Arthur G. Appel Alumni Professor & Chair 326 Funchess Hall (334) 844-2562

Areas of Interest:

Education:

Appointments at AU:

Departmental Responsibilities:

• 2004 - Chair, Departmental Planning Committee
• 2003 - Chair Departmental CSREES Review Planning Committee
• 2000-2002, Member Department Executive Committee
• 1995 - Member, Search Committee, Department of Entomology, Toxocologist/ Physiologist position.
• Member, Awards and Scholarships Committee, Department of Entomology.
• Member, Curriculum/Academic Quality Committee.

University Responsibilities:

• 2003-2005 - Member Alumni Professor Selection Committee
• 2000-2004 - Radiation Safety Committee
• 1993-1995 - Member, Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence selection committee, College of Agriculture, Auburn University.
• 1994 - Member, AAES Strategic Plan Advisory Committee.
• 1995 - Member, College of Agriculture, Teaching Improvement Committee .

Professional Responsibilities:

• 2004-2005 - Co-Chair, Program Committee, Southeastern Branch, Entomological Society of America
• Chair, Southeastern Branch, Entomological Society of America, Student Awards Committee.
• 1995-1997 - Member at large, Auburn University chapter of Sigma Xi .
• Member, National Conference on Urban Entomology, Organizing Committee.

Other Relevant Achievements, Positions Held, etc.:

• 2003 - Key note address, joint meeting of the Pest Control Association of Malaysia and the Singapore Pest Management Association, Langkawi, Malaysia
• 1996 - ESA Recognition Award in Urban Entomology, Southeastern Branch, Entomological Society of America.
• 1996 to 1998 - Chair, National Conference on Urban Entomology organizing committee.
• 1996 - Editor, Proceedings of the National Conference on Urban Entomology.
• 1988 and 1989 - The Johnson Wax Fund Research Fellowship.
• 1993 - Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence.
• 1993 - Southeastern Branch, entomological Society of America, Recognition Award in Urban Entomology.
• 1993 - Consultant and competitive grant reviewer for the National Research Council (NRC), England while on sabbatical leave.
• Expert witness for the state of Alabama.

Graduate Students:

• Beatrice N. Dingha, Ph.D., Respiration patterns and energetics of insecticide resistant and susceptible insects
• Corey M. Jennings, M.S., Repellency and toxicity assays with German cockroaches

Recent Publications:

• Dingha, B. N., W. J. Moar, and A. G. Appel. 2004. Effects of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1C toxin on the metabolic rate of resistant and susceptible Spodoptera exigua (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Physiol. Entomol. In Press
• Appel, A. G. 2004. Effects of contamination on the laboratory performance of insecticidal baits against German cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae). J. Econ. Entomol. In Press
• Appel, A. G. and X. P. Hu. 2004. Perception of trail-following substances by Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) using behavioral bioassays. Sociobiology. In Press
• Appel, A. G., M. J. Gehret, and M. J. Tanley. 2004. Repellency and toxicity of mint oil granules to red imported fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 97: 575-580.
• Appel, A. G., M. J. Gehret, and M. J. Tanley. 2004. Effects of moisture on the toxicity of inorganic and organic dust formulations to German cockroaches (Blattodea: Blattellidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 97: 1009-1016.
• Appel, A. G., Na, J. P.-S., and Lee, C. Y. 2004. Temperature and humidity tolerances of the ghost ant, Tapinoma melanocephalum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology. 44: 89-100.
• Hu, Xing Ping, and A. G. Appel. 2004. Seasonal variation of critical thermal limits and temperature tolerance in Formosan and Eastern subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Environ. Entomol. 33: 197-205.