HOWARD THISTLEWOOD

B.Sc.(Hons.), M.P.M.,Ph.D.,P.Ag.

Academic: Trained at the University of Southampton (U.K.), Simon Fraser University, and Ohio State University. Career has included positions as Adjunct Professor or visiting appointments at Queen's University, University of Guelph, University of Montpellier II and ENSA-Montpellier, and supervision of students at Universities of Toronto, Waterloo, Brock, and Victoria.

Professional: assistant Entomologist, ICI Plant Protection, Brazil; volunteer Wildlife Biologist, German Bird Protection Society, Fehmarn, Germany; Pest Management Specialist for the University of Guelph and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, based in Simcoe, Ontario; Research Scientist and Fruit Research Team Leader with Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Pest Management Research Centre, Vineland, Ontario; transfer of work to Montpellier, France, with cross-appointments to l’I.N.R.A. and E.N.S.A.-M, the European Biological Control Laboratory of USDA ARS, and the International Institute of Biological Control, Delemont, Switzerland; Consultant Entomologist, Canada and International; Research Scientist, Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Summerland, seconded as Program Director of the Okanagan-Kootenay Sterile Insect Release Board, a $51 million area-wide management program for codling moth in orchards, gardens, wild and public lands.

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