Curriculum Vitae

CURRICULUM VITAE

JOHN EDWARD BANKS

Director, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC)

 California State University, Monterey Bay

 100 Campus Center

 Seaside, CA  93955

Email: jebanks@csumb.edu

EDUCATION:

Ph.D.  Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. “The effects of landscape heterogeneity on insect populations: a study of pattern and scale”.

M.S. Applied Mathematics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. “A

numerical scheme for approximating a partial differential equation model for fish population dynamics.”

B.A. Mathematics, Pomona College, Claremont, CA.

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS:

Director of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center (UROC), California State University Monterey Bay, 2015-present.

Project Director, Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement (McNair) Program,

California State University, Monterey Bay, 2015-present.

Campus co-coodinator, subaward PI, and member of Program Oversight Committee, CSU Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program, California State University, Monterey Bay, 2015-present.

CSUMB Campus Representative, Goldwater and Udall Scholarships, 2015-present.

Director of Office of International Programs (OIP), University of Washington, Tacoma, 2010 – 2015.

Director of Office of Undergraduate Education (OUE), University of Washington, Tacoma, 2011-2013.

Assistant Director, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, University of Washington, Tacoma, 2011-2013.

Campus Coordinator, Restoration Ecology Network, University of Washington, Tacoma, 2000-2012.

TEACHING/RESEARCH/PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

Executive Leadership Committee member, GANAS Graduate Pathways, UC Santa Cruz, 2020-2025.

Associate Editor, Agricultural & Forest Entomology, 2023-present.

Associate Editor, Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2025-present.

Fellow, Royal Entomological Society, 2023-present.

Full Member, Sigma-Xi, Scientific Research Honor Society, 2024-present.

ESA Science Policy Fellow, Entomological Society of America, 2018-2022.

August T. Larsson Guest Researcher, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden 2014-2017. Member of Ecosystem Services & Conservation Research group.

Affiliate Professor of Environmental Science, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, University of Washington, Tacoma, 2015-present.

Professor of Environmental Science, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, University of Washington, Tacoma, 2010-2015.

Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, University of Washington, Tacoma, 2005–2010.

Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, University of Washington, Tacoma, 1999–2005.

Adjunct Faculty, Washington State University, Department of Entomology, 1999-present.

Adjunct Professor, North Carolina State University, Department of Mathematics, 2020-present.

Affiliate Associate Professor, Department of Plant, Soil & Entomological Sciences, University of Idaho, 2010-2015.

Associate Adjunct Professor of Forest Resources - University of Washington, Seattle, 2010-2015.

Affiliate Member, Invertebrate Section, Department of Zoology, National Museums of Kenya, 2010-2015.

GRANTS & AWARDS (since 2015):

HSI Community Grant (Global HSI Equity Innovation Hub at CSUN), 2024-2025. Innovation Scholars at CSU Monterey Bay. PI.

U.S. Department of Education, Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program grant, 2022-2027. PI.

HSI Community Grant (Global HSI Equity Innovation Hub at CSUN), 2022-2024. Apple Scholars at CSU Monterey Bay. PI.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Hispanic Serving Institutions Education Grants Program.  Increased Degree Attainment in FANH Sciences: Creating a Regional Pipeline,        2021-2025. PI.

National Science Foundation, HSI Pilot Project: Inclusive and Integrative STEM Education through Undergraduate Research (IUSE). 2021-2024. PI.

Koret Foundation, Koret Scholars Program at CSU Monterey Bay: Developing Undergraduate Research in the Social Sciences, 2020-2025.PI.

U.S. Department of Education, Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program grant, 2017-2022. PI.

U.S. Department of Education, HSI-STEM Supplemental Title III grant, Building Closer Peer and Professional STEM Connections in Distance Learning, 2020-21, PI.               

U.S. Department of Education, HSI-STEM Title III grant. Research-based interventions to increased STEM degree attainment. 2016-2021. PI.

U.S. Department of Education, HSI-STEM Supplemental Title III grant, STEM Education Research and Practice, 2019-2021. PI.

            PUBLICATIONS:

            * undergraduate co-author                                          

            ** graduate student co-author

            Peer-reviewed articles:

Banks, J.E., and A.M. Laubmeier. 2024. Modeling the effects of trap crop attraction strength, patch dispersion, and biological control on pest suppression. Arthropod-Plant Interactions [View article] https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-024-10106-0

Stark, J.D., and J.E. Banks. 2024. Deconstructing the IOBC tiered method: Are we overestimating the compatibility of pesticides and biological control? Biological Control 105630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2024.105630

Haeger, H., Banks, J.E., Christiaens, R., and  L. Amador. 2024. Steps towards decolonizing study abroad: Host communities’ perceptions of change, benefits, and harms from study abroad. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad 36(1), 81–102. https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v36i1.836

Veprauskas, A., Ackleh, A., Banks, J.E., and J.D. Stark. 2023 Assessing critical population thresholds under periodic disturbances. Ecosphere https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4650

Banks, J.E., and A.N. Laubmeier. 2023. Compatibility of biological control and pesticides mediated by arthropod movement behavior and field spatial scale. Biological Control 177: 105125 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2022.105125

Stark, J.D., Qiao, M., and J.E. Banks. 2022. Toxicity of chlorantraniliprole and it’s formulated product, Altacor®, to individuals and populations of Ceriodaphnia dubia Richard. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-022-03614-3 

Banks, J.E., Reyes-Gallegos, E.*, and L. Njoroge. 2022. Insect diversity and abundance measured two decades after farmland conversion to forest using different human-assisted restoration strategies in Gede, Kenya. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist  98(1):34-47.

