I am a Research Entomologist in the Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit (CICGRU) of the USDA Agricultural Research Service, Ames, Iowa. I am affiliated with the ISU Dept. of Entomology as a "Collaborator" (i.e., courtesy faculty), and am a member of the ISU Graduate Faculty. My ongoing research projects encompass the ecology, behavior, management, and population genetics of European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis; western corn rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera; and western bean cutworm, Striacosta albicosta. Before transferring to Iowa in 2003, I served as Lead Scientist for four years in the Integrated Farming and Natural Resources Research Unit in Weslaco, Texas, where I conducted research on pests of cotton, especially boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis.