medical and Veterinary
Entomology).
Amateur Entomologists Society, United Kingdom.
American Society of Acarology.
Association of Systematics Collections.
Association for Tropical Biology.
Sigma Xi.
American Society of Mammalogists.
Fauna Malesiana.
Phi Kappa Phi.
Service:
Awards
Committee (1982/1983) and Local Arrangements Committee (1983-1984), Tennessee
Entomological Society.
Co-editor, Entomological Abstracts and Ecological
Abstracts (1988-1989).
External examiner for Ph.D. degrees:.
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, George
Washington University, Washington, DC (1990).
Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza,
Egypt (1996).
Editorial board member, Medical and Veterinary Entomology
(1991 - present).
Editorial board member, Folia Parasitologica (1998 - 2002).
Judge for
student paper competitions, Entomological Society of America annual meetings in
Baltimore, MD (1992) and Nashville, TN (1997).
NIH Grants Review Panel, Tropical Medicine & Parasitology
Study Section, Bethesda, MD (1995).
Systematics Resourses Committee member, Entomological
Society of America (1995-1997).
Textbook
co-editor for "Medical and Veterinary Entomology" published by Academic
Press/Elsevier Science (1993 - 2002).
Co-Editor, Systematic and Applied Acarology Special Publications (2001 -
Present).
Reviewer
for articles (15-40 per year) submitted to professional journals including
Nature, Journal of Medical Entomology, Journal of Parasitology, Journal of
Vector Ecology, and Medical and Veterinary Entomology.
Co-organizer of "Parasitology Journal Club" in Biology
Dept., Georgia Southern Univ. (1995-present).
Identification of tick specimens submitted by physicians, veterinarians,
researchers, and the public from throughout the world (mainly from USA)(several
hundred specimens per year).
Co-organizer
of the "Robert Traub Memorial Issue" of the Journal of Medical Entomology
(Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 345-615, July 1998).
President, Sigma Xi - Georgia Southern University Chapter
(1998-99).
On thesis
committees of 20 graduate students in Biology Dept., Georgia Southern Univ.,
Statesboro, GA (1993-present).
State
Charitable Contributions Campaign (United Way) volunteer, Georgia Southern
University (1993, 1997-1999, 2001, 2002).
Member of
3-person epidemiological team from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, Atlanta, to visit the United Arab Emirates and investigate an
outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (1999).
President, Acarological Society of America (2000-2001).
Local Arrangements Committee, Georgia Entomological Society
(2001-2002).
Also see next section (Symposia chaired).
Symposia chaired:
"Ecology and
Epidemiology." Society for Vector Ecology Annual Meeting. Riverside, CA, 20
Nov. 1986 (moderator).
"Vector-borne
diseases from a global perspective." Entomological Society of America Annual
Meeting. Baltimore, MD, 7 Dec. 1992 (organizer and co-moderator).
"Lyme
disease and vectors." American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene/
American Society of Parasitologists joint meeting. Atlanta, GA, 2 Nov. 1993
(co-chair).
"Parasitology."
Association of Southeastern Biologists 57th Annual Meeting. Statesboro, GA, 11
April, 1996 (chair).
“Emerging
diseases associated with ticks and mites.” Acarological Society of America
formal conference, Atlanta, GA, 12 Dec. 1999 (organizer and co-moderator).
“Acarology Informal Conference.” Acarological Society of America annual meeting,
Montréal, Canada, 3 Dec. 2000
(organizer and moderator).
“Acarology Informal Conference.” Acarological Society of America annual
meeting, San Diego, CA, 9 Dec. 2001 (organizer and moderator).
Invited presentations:
18 Apr.
1984: Quantitative louse exchange and other relationships between eastern
chipmunks and their lice. Department of General Biology, Vanderbilt Univ.,
Nashville, TN.
28 Feb.
1985: Mammal ectoparasites. Dumoga-Bone National Park, Sulawesi Utara,
Indonesia.
17 Apr.
1985: Mammal trapping and other adventures in Indonesia. Vanderbilt University
School of Medicine, Nashville, TN.