Stark, J.D., and J.E. Banks. 2021. A tale of two metrics: The EPA risk quotient approach versus the delay in population growth index for determination of pesticide risk to aquatic species. Ecotoxicology  30: 1922–1928. https://rdcu.be/ctS6k 

Stark, J.D., McIntyre, J.K., and J.E. Banks. 2020. Population viability in a host-parasitoid system is mediated by interactions between population stage structure and life stage differential susceptibility to toxicants. Scientific Reports 10: 20746 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-77496-y

Haeger, H., Banks, J.E., Smith, C. and Armstrong-Land, M., 2020. What we know and what we need to know about undergraduate research. Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research 3(4): 62-69. https://doi.org/10.18833/spur/3/4/4

Banks, J.E., Banks, H.T., Myers, N.**, Laubmeier, A.N., and R. Bommarco. 2020. Lethal and sublethal effects of toxicants on bumble bee populations: a modelling approach. Ecotoxicology 29: 237-245. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-020-02162-y

Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., Catenacci, J., Joyner, M.L., and J.D. Stark.  2020. Correctly modeling plant-insect-herbivore-pesticide interactions as aggregate data. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering 17(2): 1743-1756. https://doi.org/10.3934/mbe.2020091

Banks, J.E., Laubmeier, A.N, and H.T. Banks. 2020. Modelling the effects of field spatial scale and natural enemy colonization behaviour on pest suppression in diversified agroecosystems. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 22(1): 30-40. https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12354

Stark, J.D., and J.E. Banks. 2019. Comparative toxicity of the semi-natural insecticide Spinetoram (Delegate™) to three Cladoceran species. Biopesticides International 15(1): 1- 4.

Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., Cody, N.G.*, Hoddle, M.S., and A.E. Meade**. 2019. Population model for the decline of Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) over a ten-year period. Journal of Biological Dynamics 13(1):422-446. https://doi.org/10.1080/17513758.2019.1616839

 Banks, J.E., Ackleh, A.S.,Veprauskas, A., and J.D. Stark. 2019. The trouble with surrogates in environmental risk assessment: a daphniid case study. Ecotoxicology 28: 62-68.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-018-1999-0.

Curtsdotter, A., Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., Jonsson, M., Jonsson, T., Laubmeier, A.,**, Traugott, M., and R. Bommarco. 2019. Ecosystem function in predator-prey food webs -- confronting dynamic models with empirical data. Journal of Animal Ecology 88(2): 196-210. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12892.

Haeger, H., Fresquez, C., Smith, C.*, and J. E. Banks. 2018. Navigating the academic landscape: How undergraduate research experiences can shed light on the hidden curriculum. Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research 2(1): 15-23. https://doi.org/10.18833/spur/2/1/7.

Banks, J.E., Fresquez, C., Haeger, H., Quinones-Soto, S., and L. Hammersley. 2018. Alliance for    change: Broadening participation in undergraduate research at California State University. Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research 1(4): 5-11.

Laubmeier, A.N.**, Wootton, K.**, Banks, J.E., Bommarco, R., Curtsdotter, A., Jonsson, T., Roslin, T., and H. T. Banks. 2018. From theory to experimental design - quantifying a trait-based theory of predator-prey dynamics. PLoS ONE 13(4): e0195919. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195919

Banks, H.T., Everett, R., Murad, N.**, White, R., Banks, J.E., Cass, B., and J. Rosenheim. 2018. Optimal design for dynamical modeling of pest populations. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering 15(4): 993-1010. http://www.aimsciences.org/article/doi/10.3934/mbe.2018044

Veprauskas, A., Ackleh, A.S., Banks, J.E., and J.D. Stark. 2018. The evolution of toxicant resistance in daphniids and its role on surrogate species. Theoretical Population Biology 119: 15-25. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040580917300989

Banks, J.E., Vargas, R.I., Ackleh, A.S., and J.D. Stark. 2017.  Sublethal effects in pest management: a surrogate species perspective on fruit fly control. Insects 83 (3):78 (Invited, Special Issue: Arthropod pest control in orchards). https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/8/3/78

Banks, J.E., Jackson, C.H.W., Gagic, V., Baya, A., and D. Ngala. 2017. Differential responses of bird species to habitat condition in a coastal Kenyan forest reserve: implications for conservation. Tropical Conservation Science 10: 1-13. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1940082917713013

Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., Bommarco, R., Laubmeier,** A.N., Myers, N.J.**, Rundlöf, M., and K. Tillman**. 2017. Analysis of nonlinear delay systems with applications in bumblebee population models. Communications in Applied Analysis 21(3): 449-476.

Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., Bommarco, R., Curtsdotter, A., Jonsson, T., and A.N. Laubmeier**. 2017. Parameter estimation for an allometric food web model. International Journal of Pure & Applied Mathematics 114(1):143-160. https://ijpam.eu/contents/2017-114-1/12/12.pdf

Banks, J.E. and J.J. Gutiérrez. 2017. Undergraduate research in international settings: synergies in stacked high-impact practices. CUR Quarterly 37(3): 18-26.

Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., Bommarco, R., Laubmeier, A.N.,** Myers, N.J.**, Rundlöf, M., and K. Tillman**. 2017. Modeling bumble bee population dynamics with delay differential equations. Ecological Modelling 351: 14-23. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0304380017301606

Hudson, L. N., Newbold, T., Contu, S., Hill S. L. L., Lysenko, I., De Palma A., …Banks, J.E.,… Purvis, A. 2017. The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecology and Evolution 7: 145-188. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ece3.2579

Oehlman, N., Haeger, H., Clarkston, B., and J.E. Banks. 2016. Maximizing the function of e-Portfolios. Peer Review 18(3).

Banks, J.E., and V. Gagic. 2016. Aphid parasitoids respond to vegetation heterogeneity but not to fragmentation scale: an experimental field study. Basic and Applied Ecology 17(5): 438-446. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2016.01.007

Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., Rosenheim, J.A., and K. Tillman**. 2016. Modelling populations of Lygus hesperus on cotton fields in the San Joaquin Valley of California: the importance of statistical and mathematical model choice. Journal of Biological Dynamics http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17513758.2016.1143533

Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., Murad, N.**, Rosenheim, J., and K. Tillman**. 2016. Modelling pesticide treatment effects on Lygus hesperus in cotton fields, in Bociu, L., Desideri, J.A., and A. Habbal (eds.) Technology (IFIP AICT Series) System Modeling and Optimization (CSMO 2015), IFIP Advances in Information and Communication, Springer Press.

