SUMMARY

PhD in Zoology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1986.  Doctoral research in the field of parasites of insects

Over forty peer-reviewed publications (journal papers, conference papers, and posters)

Editing and refereeing scientific papers (writing for media publications covered on "Arts Resume" page)

Written and oral presentation of seminars, reports, and grant applications

Liaison with federal, provincial, and local government departments, funding bodies, commercial producers, and start-up companies, research assistants, technicians, and support staff

Teaching at all levels 

Design of university and other courses

Supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students

Organization and chairing of departmental seminar programs, and national and international scientific meetings

NAME: My name recently reverted from Sandra Zervos to Sandra Rhodda.  While my  official transcripts are in the name of "Rhodda",  all publications are in my former name of "Zervos".

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:  B.Sc.  (first class honors equivalent) 1979.  PhD, "Population regulation of thelastomatid nematodes (Nematoda: Thelastomatidae) of cockroaches." 1986. Both from University of Canterbury, Christchurch 1, New Zealand.

SUMMARY OF UNITS TAKEN TOWARDS B.Sc:  Upper undergraduate level courses:  Entomology 3, Parasitology 3, (ranked first in my year); Environmental Physiology, Neurophysiology and Behavior (ranked second); Ecology.  Extra courses offered to prospective Honors students:  Zoology Honors 1, grade A+; Zoology Honors 2, grade A. Second major, Botany (grade B+).

Additional units gained Russian reading, Physics, Art history (to third year), English, History and Psychology. 

Ph.D.1986. University of Canterbury, Christchurch 1, New Zealand.

UNIVERSITY AWARDS:

1979     U.G.C. Postgraduate Scholarship

1980     Charles Cook Warwick House Memorial Scholarship

In addition, I was runner up for the Percival Memorial prize for outstanding third year student.

OTHER AWARDS:

1965     Christchurch Technical Institute prize for University  Entrance student.

1985     Royal Society of New Zealand (Canterbury Branch) Travel Award.

1985     New Zealand Society for Parasitology Travel Award.   

1985     Australian Society for Parasitology Travel Award.

1985    Australian Society for Parasitology Prize for best student paper  presented at conference.  

1986     Australian Society for Parasitology Conference Award.

ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:

1976     Student representative for Parasitology 3

1979     Student representative for Honors 3

1980     Student representative for Postgraduate students

1981     Zoology Department seminar coordinator

1984   Organizing committee member, joint Australian and New   Zealand Societies for Parasitology Conference.

1988    Local organizing committee member, American Society  of Parasitologists Conference, U.B.C.

1988     Invited discussion participant, Entomophilic nematodes workshop, Eighteenth International Congress  of Entomology, Vancouver, Canada

1989   Organizer,  B.C. Parasitologists Spring Meeting,  Vancouver,  Canada

1989  Invited moderator, Seventeenth International Symposium on  Entomopathogenic Nematodes, Asilomar, California

1990-93  Organizing committee and participant, Insect Parasitic Nematodes Group, annual meetings, Fredericton, N.B.

 MEMBER OF:

1980-1986     The Royal Society of New Zealand

1980-1986     The Entomological Society of New Zealand

1980-1986     New Zealand Society for Parasitology

1985-1986     Australian Society for Parasitology

1984-1992     International Federation of University Women

1987-1992     Canadian Society of Zoologists

1987-1992     American Society of Zoologists

1988-1992     Society of Nematologists

1988-1990     Academic Women's Committee, SFU

PUBLICATIONS:

1980     Bispiculum inequale n. gen. & sp.(Nematoda: Tetradonematidae) from New Zealand wood-boring beetles (Curculionidae: Platypodinae).  New Zealand Journal of   Zoology 7, 155-164.

1983 Blatticola monandros n.sp. (Nematoda:Thelastomatidae) from the      blattellid cockroach Parellipsidion pachycercum.  New Zealand  Journal of Zoology 10, 329-333.

1984     Seasonality in a field population of two New Zealand cockroaches (Blattodea).  New Zealand Journal of Zoology 11, 307-312.

1986     Population regulation of thelastomatid nematodes (Nematoda: Thelastomatidae) of cockroaches.  A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology in the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. 203pp. Bib # 197982.

1987     Notes on the size distribution of a New Zealand cockroach, Celatoblatta vulgaris.  New Zealand Journal of Zoology 14, 295-297.

1987     Protrellus dixoni n. sp. (Nematoda:Thelastomatidae) from the cockroach Drymaplaneta variegata.  New Zealand Journal of Zoology 14, 251-256.

1987     Protrellus dalei n. sp., Blatticola barryi n. sp., and      Suifunema mackenziei n. sp., thelastomatid nematodes from New Zealand cockroaches.  New Zealand Journal of Zoology 14, 239-250.

1988     Population dynamics of a thelastomatid nematode of cockroaches.  Parasitology 96, 353-368.

1988     Evidence for population self-regulation, reproductive competition and arrhenotoky in a thelastomatid nematode of cockroaches.  Parasitology 96, 369-379.

1988     Population regulation in parasitic nematodes (Thelastomatidae) of cockroaches.  New Zealand Journal of Zoology 15, 333-338.

