Chemical ecology, insect-plant interactions, plant defense mechanisms and evolution

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HONORS AND AWARDS

Visiting Scientist, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 1993
Visiting Research Fellowship, Merton College, Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1992
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship to support sabbatical leave at Cambridge University and research-related travel to India and Japan, 1983-1984
Visiting Fellowship, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, 1983-1984
Fleet Captain, Cayuga Lake Cruising Fleet, Ithaca, New York, 1982
Presented oral and written testimony on behalf of 1,000 professional biologists to Congressional Hearings, Beaumont, Texas, concerning a bill to create Big Thicket National Biological Preserve in eastern Texas (with T. Eisner), 1972
Travelling Fellowship, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, 1972
Qualified Pilot, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Oxford University Air Squadron); United States and United Kingdom private pilot licenses, 1964-1966
Agricultural Research Council Graduate Studentship (3 years), 1963
Domus Senior Scholarship at Merton College, Oxford (2 years), 1963
Leader of Oxford University Expedition to South Caspian (supported by Royal Society, Royal Geographic Society, Oxford University, and Mount Everest Foundation), 1961
Nuffield Foundation Graduate Scholarship for transfer from physical science to biological science (2 years), 1961
Open Exhibition to Merton College, Oxford (4 years), 1957

GRADUATE FIELD MEMBERSHIPS

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Entomology

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Ecological Society of America
Gamma Sigma Delta
International Society of Chemical Ecology
Royal Entomological Society of London
Sigma Xi (Elected Member)
Society for the Study of Evolution
The Lepidopterists' Society

PROFESSIONAL HONORARIES

Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany, 1998-2002
Secretary and Chairman, Oxford Ornithological Society, 1960-1961

EDITORIAL BOARDS

Editorial Board Member, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 1996-

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

International/National:
First Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for the new Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany, 1998-2002
Member of Advisory Committee on Chemical Ecology, Max Planck Institute, Munich, Germany, 1994-1995

University:
Cornell Faculty Senate, Representative for Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2005
Cornell Faculty Senate, Representative for Section of Ecology and Systematics, 1995-1997
Non-voting member of Cornell University Senate, Faculty Council of Representatives, and Cornell Council, 1971-1973
Member of Call Subcommittee on Academic Tenure and Reward System (Cranch Committee Report), Cornell University, 1971-1972

College:
Ad Hoc Tenure and Promotion Committee, CALS, 2005
Ad Hoc Tenure and Promotion Committee, CALS, 2003
Chair, Ad Hoc Tenure and Promotion Committee, CALS, 2000
Ad Hoc Tenure and Promotion Committee, CALS, 1998
Chair, Ad Hoc Tenure and Promotion Committee, Bailey Hortorium, CALS, 1995
Ad Hoc Tenure and Promotion Committee, Chemistry Department, College of Arts and Sciences, 1993
Ad Hoc Tenure and Promotion Committee, College of Veterinary Medicine, 1980-1981

Department:
Chair, Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2004-2005
Honors Program, Division of Biological Sciences, 1977-1980
Chairman, Grace H. Griswold Committee, Department of Entomology, 1971-1972
Member of various Entomology and Ecology Departmental and Field committees, 1967-
Curriculum Committee, Division of Biological Sciences

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/IN-SERVICE PARTICIPATION

Member, Attended Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany, October 2006; January 2008
Invited Discussion Leader, Gordon Conference on Plant Herbivore Interaction, Ventura, California, February 2007
Invited Participant, Biennial Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany, July 2004
Chair, Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany, February 2002
Symposium Organizer and Introductory Speaker, "Chemical Ecology," Max-Planck Institute, Munich, Germany, December 4-6, 1994
Symposium Organizer, XVth International Botanical Congress, Yokohama, Japan, 1992
Co-chairman, First Gordon Conference on Plant-Herbivore Interactions (February 11-15, 1980), 1979-1980

RECENT INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Present Opening Lecture at “New Dimensions in Plant-Insect Interactions” Symposium at the Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany, February 2005
Invited Seminar Speaker, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (two invited seminars), Barro Colorado Island and Panama City, Panama, November 2004
Invited Seminar Speaker and Invited Class Lecturer, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Biology, Atlanta, Georgia (2 lectures), April 2002
Invited Seminar Speaker, University of Arizona, Center for Insect Science, March 2002
Invited Speaker, Department of Biology, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, October 1998
Invited Seminar Speaker, Department of Zoology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, June 1998
Invited Seminar Speaker, Department of Biology, Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, March 1998
Invited Speaker, 10th International Symposium on Insect/Plant Interactions, Oxford, United Kingdom, 1998
Invited Lecturer, Department of Entomology, New York State Agricultural Experimental Station, Geneva, New York, May 1996
Invited Symposium Speaker, Ninth International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships, Gwatt, Switzerland, June 1995
Invited Symposium Speaker, Eastern Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, February 1995

RESEARCH PANELS

Member of Advisory Panel, General Ecology Program, National Science Foundation, 1982-1983

CONSULTING

Masonite Corporation - conference in San Diego - advice on toxins in wood products
St. Louis Zoo - advice on preparation of exhibits on insect/plant interactions