Stark, J.D. and J.E. Banks. 2016. Developing demographic toxicity data: Optimizing effort for predicting population outcomes. PeerJ 4:e2067 https://peerj.com/articles/2067/

Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., Everett, R.A., and J.D. Stark. 2016. An adaptive feedback methodology for determining information content in stable population studies. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering 13(4): 653-671. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2016013

MacFarlane, D.W., Kinzer**, A., and J.E. Banks. 2015. Coupled human-natural regeneration of indigenous coastal dry forest in Kenya.  Forest Ecology & Management 354:149-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2015.06.026

Banks, J.E., Banks, H.T., Rinnavatore, K.** and C. Jackson. 2015. Optimal sampling frequency and timing of threatened tropical bird populations: a modeling approach.  Ecological Modelling 303: 70-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.02.005

Stark, J.D., Vargas, R.I. and J.E. Banks. 2015. Incorporating variability in point estimates in risk assessment: bridging the gap between LC50 and population endpoints. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 34(7):1683-1688. https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/etc.2978

Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., Link, K.**, Rosenheim, J.A., Ross, C.**, and K.A. Tillman**. 2015. Model comparison tests to determine data information content. Applied Mathematics Letters 43: 10-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aml.2014.11.002

Hudson, L. N., Newbold, T., Contu, S., Hill, S. L. L., Lysenko, I., De Palma, A., Phillips, H. R. P., Senior, R. A., Bennett, D. J., Booth, H., Choimes, A., Correia, D. L. P., Day, J., Echeverría-Londoño, S., Garon, M., Harrison, M. L. K., Ingram, D. J., Jung, M., Kemp, V., Kirkpatrick, L., Martin, C. D., Pan, Y., White, H. J., Aben, J., Abrahamczyk, S., Adum, G. B., Aguilar-Barquero, V., Aizen, M. A., Ancrenaz, M., Arbeláez-Cortés, E., Armbrecht, I., Azhar, B., Azpiroz, A. B., Baeten, L., Báldi, A., Banks, J. E., et al. 2014. The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts. Ecology and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1303

Banks, J.E., Hannon, L.M.**, Dietsch, T.V., and M. Chandler. 2014. Effects of seasonality and farm proximity to forest on Hymenoptera in Tarrazú coffee farms. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management 10(2): 128-132. https://doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2014.905494

Banks, J.E., Stark, J.D., Vargas, R.I., and A.S. Ackleh. 2014. Deconstructing the surrogate species concept: a life history approach to the protection of ecosystem services. Ecological Applications 24:770-778. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-0937.1

Macfadyen, S., Banks, J.E., Stark, J.D., Davies, A.P. 2014. Using semifield studies to examine the effect of pesticides on mobile terrestrial invertebrates. Annual Review of Entomology 59: 383-404. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ento-011613-162109

Castro, S., Flores, M., Wanner, N.**, Dietsch, T., Banks, J.E., Urena, N., and M. Chandler. 2014. Evaluation of a non-destructive sampling method and a statistical model for predicting fruit load on individual coffee (Coffea arabica) trees. Scientia Horticulturae 167:117-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2013.12.013

Vargas, R.I., Stark, J.D., Banks, J.E., Leblanc, L., Manoukis, S., and S. Peck. 2013. Spatial dynamics of two Oriental fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) parasitoids, Fopius arisanus (Sonan) and Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), in a guava orchard in Hawaii. Environmental Entomology 42(5): 888-901. https://doi.org/10.1603/EN12274

Banks, J.E., Hannon, L**., Hanson, P., Dietsch, T., Castro, S.**, Urena, N., and M. Chandler. 2013. Effects of proximity to forest habitat on hymenoptera diversity in a Costa Rican coffee agroecosystem. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 89(1): 60-68. https://doi.org/10.3956/2012-28.1

Banks, J.E., Jackson, C., Baya, A., Minella, H.*, Nitz, M.*, Hitchcock, J.*, and D. Bruinsma**. 2012. Forest type preference of an Afrotropical thrush (East Coast Akalat, Sheppardia gunningi sokokensis) in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya. Ostrich 83(2): 105-108. https://doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2012.710271

Banks, J.E., Stark, J.D., Vargas, R.I., and A.S. Ackleh. 2011. Parasitoids and ecological risk assessment: Can toxicity data developed for one species be used to protect an entire guild? Biological Control 59: 336-339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.09.005

Banks, J.E., and J.D. Stark. 2011. Effects of a nicotinic insecticide, Imidacloprid and vegetation diversity on movement of a common predator Coccinella septempunctata. Biopesticides International 7(2): 113-122.

Banks, J.E., Cline, E., Castro, S., Ureña, N., Nichols, N., Hannon, L.*, Singer, R.*, and M. Chandler.  2011. Effects of synthetic fertilizer on coffee yields and ecosystem services: parasitoids and soil glomalin in a Costa Rican coffee agroecosystem.  Journal of Crop Improvement 25: 650-663. https://doi.org/10.1080/15427528.2011.599919

  Stark, J.D. and J.E. Banks. 2011. Evaluating the effects of pesticides on target and non-target organisms: population-level approaches and models. Biopesticides                        International 7(2): 71- 81.

Banks, J.E., Jackson, C., Hannon*, L.M., Thomas*, C.M., Baya, A., and L. Njoruge. 2010. The cascading effects of elephant presence/absence on arthropods and an Afrotropical thrush in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya. African Journal of Ecology 48(4): 1030-1038. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2010.01211.x

Banks, J.E., Ackleh A.S., and J.D. Stark. 2010. The use of surrogate species in risk assessment: using life history data to safeguard against false negatives. Risk Analysis 30: 175-182. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.2009.01349.x

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Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E. and S. L. Joyner**. 2009. Estimation in time-delay modeling of insecticide-induced mortality.  Journal of Inverse and Ill-posed Problems17:101-125.

Banks, J.E., Bommarco, R., and B. Ekbom.  2008. Population response to resource separation in Conservation Biological Control.  Biological Control 47: 141-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.08.006

Banks, H.T, Banks, J.E., Joyner, S.L.**, and J.D. Stark. 2008. Dynamic models for insect mortality due to exposure to insecticides.  Mathematical and Computer Modelling 48: 316-332.

