Education:

B.S. Biology, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 1968
M.S. Zoology, Rutgers University, 1971
Ph.D. Zoology, Rutgers University, 1974
Postdoctoral Population Genetics, Yale University, 1978

Employment History

Center Director, Professor, (1999 - ) Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Dept. of
    Entomology and Nematology, IFAS, University of Florida, Vero Beach, FL.
Interim Center Director, Professor (2002), Indian River and Research Education Center, IFAS,
    University of Florida, Ft. Pierce, FL.
Research Leader, Laboratory Director (1992-1998), USDA, ARS, Arthropod-borne Animal
    Diseases Research Laboratory, Laramie, WY.
Assistant Professor (1982-1987), Dept. of Biology, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Research Associate, Lecturer (1979-1982), Dept. of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Lecturer (1978-1979), Dept. of Biology, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. NIH IRSA Postdoctoral Fellow (1975-1978), Dept. of Biology, Yale University,
    New Haven, CT.
Assistant Professor of Life Sciences (1973-1975), Dept. Life Sciences, University of
    Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI.
NDEA Title IV Graduate Fellowship (1970-1973), Dept. of Zoology, Rutgers University,
    New Brunswick, NJ.
Graduate Teaching Assistant (1968-1970), Dept. of Zoology, Rutgers University,
    New Brunswick, NJ.

Administrative Responsibilities:

Responsible for administration of research, extension and teaching functions of the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory in Vero Beach, FL.
Represents the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory and provides expert information on medical entomology and arthropod borne diseases to state agencies, the cooperative extension service and the general public.

Research:

Genetics, population genetics, evolution of insect vectors of disease.
Genetics of vector competence for arboviruses; arboviral ecology and epidemiology.

Extension:

Provide information and training on medical entomology and mosquito borne diseases to mosquito control organizations, government agencies in public health, agriculture and environmental protection, the cooperative extension service, and the general public.

Selected Publications 1996-2003:

