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Abraham, Rami Horowitz March, 2010
CURRICULUM VITAE
I. Personal
1942 Born in Israel
1956 1960 High school: in Kfar Galim Agricultural High School (near Haifa)
1960 1963 Military Service
Marital status: Married; 4 children
II. University Education and Additional Training
1966 1969 B.Sc. in Agriculture at the Faculty of Agriculture, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
1969 1972 M.Sc. in Agriculture (with distinction) at The Faculty of Agriculture,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Title of Thesis:
Summer pruning and flower removal treatment in Baccara roses, their influence on winter flower production and carbohydrate content in the various parts of the plant.
Supervision: Prof. A. H. Halevy
1977 1983 Ph.D. in Entomology at: The Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University.
Title of Thesis:
Population dynamics of the tobacco whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) on cotton.
Supervisions: Prof. D. Gerling, Prof. H. Podoler
1985 1987 Postdoctoral position at The Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, with Prof. G. P. Georghiou and Dr. N. C. Toscano
Research subject: Resistance of insects to insecticides and synergism as a
potential approach to control cotton pests.
1999-2000 Sabbatical leave at IACR, Rothamsted, Harpenden, UK with Dr. Ian Denholm.
Research subject: Inheritance of insect growth regulators resistance in Bemisia tabaci.
2007-2009 Sabbatical leave at UA, Tucson AZ with the Profs. Tim Dennehy, Yves Carrier and Judy Brown
III. Positions held and Academic Status
2006 Promoted to Grade A+ (equivalent to the Degree of Professor).
2002 to 2007 Head, Gilat Research Center
1994 to date Research scientist at the ARO, Gilat Research Center, Department of Entomology; Institute of Plant Protection.
1998 Promoted to Grade A (equivalent to the Degree of Associated Professor).
1993 Promoted to Senior Research Scientist, Grade B (Equivalent to the Degree of Senior Lecturer).
1991 - 1993 Research Scientist at the ARO with Dr. I. Ishaaya on selective insect growth regulators, and on insect resistance management in cotton and flowers.
1991 Promoted to Research Scientist, Grade C (Equivalent to the Degree of Lecturer).
1987 1991 Senior Entomologist. The Israeli Cotton Production and Marketing Board
1983 1984 Lecturer on field crop pests at the Ruppin's College.
1977 1983 Research assistant, Tel Aviv University, Dept. of Zoology.
1971 1976 Independent consultant for the northern Negev region on greenhouse management and pest management control in field crops.
IV. Training/Teaching and Experience (including guidance of students and foreign scholar)
1983 1985 Lecturer on field crop pests at the Ruppin's College, Israel.
1992 to date Lecturer at the International IPM Courses at the Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel.
1995 to date Students:
1. Guidance with Dr. I. Denholm and Prof. I. Ishaaya: Greg Devine (UK), a Ph.D. student, on the effects of pipronyl butoxide, an inhibitor of microsomal oxidases, on Bemisia tabaci, (1995-6)
2. Guidance with the Prof. D. Rosen: Hadas Cohen, a M.Sc. student on the susceptibility of the woolly apple aphid parasitoid to common pesticides used in apple orchards, (1995-6).
3. Guidance with the Profs. A. Freidberg and I. Ishaaya: Ana Svetchkov (Maklakov), a M.Sc. student, on the control of the cucurbit fruit fly (Dacus
ciliatus Loew), (1998-1999).
4. Guidance with Prof. I. Ishaaya: Yosef Mansour, a Ph.D. student, on the control and resistance mechanisms in the pea leafminer Liriomyza huidobrensis, (1996-2000).
5. Guidance with Prof. I. Ishaaya: Dr. Uwe Pluschkell (Germany), a post-doctoral student, on IPM in cotton and greenhouse crops. (1998-1999)
6. Guidance a post graduate student, Hemalkumar Bhatt (India), on resistance management for transgenic crops, (2003).
7. Guidance a post doc student, Dr. Vadim Khasdan on molecular diagnostic of biotypes of Bemisia tabaci (2004 - 2006).
8. Guidance a M. Sc. Student, Haggai Breslauer, on Dynamics of Bemisia tabaci biotypes in field crops (2004-- to date).
9. Guidance a Ph.D. student, Dodo Samadashvili (Georgia), on Biological control of locust pests and IGRs (2005).
10. Guidance a M.Sc. Student, Olga Chernichovski (Russia), on “Genetics of insecticide resistance in Bemisia tabaci" (2005—to date).