Banks, J.E., Dick, L.K., Banks, H.T., and J.D. Stark. 2008. Time-varying vital rates in ecotoxicology: selective pesticides and aphid population dynamics. Ecological Modelling 210: 155-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.07.022

Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., Dick, L.K., and J.D. Stark. 2007. Estimation of dynamic rate parameters in insect populations undergoing sublethal exposure to pesticides. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 69: 2139-2180.

Stark, J.D.,Vargas, R., and J.E. Banks. 2007.  Incorporating ecologically relevant measures of pesticide effect for estimating the compatibility of pesticides and biocontrol agents. Journal of Economic Entomology 100: 1027-1032. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/100.4.1027

Banks, J.E., Sandvik, P.J.*, and L. Keesecker*.  2007. Beetle (Coleoptera) and spider (Araneae) diversity in a mosaic of farmland, edge, and tropical forest habitats in western Costa Rica.  Pan-Pacific Entomologist 83(2):152-160. https://doi.org/10.3956/0031-0603-83.2.152

Kramarz, P., Banks, J.E., and J.D. Stark. 2007. Density-dependent response of the pea aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) to imidacloprid. Journal of Entomological Science 42: 200-206. https://doi.org/10.18474/0749-8004-42.2.200

Gold, W., Ewing, K., Banks, J.E., Groom, M., Hinckley, T., Secord, D., and D. Shebitz**. 2006. Collaboration in restoration ecology. Science 312 (5782): 1880-1881.

https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1128088

Adams, B.M.**, Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., and J.D. Stark. 2005. Population dynamics models in plant-insect herbivore-pesticide interactions. Mathematical Biosciences 196: 39-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2004.09.001

Banks, J.E. 2004. Divided culture: integrating agriculture and conservation biology. Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment 2(10): 537-545. https://doi.org/10.1890/1540-9295(2004)002[0537:DCIAAC]2.0.CO;2

Banks, J.E. and J.D. Stark. 2004. Aphid response to vegetation diversity and insecticide applications. Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Environment 103(3): 595-599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2003.11.005

Stark, J.D., Banks, J.E., and R.I. Vargas. 2004. How risky is risk assessment? The role that life history strategies play in susceptibility of species to pesticides and other toxicants.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101:732-736. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0304903101

Stark, J.D., Banks, J.E. and S. Acheampong**. 2004. Estimating susceptibility of biological control agents to pesticides: influence of life history strategies and population structure. Biological Control 29: 392-398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2003.07.003

Banks, J.E. and C.L. Yasenak*. 2003. Effects of plot vegetation diversity and spatial scale on Coccinella septempunctata movement in the absence of prey. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 108:197-204. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1570-7458.2003.00083.x

Bommarco, R. and J.E. Banks. 2003. Scale as modifier in vegetation diversity experiments: effects on herbivores and predators. Oikos 102: 440-448. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3548049

Stark, J.D. and J.E. Banks. 2003. Population-Level Effects of Pesticides and Other Toxicants on Arthropods. Annual Review of Entomology 48: 505-519. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ento.48.091801.112621

Stark, J.D., and J.E. Banks. 2002. Response from Stark & Banks. BioScience 52: 216.

Stark, J.D. and J.E. Banks. 2001. "Selective pesticides": are they less hazardous to the environment? Bioscience 51: 980-982. https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[0980:SPATLH]2.0.CO;2

Rämert, B., Hellqvist, S., Ekbom, B., and J. E. Banks.  2001.  Assessment of trap crops for Lygus spp. in lettuce.  International Journal of Pest Management 47: 273-276. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670870110047127

Banks, J.E. 2000.  Effects of weedy field margins on Myzus persicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in a broccoli agroecosystem.  Pan-Pacific Entomologist 76: 95-101. https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20001112041

Banks, J.E. and J.D. Stark.  2000.  The interplay of agroecosystem diversity and pesticide use.  Pesticide Outlook 11: 48-50. 

Banks, J.E.  1999.  Differential response of two agroecosystem predators, Pterostichus melanarius (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), to habitat composition and fragmentation scale manipulations. The Canadian Entomologist 131: 645-658.  https://doi.org/10.4039/Ent131645-5

Banks, J.E. and B. Ekbom. 1999. Modeling herbivore movement and colonization: pest management potential of intercropping and trap cropping.  Agricultural and Forest Entomology 1:135-140.  https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1461-9563.1999.00022.x

Banks, J.E.  1998.  The scale of landscape fragmentation influences herbivore response to vegetation heterogeneity. Oecologia 117: 236-246. https://doi.org/10.1007/s004420050654

Banks, J.E. and J.D. Stark.  1998.  What is ecotoxicology? An ad-hoc grab bag or an interdisciplinary science?  Integrative Biology 5:1-9. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1520-6602(1998)1:5%3C195::AID-INBI5%3E3.0.CO;2-3

Banks, J.E. 1997.  Do imperfect tradeoffs affect the extinction-debt phenomenon?

Ecology 78(5): 1597-1601. https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1597:DITOAT]2.0.CO;2

Holmes, E.E., Lewis, M.A., Banks, J.E., and D. Veit. 1994.  Partial differential equations in ecology: spatial interactions and population dynamics.  Ecology 75: 17-29.  

https://doi.org/10.2307/1939378

            Invited Book chapters, reviews, and technical reports:

Unruh, H., Haeger, H., Banks, J.E., and W. Dong. 2024. Designing and Implementing a Successful Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Program, Routledge, New York, NY. ISBN 9780367724818; 190 Pages.

Banks, J.E., Oehlman, N., and J. Bautista. 2024. Case Studies: How Institutions Have Incorporated COEUR: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Center, In Dong, W., Echegoyen, L.E.,  Longmire-Avital, B., and J. Mekolichick (Eds) Characteristics of Excellence in Undergraduate Research 2.0, Council on Undergraduate Research.

Banks, J.E., Banks, H.T.,   Myers, N., Laubmeier, A.N., and R. Bommarco. 2020. Lethal and sublethal effects of toxicants on bumble bee populations: A modelling approach. Center for Research in Scientific Computation Report, North Carolina State university. CRSC-TR20-02.    

