Walter Tabachnick: Curriculum Vitae (abridged)


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 (since 2000)

  • 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.
  • Rutledge, CR, JF Day, CC Lord, GF O’Meara, JR Rey and WJ Tabachnick, Eds. 2004. Florida Mosquito Control Response to the Challenge of West Nile virus. Technical Bulletin of the Florida Mosquito Control Association. Vol. 4. E. O. Painter Printing Co. DeLeon Springs, FL, 43 pp.
  • Tabachnick, WJ. 2004. Overview of mosquito transmitted diseases. In. Rutledge, CR, (ed) Florida Mosquito Control Handbook. Florida Mosquito Control Association, Ft. Myers, FL. Pp. DOV 1-3.
  • Spielman, A, TG Andreadis, et al. (incl. WJ Tabachnick). 2004. Outbreak of West Nile virus in North America. Science 306: 1473-1475. Black, WC and WJ Tabachnick. 2005. Population genetics. In: WC Marquardt et al. (eds.) Biology of Disease Vectors, 2nd edition, Colorado State University Press, pp. 465-504.
  • Lord, CC, CR Rutledge-Connelly and WJ Tabachnick. 2006. Relationships between host viremia and vector susceptibility for arboviruses. J. Med. Entomol. 43: 623-630.
  • Perez de Leon, AA, D O'Toole and WJ Tabachnick. 2006. Infection of guinea pigs with Vesicular Stomatitis virus transmitted by the biting midge, Culicoides sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). J. Med Entomol. 43: 568-573.
  • Perez de Leon, AA and WJ Tabachnick. 2006. Transmission of vesicular stomatitis virus to cattle by the biting midge Culicoides sonorensis. J. Med. Entomol. 43: 323-329.
  • Tabachnick, WJ. 2006. Laboratory containment practices for arthropod vectors of human and animal pathogens. Lab Animal 35: 1-6.
  • Bishop, JV, J Santiago Mejia, AA Pérez de León, AA, WJ Tabachnick, and RG Titus. 2006. Salivary gland extracts of Culicoides sonorensis inhibit murine lymphocyte proliferation and nitric oxide production by macrophages. Amer. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 75: 532-536.
  • Connelly, CR, GF O'Meara and WJ Tabachnick, W. J. 2007. Fifty years of mosquito research at the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory. Wing Beats 17(3,4): 6-18.
  • Richards, SL, CN Mores, CC Lord and WJ Tabachnick. 2007. Impact of extrinsic incubation temperature and virus exposure on vector competence of Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae) for West Nile virus. Zoonotic Vector-borne Dis. 7:629-636.
  • Chadee, DD, K Pattamaporn, AC Morrison and WJ Tabachnick. 2007. A breakthrough for global public health. Science 316: 1703-1704.
  • Balasuriya, UBR., SA Nadler, WC Wilson, LI Pritchard, AB Smythe, G Savini, F Monaco, P De Santis, N Zhang, WJ Tabachnick and NJ MacLachlan. 2008. The NS3 proteins of global strains of bluetongue virus evolve into regional topotypes through negative (purifying) selection. Vet. Microbiol. 126: 91 – 100.
  • Gibbs, EPJ, WJ Tabachnick, TJ Holt and DE Stallknecht. 2008. US concerns over bluetongue. Science 320: 872.