11. Guidance a Ph.D. student, Nana Bitsadze (Georgia), on “Combining biological control with entomopathogenic fungi and insect growth regulators against locusts” (2006).
12. Guidance a M.Sc. student, Irma Sokhadze (Georgia), on “Biological control of locusts with entomopathogenic fungi” (2007).
V. Membership in Scientific and Agricultural Committees
A. Local
1988-1999 The Negev Agricultural Committee
1988 to date Cotton Board, Pest Management Committee
1991-1999 The Ministry of Agriculture, Insecticides Registration Committee
1993-1995 The ARO Research Proposal Evaluation Committee.
1994 to date The “HAMABIAH” Steering Committee, Area-wide IPM and IRM Programs, at Bet She’an western Galilee and western Negev.
1996-1998 The Gilat Steering Committee.
2001-2007 The Vegetable Research Proposal Evaluation Committee.
2002 to date Cotton Steering Committee
2002-2007 The ARO Steering Committee.
2002-2007 The ARO Strategic Committee.
B. International
1996 International Organization for Pest Resistance Management (IOPRM) Committee.
1997-1998 Organization Committee of DIARP, Dutch-Israel Workshop on Environmental-Friendly Flower Production; Herzelia, Israel
1997-1999 ENMARIA - European Network for Management of Arthropod Resistance to Insecticides and Acaricides.
2000-2007 EWSN - European Whitefly Studies Network.
2002-2003 Organization Committee of the III International Workshop on Bemisia, Barcelona Spain.
2008-2009 Advisory Committee of the V International Workshop on Bemisia, China
VI. Editorial Responsibilities
2007 to date, Subject Editor, Journal of Pest Science”
2002-4 Editor (Book): “Insect Pest Management - Field and Protected Crops”
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York (published April 2004).
2004-7 Editor (Book): "Insecticide Design using Advanced Technologies"
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York (published January 2007).
2007-2009 Editor (Book): Biorational Control of Arthropod Pests - Application and Resistance Management, Springer, Netherlands (published September 2009).
2007-2009 Section Editor (Book): Bemisia: Bionomics and Management (2010).
1993 to date Reviewer of manuscripts for:
Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology
Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture
Bulletin of Entomological Research
Environmental Entomology
Journal of Applied Entomology
European Journal of Entomology
Journal of Economic Entomology
New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science
Phytoparasitica
Plant Protection
Various book chapters
VII. Participation in International Meetings and Similar Functions
1979 International Symposium I.O.B.C. "Integrated Control in Agriculture and Forestry". Vienna, Austria. Oral presentation.
1984 (Invited) XVII International Congress of Entomology. Hamburg, West Germany. Oral presentation.
1986 28th Ann. Entomol. Conf. UCR, Riverside, California, USA. Oral presentation.
1986 Entomol. Soc. Amer. Pacific Branch Conf. San Diego, California, USA. Oral presentation.
1986 Entomol. Soc. Amer. Nat. Conf., Reno, Nevada, USA. Oral presentation.
1987 Beltwide Cotton Conferences. Dallas, Texas, USA. Oral presentation.
1987 29th Ann. Entomol. Conf. UCR, Riverside, California, USA. Oral presentation.
1991 The United States/Israel BARD Workshop on New Target for Insect Management in Crop Protection. Shoresh, Israel 1991.
1992 XIX International Congress of Entomology, Beijing, China. Poster presentation.
1994 SCI Meeting, Management of Bemisia tabaci, London, UK. Oral presentation.
1994 (Invited) World Cotton Research Conference-1, Brisbane, Australia. Oral and poster presentations (Chaired the session on Chemical Control of Cotton Pests).
1994 (Invited) Bemisia BARD Workshop, Shoresh, Israel. Oral presentation.
1995 ACS Special Conference VI on Molecular Genetics and Ecology of Pesticide Resistance, Montana, USA. Poster presentation.