Banks J.E., Njoroge L., Jackson C., Reyes-Gallegos E.*, Ochieng J. 2019. A list of coleoptera recorded in Mixed Forest habitat in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya. Version 1.4. A Rocha Kenya. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/skclrl accessed via GBIF.org on 2019-03-31

H.T. Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., Catenacci, J., Joyner, M.L., and J.D. Stark. 2019. Comparison of dynamic models for plant-insect herbivore-pesticide interactions CRSC-TR19-11, Center for Research in Scientific Computation, N. C. State University, Raleigh, NC.

H.T. Banks, Banks, J.E., Murad, N., Rosenheim, J.A. and K. Tillman. 2017. Modelling pesticide treatment effects on Lygus hesperus in cotton fields, Proceedings, 27 th IFIP TC7 Conference 2015 on System Modelling and Optimization, L. Bociu et al (Eds.) CSMO 2015 IFIP AICT 494, p.1–12, Springer.

Banks, J.E, Stark, J.D., Vargas, R.I., Veprauskas, A., and A. Ackleh. 2017. Protecting assemblages of biocontrol species: Modeling a surrogate species approach. In Mason, P.G., Gillespie, D.R., and C. Vincent  (eds.) Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods. CABI International, Oxfordshire, UK, pp. 175-177.

Vargas, R.I., Souder, S., Leblanc, L., Banks, J.E., and J.D. Stark. 2017. Integration of biopesticides with natural enemies for control of tropical fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae). In Mason, P.G., Gillespie, D.R., and C. Vincent  (eds.) Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods. CABI International, Oxfordshire, UK, pp. 172-174.

Stark, J.D., Banks, J.E., and R.I. Vargas. 2017. How differential stage susceptibility to pesticides affects the success of biocontrol agents. In Mason, P.G., Gillespie, D.R., and C. Vincent  (eds.) Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods. CABI International, Oxfordshire, UK, pp. 164-166.

Hudson, L.N., Newbold, T., Contu, S., Hill, S.L.L., Banks, J.E., et al. 2016. Dataset: The 2016 release of the PREDICTS database. Natural History Museum Data Portal (data.nhm.ac.uk). https://doi.org/10.5519/0066354

Banks, H.T., Banks, J. E. , Bommarco, R., Curtsdotter, A., . Jonsson, T., and A. N. Laubmeier. 2016. Parameter estimation for an allometric food web model. Center for Research in Scientific Computation Report, North Carolina State University.  CRSC-TR16-03.

Hudson, L.N. Newbold, T., Contu, S., Hill, S.L.L.,..Banks, J.E., et al. 2016. Dataset: The 2016 release of the PREDICTS database. Natural History Museum Data Portal (data.nhm.ac.uk). https://doi.org/10.5519/0066354

Hudson, Lawrence N.; Newbold, Tim; Contu, Sara; Hill, Samantha L. L.,…Banks, J.E., et al. (2015). Dataset: PREDICTS: site-level summary biodiversity and pressure data. Natural History Museum Data Portal (data.nhm.ac.uk). https://doi.org/10.5519/0018993

Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., Murad, N., Rosenheim, J.A., and K. Tillman. 2015. Modelling pesticide treatment effects on Lygus hesperus in cotton fields. CRSC-TR15-09, Center for Research in Scientific Computation, N. C. State University, Raleigh, NC.

Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E. Rosenheim, J.A., and K. Tillman**. 2015. Modelling populations of Lygus hesperus on cotton fields in the San Joaquin valley of California: The importance of statistical and mathematical model choice. Center for Research in Scientific Computation Report, North Carolina State University.  CRSC-TR15-04.

Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., Link, K., Rosenheim, J.A.,  Ross, C.**, and K.A. Tillman.** 2014. Model comparison tests to determine data information content. Center for Research in Scientific Computation Report, North Carolina State University. CRSC-TR14-13.

Banks, J.E., Banks, H.T., Rinnovatore, K**., and C.M. Jackson. 2014. Optimal sampling frequency and timing of threatened tropical bird populations: A modeling approach. Center for Research in Scientific Computation Report, North Carolina State University. CRSC-TR14-03.

Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., Jackson, C., and K. Rinnavotore**. 2013. Modeling the East Coast Akalat population: Model comparison and parameter estimation. Center for Research in Scientific Computation Report, North Carolina State University. CRSC-TR13-12.

Banks, J.E., Ackleh, A.S., and  J.D. Stark. 2012. Population models & data in applied ecology: Surrogate species. In Kojima, F., Kobayashi, F. & H. Nakamoto (eds.) Simulation and Modeling related to Computational Science and Robotics Technology (Proceedings Series). IOS Press, Amsterdam, Netherlands. pp. 34-43.

Banks, J.E. and J.D. Stark. 2009. Ecotoxicology: life history data and population models, In Santos, E.B. (ed.) Ecotoxicology Research Developments, Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., and S. L. Joyner**. 2008. Estimation in time-delay modeling of insecticide-induced mortality. Center for Research in Scientific Computation Report, North Carolina State University, CRSC-TR08-15.

Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., Joyner, S.L.**, and J.D. Stark. 2007. Dynamics models for insect mortality due to exposure to pesticides. Center for Research in Scientific Computation Report, North Carolina State University.

Banks, J.E. 2006. Population Ecology: First Principles (Invited Book Review). Environmental Entomologist. 35(3): 811.

Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., Dick, L.K.**, and J.D. Stark. 2005. Estimation of dynamic rate parameters in insect populations undergoing sublethal exposure to pesticides.  Technical Report (TRO5-22), Center for Research in Scientific Computation, NC State University.

Banks, J.E. 2003. The War on Weeds: an environmental history (Invited Book Review). Pacific Northwest Quarterly 94: 214-215.

Banks, J.E. 2003. Influence of plant diversity on herbivores and their natural enemies, In Koul, O. & G.S. Dhaliwal (eds.) Predators and Parasitoids (Advances in Biopesticide Research Series), Taylor & Francis, London. pp. 111-120.