20 Nov. 1986: Ectoparasites of commensal and endemic rodents in
Sulawesi, Indonesia. In 'Ecology & Epidemiology' session of the Society for
Vector Ecology Annual Meeting, Riverside, CA.
5 Feb. 1987:
Zoogeography in the Indonesian archipelago. Visionaries series
seminar, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN.
22 Oct. 1987:
Ectoparasites of Indonesia. Keynote address. Tennessee Entomological Society
Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN.
5 May 1988:
Project Wallace: bioendemism, mammal ectoparasites and some other insects from
Sulawesi. Entomological Society of Washington meeting, Washington, DC.
12 May 1988:
The zoogeography of some mammals and their ectoparasites in the Indo-Australian
region. Stelmon Bennet Memorial Seminar, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
13 May 1988:
Ectoparasite transfer between mammals: lice and chipmunks. University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
16 Sep. 1988:
Medical Entomology in North Sulawesi - ectoparasites. In: 'Insects and the
tropical rain forests of south east Asia (Wallacea)' Symposium, Imperial
College, London, UK.
8 May
1989: Louse transfer between mammals: mechanisms and implications. College of
Veterinary Medicine, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
29 Jan. 1990: An entomological expedition to Indonesia.
Auburn Univ., AL.
8 Mar. 1990: The world of lice. F. S. Arant Entomology Club
Seminar. Auburn, AL.
13 Nov. 1990:
Transmission of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus by chicken mites.
USAMRIID, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD.
23 Apr. 1991: Ectoparasites of mammals in
Sulawesi. USAMRIID, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD.
30 Jul. 1991:
Transmission of Eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus by chicken mites.
USAMRIID, Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD.
13 Sep. 1991:
Medical entomology and mammal ectoparasites on a large tropical island. Dept. of
Entomology & Economic Zoology, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ.
12 Nov. 1991:
Systematics and host associations of a group of ectoparasites. Georgia Southern
Univ., Statesboro, GA.
2 Dec.
1991: Dedication and presentation of the Hoogstraal medal to W. L. Jellison at
the 40th annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene,
Boston, MA.
9 Nov. 1992:
Virus transmission by blood-feeding mites and ticks. Dept. of Entomology,
Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL.
17 Nov. 1992:
Virus transmission by blood-feeding mites and ticks. Dept. of Biology, Georgia
Southern Univ., Statesboro, GA.
5 Apr.
1993: Conspecificity, vector ability, and ecology of Ixodes scapularis in
the South. 2nd International Symposium on Ectoparasites of Pets, Lexington, KY.
7 Sep. 1993: Ecology of
Ixodes scapularis in the Southeast. 2nd Workshop on Lyme disease in the
southeastern United
States, Raleigh, NC.
22 Oct.
1993: Tick research at Georgia Southern University. College of Veterinary
Medicine, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA.
8 Nov.
1993: Lyme disease in the Southeast. 28th annual meeting, Ohio Mosquito Control
Association, Columbus, OH.
10 Nov.
1993: Vector-borne diseases and mammal ectoparasites in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Ohio Univ., Athens, OH.
19 Jul.
1994: Ecology of Ixodes scapularis and Lyme disease in coastal Georgia,
USA. In: "Biology of the Ixodes ricinus complex and Lyme disease"
Symposium honoring the memory of Harry Hoogstraal. IX International Congress of
Acarology, Columbus, OH.
4 Oct.
1994: Historical aspects of vector ecology with emphasis on North American
workers: Mallophaga and Anoplura - the lice. In: 26th annual conference, Society
for Vector Ecology, Gainesville, FL.
8 Feb.
1995: Mammals, ectoparasites and pathogens on an Indonesian Island. Sigma Xi
Seminar, Georgia Southern Univ. branch, Statesboro, GA.
6 Nov.
1995: Unique animals and tropical diseases on an Indonesian island. Rotary Club,
Statesboro, GA.
11 Jan.
1997: Eulogy and Tribute, Robert Traub Memorial Service, Cedar Lane Unitarian
Universalist Church, Bethesda, MD.
