Citizenship: USA Department of Entomology
Campus Box 7613
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695
jjheath@ncsu.edu cell 937-475-9455
EDUCATION
2012 PhD Environmental Science, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
2001 MS Entomology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 1996 BSc (Honors)Environmental Science, Acadia University,
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY – RESEARCH
Feb 2013 to present Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Dr. Coby Schal
Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University
Project: The evolution of sexual signals in heliothine moths.
Sep 2012 to Dec 2012 Graduate Research Assistant
Dr. John O. Stireman III
Environmental Sciences PhD Program
Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University
PhD Project: Understanding the evolutionary drivers of an incipient adaptive radiation of gall midges on goldenrod.
Jun 07 to Aug 2011 Graduate Research Assistant
Dr. John O. Stireman III
Environmental Sciences PhD Program
Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University
PhD Project: Understanding the evolutionary drivers of an incipient adaptive radiation of gall midges on goldenrod.
Jun 04 to May 07 Research Consultant
Ecobugs.com, an online distributor of natural enemies and organic pest-control products.
Aug 03 to May 04 Graduate Research Assistant
Dr. Thomas C. Baker
Department of Entomology, Penn State University
Project: The influence of selected plant volatiles on sex-pheromone mediated behavior and peripheral olfactory events in Heliothine moths.
July 03 to Aug 03 Research Assistant
Dr. Junwei Zhu
Department of Entomology, Iowa State University
Projects: (1) Investigating the influence of selected plant compounds on the wind-tunnel flight of Aedes aegypti. (2) Investigating the influence of selected plant compounds as attractants for beneficial insects in a soybean field.
Jun 01 to Jun 03 Graduate Research Assistant
Dr. Thomas C. Baker
Department of Entomology, Iowa State University
Project: Investigating the influence of plant volatiles on intraspecific chemical communication in moths.
Jan 01 to May 01 Research Associate
Drs. Karen A. Garrett and Rebecca Nelson
Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University
Department of Crop Protection, Centro Internacional de la Papa
Project: Statistical analysis of data accumulated from Farmer Participatory Research conducted on the potato pathogen, late blight, in Peru, South America.
Sep 97 to Dec 00 Graduate Research Associate
Drs. P. Larry Phelan and Roger N. Williams
Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center
Projects: (1) To identify the sex pheromone of the raspberry crown borer,
Pennisetia marginata. (2) To characterize the morphology and function of an undescribed organ I discovered in the larvae of several scarab species. (3) MS thesis project. To determine the mechanism of aggregation in the rose chafer, Macrodactylus subspinosus.
May 96 to Aug 97 Agricultural Research (Contracts)
Dr. Rob Smith, Atlantic Food and Horticulture Research Centre.
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bjectives: (1) To determine the presence of a sex pheromone for the apple leaf midge, Dasineura mali and identify the active component(s). (2) To begin development of an artificial diet and ovipositional surface for the spotted tentiform leafminer.
Apr 96 to Jan 97 Coordinator, Nova Scotia Environmental Training Centre
Acadia Division of Continuing Education, Acadia University and the Nova Scotia Department of Environment.
Duties: Carried out the initial development and continued operation of the centre.