Tabachnick, WJ. 1996. The genetics of Culicoides variipennis and the epidemiology
    of bluetongue disease in North America Ann. Rev. of Entomol. 45: 20-40.
Tabachnick, WJ, NJ MacLachlan, LH Thompson, GJ Hunt and JF Patton. 1996. Infection of
    Culicoides variipennis using PCR detectable bluetongue virus in cattle blood.
     Amer. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 54: 481-485.
Perez de Leon, AA, JMC Ribeiro, WJ Tabachnick, and JG Valenzuela. 1997. Identification
    of a salivary vasodilator in the primary North American vector of bluetongue viruses,
    Culicoides variipennis. Amer. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 57: 375-381.
Perez de Leon, AA, TD O'Toole, ET Schmidtmann, RG Titus and WJ Tabachnick. 1997.
    Insect blood-feeding and the transmission of arboviruses and
    vesiculoviruses. Proc. U. S. Animal Health Assoc.101: 29-34.
Xu, G, W Wilson, J Mecham, K Murphy, E-M Zhou and W Tabachnick. 1997.
    VP7: An attachment protein of bluetongue virus for cellular receptors in Culicoides
     variipennis. J. Gen. Virol., 78: 1617-1623.
Perez de Leon, AA, JG Valenzuela, and WJ Tabachnick. 1998. Anticoagulant activity
    in salivary glands of Culicoides variipennis (Diptera:Ceratopogonidae),
     the primary North American vector of bluetongue viruses,
    by an inhibitor of factor Xa. J. Exper. Parasitol. 18: 121-130.
Schmidtmann, ET, FR Holbrook, E Day, T Taylor and W Tabachnick. 1998. The Culicoides
    variipennis complex (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Virginia.
    J. Med. Entomol. 35: 818-824.
Tabachnick, WJ. 1998. Arthropods and pathogens: Issues for emerging diseases. In:
    RM Krause (Ed.), Emerging Infections, Academic Press, pp. 411-429.
Venter, G, JT Paweska, AA Van Dijk and WJ Tabachnick. 1998. Vector competence
    of Culicoides bolitinos and Culicoides imicola for
    the South African bluetongue viruses. Vet. Med. Entomol. 12: 378-385.
Hunt, GJ, BA Mullens, and WJ Tabachnick. 1999. Colonization and maintenance of species
    of CulicoidesIn: K Maramorosch and F Mahmood (Eds.), Maintenance
    of Human, Animal and Plant Pathogen Vectors. Pp. 35-55.
    Science Publishers Inc. Enfield, NA, New Hampshire 03748 USA.
Nunamaker RA, SE Brown, KE Murphy, WJ Tabachnick and DL Knudson. 1999.
    Physical mapping of the genome of the biting midge, Culicoides variipennis.
    J. Med. Entomol., 36:771-775.
Schmidtmann, ET, WJ Tabachnick, GJ Hunt, LH Thompson, and HS Hurd. 1999.
     1995 Epizootic of vesicular stomatitis (New Jersey serotype) in the western United
    States: an entomological perspective.J. Med. Entomol. 36: 1-7.
Eldridge, BF, J Day, TW Scott and WJ. Tabachnick. 2000. Arbovirus diseases. Pp.415-460,
    In: BF Eldridge and JD Edman, (Eds.), Medical Entomology, Kluwer
    Academic Publ., Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
Abdallah, MA, RS Pollenz, FN Droog, RA Nunamaker, WJ Tabachnick and KE Murphy. 2000.
    Isolation and characterization of a cDNA clone coding for a glutathione S-transferase enzyme
     from the biting midge, Culicoides variipennis sonorensis. Biochem. Genet. 38: 377-390.
Holbrook, FR, WJ Tabachnick, ET Schmidtmann, CN McKinnon, RJ Bobian and
     WC Grogan. 2000. Sympatry in theCulicoides variipennis complex
    (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae): A taxonomic reassessment. J. Med. Entomol. 37: 65-76.
Tabachnick, WJ. 2000. Pharmacological factors in the saliva of blood-feeding insects:
    Implications for vesicular stomatitis epidemiology. Ann NY Acad. Sci. 916: 444-452.
Schmidtmann, ET, JE Lloyd, RJ Bobian, R Kumar, JW Waggoner, Jr., WJ Tabachnick
    and D Legg. 2001. Suppression of mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) and
     black fly (Diptera: Simulidae) blood-feeding from Hereford cattle and
    Ponies treated with permethrin. J. Med. Entomol., 38: 728-734.
Benedict, MQ, S Higgs and WJ Tabachnick. 2003. Arthropod containment guidelines. Vector
    Borne and Zoonotic Dis. 3: 61-98.
Bram, RA, JE George, RE Reichard, and WJ Tabachnick. 2002. Threat of foreign
    arthropod-borne pathogens to livestock in the United States.
    J. Med. Entomol., 39: 405-416.
Lord, CC and WJ Tabachnick. 2002. The influence of non-systemic transmission on the
    epidemiology of insect borne arboviruses: a case study of vesicular stomatitis
     epidemiology in the western U. S. J. Med. Entomol., 39: 417-426.
Higgs, S, MQ Benedict and WJ Tabachnick. 2003. Arthropod containment guidelines.
    In: RC Richmond (Ed.) Anthology of Biosafety. VI. Arthropod Borne
    Diseases. American Biological Safety Assoc. 72-84.
O'Toole D, AA Perez de Leon, C Hearne, L McHolland, L Yun, W Tabachnick. 2003. Papular
    dermatitis induced in guinea pigs by the biting midge Culicoides sonorensis
    (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 15: 67-71.
Rutledge, CR, JF Day, CC Lord, LM Stark and WJ Tabachnick. 2003. West Nile
    virus transmission by Florida Culex mosquitoes: Transmission rates are different
    from infection rates. Journal of Med. Entomol., 40: 253-258.
Tabachnick, WJ. 2003. Reflections on the Anopheles gambiae genome sequence,
    transgenic mosquitoes and the prospect for controlling malaria and
    other vector borne diseases. J. Med. Entomol. 40: 597-606.