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Dr. Jeremy McNeil
Behavioural and Chemical Ecology of Insects
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Position: Helen I Battle Visiting Professor Office: BGS 3066 Phone: 519 661-3487 Fax: 519 661-3935 Email:jmcneil2@uwo.ca |
RESEARCH STATEMENT
The main thrust of my research programme is to understand the reproductive strategies of insects that migrate in response to either predictable or unpredictable habitat change. The research is multidisciplinary in nature, looking at the behavioural and ecological aspects, as well as using physiological and molecular approaches to understand the mechanisms controlling the reproductive biology in species where mate location and mate choice are modulated by sex pheromones. I am also interested in different aspects of plant-insect and host-parasitoid interactions that involve chemical cues (infochemicals). I have generally chosen to work on pest species, or their natural enemies, as model research systems. This allows us to not only address basic questions in reproductive biology but also to generate data that may be used in the development of more environmentally rational approaches to insect control.
RECENT INVITED COURSES
* Universite de Rennes, short course on Scientific Communication (2002)
* University of the Azores, short course in Chemical Ecology (2007)
* Neuchatel University, short course on Scientific Communication (annually from 2002- 2007 and in 2009)
* University of Geneva, short course on Scientific Communication, 2009
RECENT DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS
* 2001 ISIS Fellowship, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. UK.
* 2001 Professeur Etoile (Faculty of Science), Laval University
* 2003 Humboldt Research Award, Germany
* 2004 Annual Boyce Lecture, U. California, Riverside
* 2004 Silver Medal, International Society of Chemical Ecology.
* 2004 Visiting Professor, Institute of Ecology, Kyoto University
* 2006 Royal Society of Canada 2006 Governor General Lecturer
* 2006 Visiting Professor, Institute of Ecology, Kyoto University
* 2008 Fry Medal, Canadian Society of Zoologists
* 2008 UWO Faculty of Science Award for Public Awareness of Science
RECENT COMMITTEES
* 1999-2002: NSERC Research Networks Selection Committee
* 2000-2001: RSC Expert Committee on GMOs for the future of Canadian food production
* 2001: Advisory committee on GMOs in human food for the Conseil de la Science et Technology
* 2002: RES 5 Promotions Committee for Agriculture Canada
* 2002: Chair of NSERC site visit committee for the evaluation of the three major Canadian Institutes of Mathematics
* 2002: Hertzberg Gold medal Committee (NSERC)
* 2002 : President’s Strategic Programme Advisory Committee, Canadian Museum of Nature
* 2003 Peer Review Committee for research in Biological Control by the Canadian Forestry Service
* 2003-2005: CRC Interdisciplinary Committe
* 2003-2005 - Chair of Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel Committee
* 2005 FRNTQ, Chair of Biology Team Grant Evaluation Committee
* 2005-2007 Federal Minister of Health’s Pesticide Advisory Council
*2006: CFI Multidisciplinary Assessment Committee
* 2006: NSERC Steacie Selection Committee
* 2007 Ag. Canada grants selection committee (Ecology/Evolution)
* 2008-9 CRC Interdisciplinary Committee
* 2009 Ontario Graduate Scholarships Selection Committee
RECENT EDITORIAL BOARDS
* Since 1989 Editorial Advisory Board, Chemoecology
* 2005-2009 Associate Editor, Journal of Chemical Ecology
* Since 2009 Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Entomology
*2009 Co-editor of a special edition for the Canadian Journal of Zoology