Adams, B.M., Banks, H.T., Banks, J.E., and J.D. Stark. 2003. Population dynamics models in plant-insect herbivore-pesticide interactions. Technical Report, Center for Research in Scientific Computation, North Carolina State University.

Banks, J.E. 2002. Agricultural ecology (definition/essay). McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology.

Banks, J.E. 2001. Population Stability and Regulation: Insights from the Interface of Laboratory Data and Models (Invited Book Review).  Ecology 82: 3269-3270.

Banks, J.E.  2000.  Natural vegetation in agroecosystems: pattern and scale of heterogeneity.  In Ekbom, B., M. Irwin & Y. Robert (eds.) Interchanges of insects between agricultural and surrounding landscapes.  Kluwer Press, Dordrecht. pp. 215-229.

Stark, J.D. and J.E. Banks. 2000.  The toxicologists's and ecologists' point of view - unification through a demographic approach.  In Kammenga R. & R. Laskowski (eds.) Demography in Ecotoxicology.  Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Chichester. pp. 9-23.

Banks, J.E.  1999.  Collaborations in ecology: a solo science becomes less lonely.  Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 80: 85-86.

Winterer, J., Klepetka, B., Banks, J, and P. Kareiva. 1994.  Strategies for minimizing the vulnerability of rice to pest epidemics.  In Teng, P.S., Heong, K.L., Moody, K.,(eds.) Rice Pest Science and Management.  Selected papers from the International Rice Research Conference.  International Rice Research Institute, Manila, Philippines.  pp. 53-69.

            INVITED TALKS (since 2004): 

Invited Symposium Talk “Population models for the protection of ecosystem services” in Special Session 5 (“Construction and Analysis of Discrete Dynamical Systems with Applications to Studying the Dynamics of Biological Populations”), 29th International Conference on Difference Equations and Applications, Paris, France, June 2024.

Symposium (“Population Models in Entomology”), organizer and talk, “Modeling the interplay between trap crop attraction strength, patch dispersion, and biological control on pest suppression”, 108th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, HI April 2024.

Invited talk "Spatial scale, predator behavior, and pesticide sprays: Modeling interactions in IPM", in Symposium "Spatial Risk Modeling and Decision Support Systems for IPM”, 107th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America, Seattle, WA, April 2023.

Invited symposium talk, "Population dynamics in applied ecology: Models and experiments", 40th Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, North Caroline State University, Raleigh, NC, November 2022.

Invited talk, Hyde Seminar, “Protecting ecosystem services: A population perspective”, Washington State University, October 2022. 

Invited symposium talk, "Population dynamics in applied ecology: models & experiments", Recent Advances in Inverse Problems and Distributed Parameters Systems; 10th International Conference, Inverse Problems: Modeling & Simulation, Malta, May 2022.

Symposium (“Population Processes in Applied Entomology: Models & Data”), organizer and talk, “Interaction effects of field spatial scale, predator colonization behavior, and pesticide sprays on pest suppression in an agroecosystem: A modeling approach”, 106th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America, Santa Rosa, CA, April 2022.

Invited seminar, “Interaction effects of field spatial scale, predator colonization behavior, and pesticide sprays on pest suppression in an agroecosystem: a modelling approach”, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Seville, Spain, October 2021.

Invited talk, HSI Project Directors Conference, Office of Post-Secondary Education’s Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Division, U.S. Dept. of Education (virtual), August 2021.

Invited symposium talk, “Modelling the effectiveness of parasitoid biological control on an invasive fruit fly in Senegal , West Africa”, Modeling and Computation for Control and Optimization of Biological and Physical Systems, Mathematical Congress of the Americas, Buenos Aires, Argentina (virtual), July 2021.

Invited symposium talk “Modelling the effectiveness of parasitoid biological control on B. dorsalis in Sénégal, West Africa “, He pua no ka wēkiu: Honoring the Life and Work of Roger Vargas, Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, St. Louis, Missouri, November, 2019.

Invited symposium talk “Effects of field spatial scale and predator colonization behavior on pest suppression in an agroecosystem: a modelling approach”, Computational and Mathematical Population Dynamics, Florida Atlantic University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, May, 2019.

Invited poster "Alliance for Change: Broadening participation in undergraduate research at California State University", LSAMP NICE workshop, Panama City, Panama, March 2019.

Invited symposium talk “Surrogate species and risk assessment in applied ecology:  A population model approach”, V International Conference on Applied Mathematics, Design & Control, Mathematical Methods and Modeling in Engineering and Life Sciences Meeting, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina. November 2018.

Invited seminar “Deconstructing the surrogate species concept: a life history approach to the protection of ecosystem services”, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Seville, Spain, September 2018.

Symposium (“Exploring the compatibility of arthropod biological control and pesticides: Models and data”) organizer and talk, “Protecting Assemblages of Biocontrol Species: Modeling a Surrogate Species Approach”, 5th International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods, Langkawi, Malaysia, September 2017.

Graduate seminar course, Matrix models and population dynamics: applications in conservation and ecotoxicology, Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, May-June 2017.

Invited symposium talk “Population models for the protection of ecosystem services”, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, October 2016.

Invited symposium talk, “Life history approach to the protection of ecosystem services”, in Symposium “Population Consequences of Pest Management Tactics on Non-Target Species”, XXV International Congress of Entomology, Orlando, Florida, September 2016.

Symposium (“Population perspectives in agroecology”), organizer and talk “Population perspectives in pest management: a surrogate species approach”, 100th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America, Honolulu, HI, April 2016.

Invited talk “High impact practices in undergraduate education”, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden, January 2016.

Invited symposium talk, “Population models for the protection of ecosystem services”, Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, December 2015.

Invited symposium talk “Population models for the protection of ecosystem services”, 27th IFIP TC7 Conference 2015 on Systems Modelling and Optimization, Sophia-Antipolis, France, July 2015.

Invited seminar “ Deconstructing the surrogate species concept: a life history approach to the protection of endangered species and ecosystem services”,  Friday Seminar Series,  Department of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, May 2015.

Invited seminar “Forest management for bolstering wildlife species assemblages: Conservation challenges in an East African forest reserve”, Hanover Forest Science Seminar, Michigan State University, January 2015.