1988     Stadial and seasonal occurrence of gregarines and nematomorphs in two New Zealand cockroaches.  New Zealand Journal of Zoology 16, 143-146.

1989     Zervos, S. & Webster, J.M.  Susceptibility of the cockroach Periplaneta americana to Heterorhabditis heliothidis  Nematoda: Rhabditoidea) in the laboratory.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 67, 1607-1611.

1991     Zervos, S., Johnson, S.C., & Webster, J.M.  Effect of temperature and inoculum size on reproduction and development of Heterorhabditis heliothidis and Steinernema glaseri  (Nematoda:Rhabditoidea) in Galleria mellonella.   Canadian       Journal of Zoology 69, 1261-1264.

1995 Eidt, D.C., Zervos, S, Pye, A.E., & Finney-Crawley, J.R.   Control of Hylobius congener Dalle Torre, Shenkling, and Marshall (Coleoptera:Curculionidae) using entomopathogenic nematodes.  The Canandian Entomologist 127,431-438.

1995 Eidt, D.C., Zervos, S. & Finney-Crawley, J.R.    Susceptibility of adults of Hylobius congener Dalle Torre, Shenkling and Marshall (Coleoptera:Curculionidae) to entomopathogenic nematodes.   The Canandian Entomologist 127, 439-441.

2000 Leighton, B.J. Zervos, S, & Webster, J.M.  Ecological factors in schistosome transmission, and an environmentally benign method of controlling snails in a recreational lake with a record of schistosome dermatitis.   Parasitology International 49, 9-17.

INVITED CONFERENCE PAPERS:

1988 The use of nematodes to control pest insects.  British Columbia Entomology Society, Vancouver, Canada.

CONTRIBUTED CONFERENCE PAPERS, POSTERS:

1984     Self-regulation of a population of monogamous nematodes.  Joint Aust. and N.Z. Societies for Parasit. Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

1984     Stadial and seasonal occurrence of gregarines and nematomorphs in two native New Zealand cockroaches.  Joint Australian and  New Zealand Societies for Parasit. conference, Christchurch,  New Zealand.

1985     Population self-regulation, arrhenotoky, and reproductive competition in a thelastomatid nematode of cockroaches.  N.Z. Soc. for Parasit. conference, Hamilton, New Zealand; Aust. Soc. for Parasit. conference, Sydney, Australia.

1985     Seasonality in a field population of thelastomatid nematodes.    N.Z. Soc. Parasit. conference, Hamilton, New Zealand; Aust. Soc. Parasit. conference, Sydney, Australia.

1985     Cyclical egg production and reproductive competition in thelastomatid nematodes of cockroaches.  N.Z. Soc. Parasit. conference, Hamilton, New Zealand; Aust. Soc. Parasit. conference, Sydney, Australia.

1986 How and why parasitic hind gut thelastomatid nematodes regulate their own populations.  Sixth International Congress of Parasitology, Brisbane, Australia.

1987     Regulation of nematode parasite populations.  British Columbia      Parasitologists Spring Meeting, Burnaby, Canada.

1987     Population self regulation, underdispersal, inbreeding and arrhenotoky in oxyuroid nematodes of invertebrates.  Canadian Society of Zoologists, Montreal, Canada.

1987 Sex and violence in insect nematodes.  Society of Nematologists, Hawaii, U.S.A.

1987     Parthenogenesis in heterorhabditid nematodes.  British Columbia Parasitologists Autumn meeting, Vancouver, Canada.  (Co-author, J.M. Webster).

1987 Are males necessary in heterorhabditid nematodes.  American Society of Zoologists, New Orleans, U.S.A.  (Co-author, J.M. Webster).

1988 The use of a heterorhabditid nematode to control cockroaches.       British Columbia Parasitologists Spring Meeting, Nanaimo,  Canada.  (Co-author, J.M. Webster).

1988     Killing cockroaches with nematodes.  Canadian Society of Zoologists, Halifax, Canada.  (Co-author, J.M. Webster).

1988 The use of Heterorhabditis against cockroaches.  Entomophilic      nematodes workshop, Eighteenth International Congress of  Entomology, Vancouver, Canada (co-author, J.M. Webster).

1988     Problems with rhabditids and their use in biocontrol.  Entomophilic nematodes workshop, Eighteenth International Congress of Entomology, Vancouver, Canada (co-author, S.H. Krannitz).

1988 A new study of swimmers itch in British Columbia, B.C. Parasitologists Fall Meeting, Friday Harbor, Washington, U.S.A. (co-authors, B. Leighton, J.M. Webster).

1989     Effect of temperature and inoculum size on nematodes (Rhabditidae) having potential as biological control agents.  Canadian Society of Zoologists, York University, Ontario, Canada (co-author, J.M. Webster)

1989 In vivo productivity of entomopathogenic nematodes (Rhabditidae) in relation to temperature and inoculum size.  University of California, Davis, California, U.S.A..

1989 A rotifer parasitoid of the freshwater gastropod Stagnicola catascopium. (Co-author, Leighton, B.).   British Columbia Parasitologists, Autumn meeting, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada.

