M.S. Zoology, November 19, 1980; Louisiana Tech University (Ruston)

B.S. Zoology, May 13, 1978; North Carolina State University (Raleigh)

Other: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge); part-time Ph.D. student in Entomology (1981-1988)

Experience

Extension Specialist: Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina (July 15, 1988 to present)

• Member of the Entomology Department faculty (July 15, 1988 to present)
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Coordinator, North Carolina Extension IPM Program, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service (March 1, 2008 to present)
• Associate Director (Regulatory Issues), Southern Region Integrated Pest Management Center, North Carolina State University (October 1, 2003 to present)
• Program Coordinator (Pesticides, Alternatives and Food Quality Protection Act), National Science Foundation Center for Integrated Pest Management, North Carolina State University (January 1, 2001 to present)
• Instructor for ENT 021 / ENT 121 (Pesticides and Their Utilization), Agricultural Institute, North Carolina State University (Fall Semester 2000 - 2010)
• Pest Management Information Specialist (January 1, 2001 to February 29, 2008)
• Pesticide Impact Assessment Specialist (July 15, 1988 to December 31, 2000)

Interim Pesticide Applicator Training Coordinator: Department of Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina; directed Pesticide Applicator Training Program for North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service from February 1, 1997 to February 15, 1998

Research Associate: Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station (Administration) and Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service (Environmental Sciences Division), Baton Rouge, Louisiana; participated as Research Associate in Pesticide Impact Assessment Program from October 1, 1980 to July 1, 1988

Memberships in Professional Societies (present and past)

Entomological Society of America
North Carolina Entomological Society
Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society of Agriculture
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
American Association of Pesticide Safety Educators
Crop Protection Association of North Carolina
North Carolina Agromedicine Institute
North Carolina Association of Cooperative Extension Specialists

Awards and Honors

2010 North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service Foundation Grange Search for Excellence Award: Specialists Team Category, presented to G. Fernandez, G. Grabow, K. Jennings, F. Louws, D. Monks, Z. Pesic-VanEsbroeck, B. Poling, C. Safley and S. Toth at the joint luncheon of the NC Cooperative Extension Service Foundation Board, NC Family and Consumer Sciences Foundation Board, NC Extension and Community Association Foundation Board, and NC 4-H Development Fund Board at the University Club, Raleigh, on April 14, 2011.

2003 Distinguished Achievement Award in Extension, Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America, presented at the 77th annual meeting of the Southeastern Branch of the Entomological Society of America in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on March 11, 2003.

Best Photograph of an Insect or Related Arthropod: Adult Lepidoptera Category, North Carolina Entomological Society, at the North Carolina Entomological Society Fall Banquet in Raleigh on October 5, 2001.

Outstanding Extension/Regulatory Display, Entomological Society of America (Section E), at the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 11, 1998.

Outstanding Extension/Regulatory Display, Entomological Society of America (Section E), at the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America in Louisville, Kentucky, on December 8-12, 1996.