Helen I Battle Professor
Department of Biology
Western University
1151 Richmond St. N
London, Ontario, Canada
N6A 5B7
Office: Biological & Geological Sciences 3066
Email: jmcneil2@uwo.ca
Phone: 519 661-3487
Fax: 519 661-3935
| 1965-1969 | University of Western Ontario. B.Sc. (Honours Zoology) |
| 1969-1972 | North Carolina State University. Ph.D. (Entomology/Ecology) |
| 1972-1977 | Assistant Professor (Laval) |
| 1977-1982 | Associate Professor (Laval) |
| 1982-2002 | Full Professor (Laval) |
| Since 1996 | Advisor, Department of Biology, University of the Azores |
| 2000-2015 | Adjunct Professor in Ecology at Silpakorn University, Thailand |
| 2002-2007 | Professor (Status only), University of Toronto at Mississauga |
| Since 2004 | Full Professor (The University of Western Ontario) |
| 2004-2009 | Adjunct Professor, Universite de Montreal (Biologie) |
| 2008-2011 | Scientific Director of the Biotron |
| 2003 | Peer Review Committee for research in Biological Control by the Canadian Forestry Service |
| 2003-2005 | CRC Interdisciplinary Committee |
| 2005-2007 | Federal Minister of Health’s Pesticide Advisory Council |
| 2006 | CFI Multidisciplinary Assessment Committee NSERC Steacie Selection Committee |
| 2007 | Ag. Canada grants selection committee (Ecology/Evolution) |
| 2007-2009 | CRC Interdisciplinary Committee |
| 2010 | CRC Interdisciplinary Committee |
| 2010-2012 | FQRNT, Quebec |
| 2012-2015 | Board Member of the Canadian Council of Academies Member of Executive of IANAS Member of the IAP Board |
| 2018 | Quebec (Entomology grants) |
| 2022 | FQRNT, Quebec (Evaluation of Biodiversity Centre) |
CANADIAN FEDERATION OF BIOLOGICAL SOCIETIES
Past President (1994), President (1993), Vice President (1992);
Chair, Science Policy Committee
Chair, CFBS-NSERC Liaison Committee (1990-92)
CANADIAN SOCIETY OF ZOOLOGISTS
Member since 1978 (with a 4 year break in the 90s)
Councillor (1983-1986)
Chair, Nominations Committee (1984, 1985)
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
Member from 1970 to 2002; 2005 to present
Member, Rules Committee (1987-1989)
Member, Eastern Branch Nominations Committee (1988-1989), Chair (1989).
Subject Editor, Journal of Economic Entomology (from 2009-2011)
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
Member since 1972
Director for the Entomological Society of Quebec (1977-1980)
Member of the following committees
Membership (1974-1977), Chair (1974-1976)
Science Policy (1977-1982)|
Ad hoc on "Funding of Entomology in Canadian Universities" (1978)
Chairman for the joint E.S.C. - E.S.Q. annual meeting in Quebec (1980)
Ad hoc, to select a editor for the Canadian Entomologist (1983).
Organizing Committee, 18th International Congress of Entomology (1988)
Chair, Fellowships Nominating Committee (1994)
Awards Committee (2001)
2° Vice President, (1987);. Chair, Awards Committee
1° Vice President, (1988).- Chair, Science Policy Committee
President, 1989.
ESC representative on the Board of CFBS (1990-1992)
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO
Member since 2008
Organiser of the 2010 Annual meeting at Grand Bend
Director (2010-2013)
Vice President (2012-2013), President (2013-2014), Past President (2014-2015)
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF QUEBEC
Member since 1972
Director (1976-1977)
Vice president (1977), President (1978)
INTERAMERICAN NETWORK OF ACADEMIES OF SCIENCE
RSC representative on the Executive Committee (2011-2016)
Co-Chair (2016-2022)
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY
Life member since 1984
President-Elect (1993), Chair of Awards Committee; President (1994)
Councillor (1987-1990), (1995-1998)
Chair, Student Travel Awards Committee (1988-1989)
Organiser of the annual meeting in Quebec City (1990)
ROYAL ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
Member since 1984
Honorary member 2017
ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
Chair of McNeil Medal Committee (2000-2003) (2007-2010)
Ad Hoc committee to promoting public awareness of Fellows’ research (2001).
Chair, Committee on Expert Panels (2003-2006)
Co-Chair of the International Symposium on GMOs (2010)
RSC liaison for the Senegalese Academy of Science (2008-2011)
Foreign Secretary and Member of Council (2010-2013, 2013-2017)
Committee on Interventions (2012-2017).
RSC representative on IANAS Executive (2011-2016)
RSC representative on IAP Executive (2013-2017)
RSC representative on the Human Rights Network (2012-2017)
President elect (2018-2019)
President (2019-2022)
Lifetime: 6: University; 2: Provincial; 10: National; 11: International
| 1979 | C. Gordon Hewitt Award, Entomological Society of Canada for outstanding research by a scientist under 40. |
| 1985 | Eastern Branch Nominee for the Entomological Society of America's Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching. |
| 1987 | Gold Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Canadian Entomology, Entomological Society of Canada. |
| 1996 | Prize in Chemical Communication, Fondation Jean-Marie Delwart, Belgium (co-recipient with A. Raina, USA). |
| 1998 | McNeil Medal for the Public Awareness of Science, Royal Society of Canada. |
| 1999 | Fellow, Royal Society of Canada |
| 2003 | Humboldt Research Award, Germany |
| 2004 | Silver Medal, International Society of Chemical Ecology. |
| 2006 | The Lecturer for the Canadian 2006 Governor General’s Lecture Series organized by the Royal Society of Canada (lectures across Canada) |
| 2008 | Fry Medal, Canadian Society of Zoologists |
| 2011 | Outstanding Alumnus Award from North Carolina State University |
| 2016 | NSERC Award for Science Promotion (Individual) |
| 2016-2022 | Co-Chair of the InterAmerican Network of Academies of Science (IANAS) |
| 2017 | Elected Foreign Fellow of the Guatemalan Academy of Science |
| 2018 | Elected Foreign Fellow of the Brazilian Academy of Science |
| 2019 | Honorary Fellow, Royal Entomological Society of London (UK) |
| 2019-2022 | President of the Royal Society of Canada |
| 2020 | Hellmuth Award of achievement in research (Western) |
Associate Editor, Canadian Entomologist (1976-1994); Advisory Board, Canadian Journal of Zoology (1992-1995); Editorial Board, Entomologia experimentalis et applicata.(1992-2000); Associate editor, Chemoecology (since 2000); Associate editor, Journal of Chemical Ecology (2003-2008); Associate editor, Journal of Economic Entomology (2009-2012)
I referee about 10 papers annually for a wide range of international journals.
NSERC:
Strategic Grants (1983-4); Population Biology Panel (1984-87); International (1987-89); Gold Medal Selection Committee (1991); Group Chair (1995-1998), Chair of SCORG (1997-8); Research Networks Committee (1999-2002); Chair of NSERC site visit committee of the three major Canadian Institutes of Mathematics (2002), Steacie Selection Committee (2006)
CFI: MAC >$350,000 (1998 and 1999); Multidisciplinary Assessment Committee (2006)
CRC: Interdisciplinary Committee (2003-5; 2007-8; 2010)
FCAR/FQRNT: Committee 5 (1982-84); Strategic (1985-6; 1998-90); New Researchers (1989-91)(1989-91); Postdoctoral scholarships (1991-93), Ad Hoc advisory committee on grants and scholarships (1995-8); team grants (2010-2012)
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