Invited symposium talk “The surrogate species approach to protecting biological diversity and ecosystem services: when can we extrapolate from a few species to many?”, 62nd Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Portland, Oregon, November 2014.

Invited seminar “Surrogate species and the protection of endangered species and ecosystem services”, Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira, Helsinki, Finland, September 2014.

Invited seminar "The surrogate species approach to protecting endangered species and ecosystem services: Integrating life history data into predictive population models", Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, April 2014.

Invited colloquium talk “One size does not fit all! Surrogate species and the protection of endangered species and ecosystem services”, Claremont Center for the Mathematical Sciences, Claremont, California, February 2014.

Invited Science Seminar talk “Birds, beetles, and elephants – oh my! Ecological cascades in an East African forest reserve”, Dominican University of California, San Rafael, CA, January 2014

Invited symposium talk “Ecosystem services and pesticide disturbance: integrating life history data into predictive population models”, 61st Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Austin, Texas, November 2013.

Invited symposium talk: “Biocontrol and pesticide disturbance: integrating life history data into predictive population models”, 4th International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods, Pucón, Chile, March 2013.

Invited research talk “Risk assessment in applied ecology: a population model approach”. California State University, Los Angeles, Department of Biological Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, November 2012.

Invited research talk “Risk assessment in applied ecology: a population model approach”. University of Southern California, Department of Mathematics, Los Angeles, CA, November 2012.

Invited research talk “Risk assessment in applied ecology: a population model approach”.

 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina July 2012.

Invited symposium talk “The use of surrogate species in risk assessment: incorporating life history data into matrix models in order to avoid false negatives”, International Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology”, Pune, India, January 2012.

  Invited research talk “Experimental approaches in sustainability: pattern & process in agroecology”. UC Santa Cruz, Dept. of Environmental Studies, Santa Cruz,                     CA, January 2012.

Invited research talk “Population models & data in applied ecology: surrogate species”, International Workshop on Simulation and Modeling related to

Computational Science and Robotics Technology, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, November 2011.

Invited research talk “The use of surrogate species in risk assessment: incorporating life history data into matrix models in order to avoid false negatives”, Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Portland, Oregon, November 2010.

  Invited research seminar:” The cascading effects of elephant presence/absence on arthropods and an Afrotropical thrush in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya”. National         Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, September 2010.

            Invited research seminar: “The cascading effects of elephant presence/absence on arthropods and an Afrotropical thrush in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya”.                                  Estación Biologica de Doñana, Seville, Spain, Septermber 2010.

Invited research seminar: “Competition-colonization tradeoffs in ecological communities: potential applications to disseminated cancer therapies”. Evolutionary dynamics in cancer: From mathematical models to clinical therapies, Almagro, Ciudad Real, Spain, September 2010.

Invited research seminar: “Integrating research & teaching: Notes from the field”. Meeting of the University of Washington Board of Regents, March, 2010.

Invited research seminar: “Insect population dynamics: applications in agroecology and conservation biology”. ECO-IGERT 4th Annual Retreat, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, May 2009.

Invited research seminar "Insect population dynamics: using life history data and simple models in ecotoxicology". Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California. March, 2009.

Invited research talk “Inverse problems in applied ecology: insect population dynamics”, 4th International Conference on Inverse Problems: Modeling and Simulation, Oludeniz-Fethiye, Turkey. May, 2008.

Invited research talk “Insect population dynamics: models & experiments in agriculture and conservation”, International Symposium on Mathematical Modeling and Computational Methods in Science and Engineering, Kobe University, Kobe Japan. October, 2007

Invited research seminar “Agriculture & conservation: temperate and tropical research”, Celebration of Scholarship Conference, Peninsula College, Port Angeles, Washington. June 2007.

Invited research seminar “Ecotoxicology & insect population dynamics – beyond matrix models“, Ecosystem Informatics IGERT Colloquium, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. June 2007.

  Invited research seminar “Agriculture & Conservation: field experiments and models”, College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.           November, 2006.

Invited research seminar “Agriculture: pest control and biological diversity”, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington. April, 2005. 

Invited guest lecture “Agriculture, pest control, and conservation biology”, Department of Biology, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon, February, 2005.

Invited panel member, “The role of the academic/educator in environmental justice” session, Environmental Justice: Action, Communities and Topics conference, Washington State University, Vancouver, Washington. February, 2005.

Invited symposium talk “Insect population response to selective pesticides and vegetation diversity: field studies”, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Fourth World Congress, Portland, Oregon. November, 2004.

Invited research talk “An alternative to ANOVA: population dynamics models in an aphid-broccoli agroecosystem”, North Carolina State University, NC. November, 2004.

Invited symposium talk "Insect ecology and spatial scale: insights from field experiments and meta-analyses", Annual Meeting of the Wildlife Society, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. September, 2004.

Invited Plenary lecture “Agriculture & Biodiversity”, Annual Conference of Northwest Biology Instructors’ Organization (NWBIO), Tacoma, Washington. April, 2004.

Invited research seminar “Beyond ANOVA: population dynamics models in an aphid-broccoli agroecosystem”, Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. March, 2004. 

CONTRIBUTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (since 2004):

Workshop/talk with H. Haeger, H. Unruh, and W. Dong, "Designing and Implementing a Successful Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity Program", CONNECTUR 2025 Annual Conference, online and in Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 2025.

Research posters "Surrogate species in pest management: protecting natural enemies" (J.E. Banks & J.D. Stark),  and "Why the IOBC tiered method should not be used to determine compatibility of biocontrols and pesticides" (J.D. Stark & J.E. Banks). XXVII International Congress of Entomology, Kyoto, Japan, August 2024.

Research talk "Spatial scale, predator behavior, and pesticide sprays: Modeling interactions in IPM", Ento23 Annual Conference of the Royal Entomological Society, University of Exeter, Penryn, Cornwall, UK, September 2023.                                                                 

Research talk “A mathematical model for the interaction between Bactrocera dorsalis and Fopius arisanus in Senegal, West Africa”; Natalie Cody**, H. T. Banks, John E. Banks, Annabel Meade**, Hang Nguyen**, Elhadji Dieng, Nicholas Manoukis, Stephanie Gayle, and Roger Vargas, virtual Annual Meeting of Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America, April 2021. 