21 July
1997: Biodiversity and conservation of ectoparasites. Keynote address, 41st
Annual Livestock Insects Workers Conference, San Diego, CA.
15 Oct.
1997: The mammals of Sulawesi. New York Zoological Society Center for
Conservation, St. Catherine's Island, GA.
5 Feb.
1998: Zoogeography of mammal ectoparasites in the Indo-Australian region. Dept.
of Entomology & Nematology, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
29 Apr.
1999: Developments and opportunities in emerging Diseases. Keynote address, 3rd
annual Tri-Beta Biology Honors Society banquet, Statesboro, GA.
8 Feb.
2000: Biodiversity and ecological importance of ectoparasites. Endowed Weese
lecture, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.
9 Feb.
2000: Investigating an outbreak of hemorrhagic fever in the Middle East.
Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.
27 Oct.
2000: Louse-borne pathogens. American Society for Microbiology, 2000 Joint
Meeting, Southeastern & South Carolina Branches, Statesboro, GA.
16 Mar.
2001: Zoogeography of mammals and their ectoparasites in the Indo-Australian
region. University of South Carolina-Aiken, SC.
16 Oct.
2001: Parasites can be beneficial. Faculty Research Excellence Award Seminar,
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA.
10 Apr.
2002: Ectoparasites of vertebrates on islands: endemic, depauperate or strange?
Presidential Symposium, Southeastern Society of Parasitologists annual meeting,
Boone, NC.
4 Mar.
2003: Bartonella infections: vector ecology and reservoir hosts. Biology
Dept., Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA.
14 Apr. 2003: Mammal ectoparasites and bartonellosis, Dept.
Of Entomology, Clemson University, SC.
Other presentations (partial list):
25 Oct.
1984: Louse infestations of tree shrews and the host attachment mechanism.
Tennessee Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Henry Horton State Park, TN.
15 Sep.
1988: Zoogeographical implications from rodent ectoparasites in Sulawesi. In:
'Insects and the rain forests of south east Asia (Wallacea)' Symposium, Imperial
College, London, UK.
3 Dec.
1991: Transmission of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus by hematophagous
mites. 40th annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine &
Hygiene, Boston, MA.
9 Dec.
1991: Transmission of eastern equine encephalomyelitis virus by chicken mites (Dermanyssus
gallinae). Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Reno, NV.
2 Nov.
1993: Ecological studies of Ixodes scapularis in coastal Georgia:
implications for Lyme disease epidemiology in the Southeast. American Society
of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene/American Society of Parasitologists joint
meeting, Atlanta, GA.
15 Nov. 1994:
The history of louse-borne diseases. Department of Biology, Georgia Southern
University, Statesboro, GA.
11 Mar.
1996: Composition and origin of the ectoparasite community of the eastern
woodrat, Neotoma floridana. 57th annual meeting of the Association of
Southeastern Biologists, Statesboro, GA.
5 Dec. 1996: Ticks, Lyme disease spirochetes and antibody to
encephalitis viruses in wild birds from coastal Georgia and South Carolina, USA.
American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene annual meeting, Baltimore, MD.
11 Feb. 1997:
Mammals, ectoparasites and Wallace's line: zoogeography in the Indo-Australian
region. Georgia Southern Univ.
27 June 1997: Ticks, Lyme disease spirochetes, trypanosomes, and antibody
to encephalitis viruses in wild birds from coastal Georgia and South
Carolina. 72nd annual meeting, American Society of Parasitologists, Nashville,
TN.
3 Dec.
2000: Ticks and spirochetes recovered from birds on a Georgia barrier island.
Acarological Society of America annual meeting, Montréal,
Canada.
1 July
2001: Exotic ticks on reptiles imported into the United States. American Society
of Parasitologists 76th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM.
22 July
2002: Relative importance of reptiles, birds and mammals in the life cycle of
the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, in coastal Georgia, USA. 4th
International Conference on Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens, Banff, Alberta,
Canada.
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