ANALIZA P. ALVES

 

Research Assistant and Ph.D. Student

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Department of Entomology

Lincoln, NE

68583-0816

Phone (402) 472-8692

Fax: (402) 472-4687

E-mail: anaalves@unlserve.unl.edu

Website: http://entomology.unl.edu/

 

Education:

 

ü       Ph.D. in Entomology, University of Nebraska – Lincoln – In progress.

ü       Masters in Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln – 2004.

ü       B.S. in Agronomy, University of Sao Paulo - ESALQ/ USP (Brazil) – 1998. 

 

Professional Responsibilities and Activities:

 

Ph.D. Research:

Application of insect genomics in the identification of resistance mechanisms. 

 

Masters Research:

Characterization of Inheritance of Bacillus thuringiensis Resistance in European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner)(Lepidoptera: Crambidae).

 

Notable Distinctions:

 

ü       Air Force Office of Scientific Research Grant. 2006 ($250).

ü       Initiative for Ecological and Evolutionary Analysis (IEEA) Travel Grant, 2006. ($500).

ü       Shear-Miles Fellowship. 2003 – 2004. ($2,000).

ü       Mary and Charles C. Cooper/ Emma I. Sharpless Fellowship. 2001, 2002. ($2,000; $3000).

ü       Student Award Competition, ESA NCB, Second Place. 2002. ($100).

ü       Swenk Fund Grant-In-Aid travel grant. 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006. ($150, $200, $250, $200).

 

Publications:

 

ü       Alves, A.P., R.H. Serikawa. Controle Químico de Pragas do Algodoeiro. Revista Brasileira de Oleaginosas e Fibrosas. (In Press).

ü       Alves, A.P., T.A. Spencer, B.E. Tabashnik. B.D. Siegfried. 2006. Inheritance of Resistance to the Cry1Ab Bacillus thuringiensis Toxin in Ostrinia nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). J. Economic Entomology 99: 494-501.

ü       Alves, A.P., L.A. Campbell, P.A. Macedo, J.D. Smith. 2005. 2002 Student Debates on Medical and Veterinary Entomology - Issue: Traditional vector control research should receive higher priority than transgenic efforts to control human and animal disease. American Entomologist. 51:107-108.

ü       P.C.R.G. Marçon, F.M.A. Silva, A.P. Alves, and J.C. Souza. 2002. Baseline susceptibility of field populations of the tomato pinworm Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) to Rumo GDA, a new insecticide from DuPont. In: 19o Congresso Brasileiro de Entomologia. Manaus/AM. Brazil.

ü       F.M.A. Silva, A.P. Alves, A.L.L. Volfe, and R. Izidorio. 2002. The efficacy of the insecticide indoxacarb for the control of tomato pinworm (Tuta absoluta). In: 19o Congresso Brasileiro de Entomologia. Manaus/AM. Brazil.

ü       Alves, A.P., Fellet, V.K., Galan, V.B. 1998. Publication of texts related to dairy market on the magazine "Preços Agricolas" from April to November.

 

 

 

 

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