1995 (Invited) XIII International Plant Protection Congress, The Hague, The Netherlands. Oral presentation.
1995 (Invited) Southwest Resistance Working Group, Meeting, Maricopa, AZ, USA.
1996 (Invited) 4th Annual Progress Review of the 5-Year National Research and Action Plan for Development of Management and Control Methodology for Silverleaf Whitefly, San Antonio, Texas, USA. Oral presentation.
1996 XX International Congress of Entomology, Florence, Italy. Poster presentations.
1996 (Invited) International workshop of Cotton Pest Resistance Management, Beijing, China. Oral presentation.
1997 Research study at the BEC Dept. IACR-Rothamsted, UK, on the genetics of Bemisia resistance to insecticides (two months).
1997 Resistance’97, Integrated Approach to Combating Resistance, IACR-Rothamsted, UK. Poster presentation.
1997 (Invited) ENMARIA (European Network for Management of Arthropod Resistance to Insecticides and Acaricides) Workshop, IACR-Rothamsted, UK. Oral presentation.
1997 (Invited) Japan-Israel Workshop, Novel Approaches for Controlling Insect Pests and
Plant Diseases. Ma’ale Hahamisha, Israel. Oral presentation.
1998 (Invited) Novartis Internal Resistance Workshop. Basle, Switzerland. Oral presentation.
1998 The Royal Society of London "Insecticide resistance: from mechanisms to
management". London, UK.
1998 (Invited) ENMARIA (European Network for Management of Arthropod Resistance to Insecticides and Acaricides) Workshop, Almeria, Spain. Oral presentation.
1998 (Invited) Second International Workshop on Bemisia, Geminiviruses and their Vectors San Juan, Puerto Rico. Oral and poster presentations.
1998 (Invited) DIARP, Dutch-Israel Workshop on Environmental-Friendly Flower
Production; Herzelia, Israel. Organization committee, Oral presentations.
1998 (Invited) World Cotton Conference-2 Athens, Greece. Oral presentation.
1999 (Invited) ENMARIA (European Network for Management of Arthropod
Resistance to Insecticides and Acaricides) Workshop, Thessaloniki, Greece. Oral presentation.
1999 (Invited) XIV International Plant Protection Congress, Jerusalem, Israel., Symposium Co-organizer (Chaired the Session on Pesticide Resistance Management). Oral and poster presentations
2000 European Whitefly Studies Network (EWSN), John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK, oral presentation.
2000 (Invited) XXI International Congress of Entomology, Iguassu Falls, Brazil. Oral
presentation.
2000 (Invited) Novartis 3rd Internal Resistance Workshop. Basle, Switzerland. Oral presentation.
2000 (Invited) EWSN workshop, Aguilas, Spain, oral presentation.
2001 (Invited) 1st European Whitefly Symposium, Ragusa, Sicily. Oral presentation.
2001 (Invited) Southwest Resistance Working Group, Meeting, Tucson, AZ, USA.
2001 (Invited) 2nd Japan-Israel Crop Protection Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, oral presentations. (Chaired the Session on "IPM").
2001 (Invited) "Resistance 2001". International conference organized by IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, Herts, UK, oral presentation.
2002 (Invited) 2002 Entomological Society of America Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Fl, USA. Oral presentation. (Symposium moderator - "Biorational Insecticides").
2003 World Cotton Conference-3 Cape Town, South Africa. Oral presentation.
2003 Third International Workshop on Bemisia, Barcelona, Spain. Oral presentation.
2004 (Invited) 15th International Plant Protection Congress (15th IPPC), Beijing, China. Oral presentations.
2004 (Invited) XXII International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane, Australia. Oral presentation. (Symposium organizer and a chair person).
2004 2nd European Whitefly Study Network Symposium, Cavtat, Croatia.
Oral presentation.
2005 (Invited) "IPM in protected crops, temperate climate"; IOBC meeting, Naantali, Finland. Oral presentation.
2006 (Invited) “Insecticides with Novel Modes of Action and their Role in IPM Programs” Mini Symposium was held at the 5th National IPM Symposium, Saint Louis, Mo., USA (Symposium organizer and a chair person).