1990 The use of nematodes to control forest pests.   British Columbia Parasitologists, Autumn meeting, Friday Htearbor, Washington, USA.

1990 Progress report on forest insect control with entomopathogenic      nematodes against spruce bud moth, seedling debarking weevil, and nursery insects.   Eighteenth Annual Forest Pest Control Forum, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

1991 Control of forest plantation insects with entomopathogenic nematodes.   Acadian Entomological Society Meeting, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

1991 Control of black vine weevil in forest nurseries, and spruce bud moth and seedling debarking weevils in plantations using entomopathogenic nematodes.   Nineteenth Annual Forest Pest Control Forum, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

1992 Control of black vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Fab) in forest nurseries.   Acadian Entomological Society Meeting,  Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

1993 Entomopathogenic nematodes in the control of insect pests.  Canadian Society of Zoologists, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS:

1979 Life history and taxonomy of a new tetradonematid nematode from three wood-boring beetles in New Zealand.  Dept. of Zoology, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

1980     Oxyuroids of arthropods in New Zealand.  Dept. of Zoology, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

1983     Population biology and ecology of entomogenous nematodes.  Dept. of Zoology, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

1985 Sex and violence amongst parasitic nematodes of cockroaches. Dept. of Zoology, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

1987     Nematode parasite populations of cockroaches:  the balance of   the sexes.  Dept. of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Canada.

1987 The wonder of worms.  Psychology Research Seminar Group, Simon Fraser University, Canada.

1988 Sex and violence amongst parasites.  Psychology Research Seminar Group, Simon Fraser University, Canada.

1989     Entomopathogenic nematodes for biological control.   Insect Pathology Group, University of British Columbia, Canada.

1990 Does it hurt or doesn't it?   Nematode associations with insects.   Department of Entomology, University of Maine,      Orono Maine, USA.

1991 Games nematodes play.  Department of Entomology, Macdonald College, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada.

1992 Nematodes and pest control.   Department of Entomology, Macdonald College, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada.

UNIVERSITY TEACHING RECORD:

1980-1985     Laboratory demonstrator; laboratory supervisor (General Zoology Courses; Parasitology Courses).  Dept. of Zoology, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

1980-1985     Invited lectures to Parasitology 3 classes.  Dept. of Zoology, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

1987, 1989     Sessional Instructor, Parasitic Associations (BISC 848). Design, construction, and teaching of university unit course.  Dept. of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Canada.

1988     Invited seminars to postgraduate Nematology Course (BISC 848).      Spring Semester.  Dept. of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Canada.

For my experience teaching in schools and in an art gallery, see "Teaching Experience" and "Current Position" pages.

POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE, Simon Fraser University, 1987 to 1993:

Research:

-rearing and maintenance of steinernematid nematodes (two           strains of Heterorhabditis heliothidis and two species of Steinernema) in vivo and in vitro.     

-maintenance of the symbiotic bacteria associated  with steinernematids

-manipulations of populations of steinernematid  nematodes in order to  identify life history traits  and population dynamics 

-behavioral aspects of steinernematid populations 

-competition in steinernematids

-virulence, efficacy and longevity of steinernematids in the laboratory nursery, and field

-greenhouse, nursery and field applications of these  nematodes for control of insect pests; field trials in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia (including Cape Breton), and Prince Edward Island, Canada    

-karyotyping of entomogenous nematodes

Internal Reports

-Virulence assay for Heterorhabditis Pa strain

-The virulence of two strains of Heterorhabdidis heliothidis against G. mellonella

-Recommendations to industry on mass production  

-Edenvale Farm (B.C.) cabbage maggot treatment trial

-Yield of Heterorhabditis heliothidis Pa strain and  Steinernema glasseri from Galleria mellonella in   relation to temperature and dose rate

Liaise 

-with commercial producers (e.g., Phero Tech, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) of rhabditids to foster improved production and plan field trials

-with Bursephalenchus think tank (Simon Fraser University and Pacific Forestry Centre participants

-with federal government field officers during NSERC and CRC visits to SFU and commercial producers (National Sciences and Engineering Research Council and Canada Research Council)

-with provincial (British Columbia) and local government officials during three year schistosome dermititis (swimmers itch) research project in B.C. lakes; presentation of written and oral research proposals, funding requests, and progress reports to provincial government ministers

Supervising

-research assistants

-assisting with supervision of post graduate students

-technicians in the laboratory and field

Editing

-papers for colleagues

-oral and written MSc and Ph.D presentations

-grant progress reports to NSERC

Refereeing for:

-Journal of Nematology

-Nematropica

-Journal of Parasitology

ACADEMIC INTERESTS:

-Medical and Veterinary parasitology

-Parasites of economic importance and applied parasitology

-Impact of parasites on host populations; host-parasite interactions

-Parasite population biology, life history and  reproductive strategies, sex ratio control,  fecundity, and ecological adaptations

-General ecological issues

-General environmental issues, including environmental protection

-Sustainable and organic agriculture, including Integrated Pest Management

-General reproductive and sex ratio strategies

-General zoology and botany