Research talk “Temperature analysis for the interaction model between Bactrocera dorsalis and Fopius arisanus in Senegal, West Africa”; Hang Nguyen*, Natalie Cody**, H. T. Banks, John E. Banks, Annabel Meade**, Elhadji Dieng, Nicholas Manoukis, Stephanie Gayle and Roger Vargas, virtual Annual Meeting of Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America, April 2021.

Symposium talk “International Research Experience for LSAMP students: A tale of two countries”, with Z. Ibragimov, Louis Stokes Midwest Regional Center of Excellence (LSMRCE) virtual conference, "Broadening Participation in STEM: Pivot, Adapt, Thrive," November, 2020.

Panel/talk with C.White, P.L.Fischhaber, and C. Slown, “Scaling and Sustaining:  Best Practices for Systems Implementing CUREs (Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences)”, HIPs in the States Track, 2020 Assessment Institute (virtual, hosted by Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)), October 2020.

Research talk, “Field spatial scale and predator colonization behavior mediates pest suppression in diversified agroecosystems”, 103rd Annual Meeting of the Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America, San Diego, CA, April 2019.

Symposium talk, “Where in the world is undergraduate research?! Developing international research experiences for undergraduates” and Workshop “Sticky Situations: Play & active learning strategies for engaging in ethical decision making” (w/H. Haeger, C. Fresquez, B. Carlson, and M. Bassett), Council on Undergraduate Education (CUR) biennial conference, Tampa, FL, June 2016.

Workshop “Shedding light on the hidden curriculum through undergraduate research” (w/H. Haeger and B.E. Clarkston), American Association of Colleges and Universities. Conference on Diversity, Learning, and Student Success. Philadelphia, PA. March 2016.

“Reliability of surrogate species: Assessing sublethal and lethal effects  using life history data and matrix models”, 33rd North American Annual Meeting, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Long Beach, CA, November 2012.

“Parasitoids and ecological risk assessment: using life history data to predict population responses to pesticides”, 95th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America, Waikoloa, Hawaii, HI, March 2011.

“Beetles, elephants, and an Afrotropical thrush: Ecological cascades in an East African forest reserve”, Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, San Diego, CA, December 2010.

“The use of surrogate species in risk assessment: predicting reliability using life history data”, 57th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Indianapolis, IN, December 2009.

“Arthropod diversity on coffee farms in Tarrazú, Costa Rica: sustainability and farmer practices”, 57th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Indianapolis, IN, December 2009.

“Differential equation models of population dynamics: Aphid mortality rate estimation techniques in ecotoxicology “, 55th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, San Diego, CA, December, 2007.

“Natural vegetation within and around agroecosystems – effects on insect population dynamics and diversity”, Annual Pacific Branch Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Wailea, Maui, HI. March 2006.

“Beyond LC50: a population dynamics alternative to Leslie matrix models in risk assessment”, 53rd Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. December, 2005.

“Population dynamics models of insects in agroecosystems: an alternative to ANOVA”, International Conference on Approximation Methods for Design and Control, Buenos Aires, Argentina. March 2005.

“Agricultural ecology: sustainability and conservation biology”, University and Community Conference, Cienfuegos, Cuba. January 2005.

"Population dynamics models of vegetation diversity and pesticide sprays in a broccoli-aphid agroecosystem: an alternative to ANOVA in gauging the effectiveness of IPM", XXII International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane, Australia. August, 2004.

TEACHING:

University of Washington, Tacoma

TESC 120: Introductory Biology I (Autumn 2008).

TCORE 112/113: Food Production & Consumption: Global Connections (team-taught w/ Dr. Rachel May) (Winter 2008, 2009).

TESC 300: Introduction to Environmental Science (Winter, Autumn 2001; Winter 2006).

TESC 303: Sustainable Development in Kenya (taught w/Dr. Jim Gawel) (Winter 2010, 2012).

TESC 304: Tropical Ecology and Sustainability (Spring 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008; Autumn 2010).

TESC 310: Environmental Science Research Seminar (Autumn 2003).

TESC 340: Ecology and Its Applications (w/laboratory sections) (Autumn 1999; Winter, Autumn 2002; Autumn 2004).

TESC 336: Plants & People: The Science of Agriculture (Autumn 1997; Winter 1999; Winter, Autumn 2000; Summer 2001; Spring 2004).

TESC 342: Issues in Biological Conservation (Spring 2000).

TESC 362: Introduction to Restoration Ecology (Lab/Field) (Spring 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007; Autumn 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012).

TESC 404: Costa Rica Field Studies: Ecology & Community (Summer 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, Winter 2015).

TESC 410: Environmental Science Senior Seminar (Autumn 2011, 2012).

TESC 440: Environmental Entomology (Lab) (Winter 2004, Autumn 2005, 2007, 2009).

TESC 452: Plants, Insects, and their Interactions (Field) (Spring 2000).

TESC 462/463/464: Restoration Ecology Network Capstone (I, II, and III) (Autumn 2004; Winter, Spring 2005).

Expedition Fellows (International Experiences for First- and Second-year students): Spring 2013, 2015 (Costa Rica).

Exploration Seminar (Costa Rica): Summer 2008.

California State University, Monterey Bay

CSU-LSAMP Costa Rica Field Research, Summer 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022; Winter 2023, 2024, 2025.

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden

Graduate course: Matrix models and population dynamics: applications in conservation and ecotoxicology May-June 2017.

Graduate student committees:

UW Tacoma: Roger Bowman (M.A.), Karen Brittain (M.A.), Tanya Roberts (M.A.)

UW Seattle: David Peter (Forestry PhD), Mike Liquori (Forestry PhD), Matthew Maria (Forest & Env. Sci, M.S.), Kari Shutt (Education PhD)

University of Idaho: Summer Lindzey (PhD)

UC Santa Cruz: Andrew Kulikowski (PhD, 2020)

NC State University: Annabel Meade (PhD, 2021), Nick Myers (PhD, 2021)