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December Meeting – Protecting our Bees – David J. Isenhour, PhD
December 19, 2019 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Join us in December when David J. Isenhour, PhD, presents "Protecting our Bees."
Note: Meeting is at our Winter Location. The Moores Hill Senior Center.
Bio
Education:
- BS Biology, Eastern Kentucky University
- MS Entomology, University of Missouri
- PhD Entomology, University of Kentucky
Twenty-five years’ experience working in the seed industry. Prior to that – served 10 years on the faculty at the University of Georgia as a tenured Associate Professor of Entomology. Currently an Adjunct Full Professor of Entomology and a member of the Graduate Faculty at the University of Nebraska. Directed graduate students at both institutions. Private sector roles have included Director for Entomology and Pathology for North America, Lead for International Trait Integration, Region Lead for breeding and traits, and regional responsibilities for sales technical support. Lead an R&D team with responsibilities covering 16 countries. Teams lead development and commercialization of Bt-Corn and Roundup Ready Corn in the US, Spain, Argentina, South Africa, Thailand, and the Philippines.
Since March of 2016 serving as Senior Scientist with Ag Ingenuity Partners / Advanced Agrilytics/Ag Ingenuity LLC providing on-farm spatial-based scouting/consulting and contract research.
Author of over sixty referred journal articles and numerous oral/poster presentations. An invited speaker at annual the Entomological Society of America, International Congress of Entomology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Society of Agronomy. Currently a member of the Entomological Society of America and the American Society of Agronomy.