2006 (Invited) “Management of Pesticide Resistance”; Workshop was held at the 5th National IPM Symposium, Saint Louis, Mo., USA.
2006 (Invited) “Q Biotype Symposium”; Workshop was held at the 5th National IPM Symposium, Saint Louis, Mo., USA.
2006 (Invited) “Pest and Resistance Management” (Symposium organizer and a moderator). 4th International Bemisia Workshop and International Whitefly Genomics Workshop, Duck Key, Florida USA.
2006 2002 Entomological Society of America Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, USA
2007 "Resistance 2007". International conference organized by Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts, UK.
2007 (Invited) "Novel Insecticides: Mechanism, Selectivity and Importance in Pest and
Resistance Management Programs" (Symposium organizer). Symposium to be presented at the International Congress of Insect Biotechnology & Industry (ICIBI), 2007, Daegu, South Korea.
2007 Entomological Society of America Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA
Oral presentation.
2008 (Invited) Global Workshop: Stewardship of Neonicotinoid Insecticides
Promoting Sustainability.
Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort & Spa, Honolulu, Hawaii, 5-6 June, 2008
Oral presentation.
2009 (Invited) “Biorational Control: Mechanism, Selectivity and Importance in IPM
Program” - Mini Symposium was held at the 6th National IPM Symposium, Portland, OR., USA (Symposium organizer, oral presentation and a chair person).
2009 (Invited) 5th Bemisia Workshop, Guangzhou, China
(Symposium organizer, oral presentation and a chair person).
VIII. Invitation by Professional Societies in Israel
1997 Organizing committee and chaired at the annual convention of the Israeli fund for advancement of research on and development of pesticides on “Molecular biology to
Advance Plant Protection in the 2000s”
1998 Organizing committee and chaired at the 13th Conference of the Entomological Society of Israel on “Physical Control of Pests in Protected and Outdoors”.
1998 Organizing committee at the annual convention of the Israeli fund for advancement of research on and development of pesticides on “Area-wide IPM Programs”.
1999 The 14th Conference of the Entomological Society of Israel on “Western Flower Thrips”.
2002 The 16th Conference of the Entomological Society of Israel on "Biotypes of Bemisia tabaci."
2003 Lecture in the Memorial Ceremony for Prof. Ascher on "Management of resistance to insecticides"; organized by the Department of Entomology, ARO and the Entomological Society of Israel.
2005 The 1st Workshop on Semi-Arid Agriculture at the Ben Gurion University (Sde-Boker Campus); lecture on Gilat Research Center, R & D.
2005 The entomological Society of Israel Annual Meeting; chaired at the IPM Session.
2005 The 2nd meeting on Organic Agriculture at the Shuval Mevo'ot-Negev School; lecture on Biological control of tomato pests. Organized by the I.B.O.A.A - Israel Bio-Organic Agricultural Association
2006 The 2nd Workshop on Semi-Arid Agriculture at the Ben Gurion University (Sde-Boker Campus); lecture on Agricultural R & D in the Negev.
2006 The 3rd meeting on Organic Agriculture at the Shuval Mevo'ot-Negev School; lecture on biological and integrated control of agricultural insect pests. Organized by the I.B.O.A.A - Israel Bio-Organic Agricultural Association
2006 Lecture at the Annual Memorial symposium devoted to Dr. Vermesh on “Biotypes of Bemisia tabaci in Israel”; organized by the Plant Protection and Inspection Services (PPIS)of Israel.
2006 Lecture on insect resistance management programs in transgenic crops; at a symposium on agroecology organized by the Ministry of Environmental Protection;
IX. Membership in Professional Societies
Entomological Society of America
The Entomological Society of Israel
American Plasticultural Society
International Association for the Plant Protection Sciences
International Society for Pest Information (ISPI)
International Organization for Biological and Integrated Control of Noxious Animals and Plants (OILB/SROP)
The Entomological Society of Korea
XI. Research Grants
A. International Competition Grants.
2001 Cooperative Development Research (CDR) Program. Title: Control of the
Leafminer, Liriomyza huidobrensis, in Potatoes Through IPM.