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\"Bill<\/figure>
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Department of Entomology
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602<\/p>\n\n\n\n

e-mail: wesnyder@uga.edu<\/a>
telephone: (706) 542-2282
fax: (706) 542-2279
web: https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/agroecology\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profile on Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Ph. D. University of Kentucky, Entomology, May 1999<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.S. Clemson University, Zoology (Ecology), August 1995<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.A. University of Delaware, Biology, January 1992<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Positions<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Starting 2019<\/strong>       Professor, Dept. of Entomology, University of Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010 \u2013 2019<\/strong>       Professor, Dept. of Entomology, Washington State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2005 \u2013 2010<\/strong>                Associate Professor, Dept. of Entomology, Washington State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2000 – 2005    <\/strong>             Assistant Professor, Dept. of Entomology, Washington State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1999 – 2000  <\/strong>               USDA Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Zoology, University of Wisconsin – Madison (Mentor: Anthony Ives)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1995 – 1999  <\/strong>               NSF-GRT Fellow and Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Entomology, University of Kentucky (Mentor: David Wise)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1992 – 1995<\/strong>                 Teaching Assistant, Depts. of Biological Sciences and Plant Pathology, Clemson Univ. (Mentors: David Tonkyn & Daniel Kluepfel)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federal Grants<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2015-2020  <\/strong>     PI (with 16 co-PIs), USDA-NIFA-SCRI, \u201cMAP-PSILDS-PNW: Mapping and Predicting Psyllid Sources, Immigration and Locality-Specific Disease Spread in the PNW\u201d, $2,688,111<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017-2020  <\/strong>     co-PI (Jeb Owen at WSU is PI; RO Crespo is second co-PI), USDA-NIFA-ORG, \u201cAn ecological approach to disease risk management on organic poultry farms\u201d, $458,145<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017-2019  <\/strong>     co-PI (Danny Karp at UC Davis is PI; with 2 other co-PIs), USDA-NIFA-BNRE, \u201cManaging wild birds for improved strawberry production, pest control, and food safety outcomes in the California Central Coast\u201d, $499,999 ($37,321 to WSU)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015-2019   <\/strong>    PI (with 7 co-PIs), USDA-NIFA-OREI, \u201cAvian biodiversity: impacts, risks and descriptive survey (A-BIRDS)\u201d, $1,994,090<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014-2018<\/strong>       PI (with 4 co-PIs), USDA-NIFA-ORG, \u201cA natural approach to human-pathogen suppression: Can biodiversity fill the GAPs?\u201d, $498,235<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013-2017 <\/strong>      PI (with 5 co-PIs), USDA-NIFA-ORG, \u201cBAN-PESTS: Biodiversity and natural pest suppression\u201d, $747, 955<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013-2015  <\/strong>     co-PI (one of 9 co-PIs; Alex Stone at Oregon State University is PI), USDA-WSARE, \u201cIntegrating research and practice in systems management of organic vegetable farms\u201d, $277,430 ($58,875 to WSU)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010-2014<\/strong>       PI (with 15 co-PIs), USDA-RAMP, \u201cArea-wide Management of Potato Pests (AMPP) in the Pacific Northwest\u201d, $2,048,490<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008-2013 <\/strong>      PI (Mike Strand, Univ. of Georgia, is co-PI), USDA-NRI Integrative Biology of Arthropods and Nematodes, \u201cScared sick? Predator-pathogen complementarity and biological control\u201d, $449,900<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008-2011<\/strong>       PI (with 5 co-PIs), USDA-WSARE, \u201cCombining trap cropping and natural-chemical lures to attract and kill crucifer flea beetles\u201d, $191,868<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2004-2008<\/strong>       PI (co-authored with Cory Straub), USDA-NRI Integrative Biology of Arthropods and Nematodes, \u201cNatural enemy biodiversity and the biocontrol of aphids\u201d, $441,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2004-2007 <\/strong>      PI (with 7 co-PIs), USDA-WSARE, \u201cAugmentation and conservation of insect-attacking nematodes and fungi to improve insect control in Pacific Northwest potatoes\u201d, $138,922<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003-2006<\/strong>       PI (co-authored with Gary Chang), USDA-NRI Biologically Based Pest Management, \u201cAlternative prey and biocontrol by generalist predators\u201d, $230,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003-2006 <\/strong>      PI (co-authored with Renee Prasad, with 5 co-PIs), USDA-WSARE, \u201cIntegrating biological control into cole crop production in the Pacific Northwest\u201d, $63,841<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2001-2003 <\/strong>      PI, Organic Farming Research Foundation and the Washington State Commission on Pesticide Registration (WSCPR), \u201cIntegrating conservation of generalist predators and specialist parasitoids in Pacific Northwest organic vegetables\u201d,  $55,300<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2000-2003 <\/strong>      PI, USDA-NRI Entomology & Nematology (postdoctoral award), \u201cThe impact of generalist predators in agricultural and refuge habitats\u201d, $90,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1997-1999<\/strong>       Co-PI, NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, \u201cControl of insect populations by generalist predators: Impact of intraguild predation\u201d, $7260<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professional Service<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n