GRANTS
2003 Enhancing teaching and outreach capabilities,
computing power, and computer access. Iowa State University, College of Agriculture Technology Transfer Committee, $8358
2000 Development of an insect zoo for the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. University Outreach and Engagement, The Ohio State University, $600
1998 Development of a sex attractant for control and monitoring of the raspberry crown borer, Pennisetia marginata (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) Ohio Vegetable & Small Fruit Research & Development Program, Columbus, Ohio, $1000
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2011 Wright State University Graduate Research
Excellence Award
2002 Iowa State University Teaching Excellence Award
1999 Mervin G. Smith Scholarship, College of Food,
Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, The Ohio State University
1998 Member First-place OSU Team, Linnaean Games
North Central Branch of the ESA
1997 Student Presentation Award
Acadian Entomological Society
1996 University Medal in Environmental Science
Acadia University
1996 Bronze Level Award
Acadia Student Entrepreneurial Research Program Acadia University
1993 New England Alumni Scholarship
PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING
Fall 2001 Two-day College Teaching Conference, The Center for
Teaching Excellence and the Graduate College, Iowa State University
Spring 2008 Workshop: Creating Critical Classrooms with Dr. Brookfield, The Center for Teaching and Learning, Wright State
University
Winter 2012 Workshop: Using Rubrics to Assess Student Learning, The
Center for Teaching and Learning, Wright State University
Spring 2012 Workshop: Critical Thinking: Questioning Assumptions About
What We Think We Know
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY - TEACHING
Jun 2012 to Aug 2012 Graduate Teaching Assistant
Dr. Athanasios Bubulya (Introduction to Cell Biology Laboratory) Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University Mar 2012 to May 2012 Graduate Teaching Assistant
Dr. John O. Stireman III (Biology of Invertebrates)
Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University Nov 2011 to Feb 2012 Graduate Teaching Assistant
Dr. Melissa Schen (Foundations in Scientific Literacy & Problem Solving)
Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University Sep 2011 to Nov 2011 Graduate Teaching Assistant
Dr. Don Cipollini (Plant Physiology)
Department of Biological Sciences, Wright State University
Spring Sem 2003 Graduate Teaching Assistant (2 Sections)
Advanced Pest Management (Dr. Jon Tollefson) Spring Sem 2002
Fall Sem 2001 Fall Sem 2002
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Dr. Russell A Jurenka (Introductory Entomology) Dr. Elwood R. Hart (Introductory Entomology) Dr. Thomas C. Baker (Insect Behavior)
INVITED TEACHING LECTURES
2011. The diversity of secondary metabolites in plants. Lecture for D. Cipollini, Course: Plant Physiology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH. 2002. Induced plant volatiles and their effect on insect behavior.
Lecture for T.C. Baker, Course: Insect Behavior, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
STUDENTS MENTORED
2015 Mikeala Fell, Undergraduate research project, biology major, North Carolina State University
2012 Tiffany Brown, Masters student, biology major, Wright State University 2011 Kristina Solch, Non-thesis masters student, biology major, Wright State
University
2011 Manish Paranjpe, Highschool volunteer, Wright State University
2009 Jennifer Phillips, Undergraduate research project, Wright State University
PUBLICATIONS
14. Heath, J.J., A. Kessler, E. Woebbe, D. Cipollini, J.O. Stireman III. 2014. Exploring plant defense theory in tall goldenrod, Solidago
altissima. New Phytologist 202(4), 1357-1370
13. Cobbs,C., J.J. Heath, J.O. Stireman III, P. Abbot. 2013.
Carotenoids in unexpected places: Gall midges, lateral gene transfer, and carotenoid biosynthesis in animals. Molecular Phylogenetics and
Evolution 68(2), 221-228.
12. Heath, J.J., D. Cipollini, and J.O. Stireman III. 2013. The role of carotenoids and their derivatives in mediating interactions between insects and their environment. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. DOI 10.1007/s11829-012-9239-7
11. Heath, J.J., B. Wells, D. Cipollini, and J.O. Stireman III. 2013. Carnivores and carotenoids are associated with adaptive behavioural divergence in a radiation of gall midges. Ecological Entomology 38, 11-22. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2012.01397.x
10. Heath, J.J. and J.O. Stireman III. 2010. Dissecting the
association between a gall midge, Asteromyia carbonifera, and its symbiotic fungus, Botryosphaeria dothidea. Entomologia
Experimentalis et Applicata 137(1), 36-49.
9. Heath, J.J., A. Zhang, W.L. Roelofs, and R.F. Smith. 2005. Flight activity and further evidence of a female-produced sex pheromone of the apple leaf midge, Dasineura mali in Nova Scotia. Northeastern
8. Baker, T.C. and J.J. Heath. 2004. Pheromones: function and use in insect control. L.I. Gilbert, K. Latrou, and S. Gill (Eds). In
Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science Vol. 6. Elsevier.
7. Ortiz, O., Garrett, K. A., Heath, J. J., Orrego, R., and Nelson, R. J. 2004. Management of potato late blight in the Peruvian highlands: Evaluating the benefits of Farmer Field Schools and Farmer
Participatory Research. Plant Disease 88, 565-571.
6. Heath, J.J., R.N. Williams, P.L. Phelan. 2002. Aggregation and male attraction to feeding virgin females in Macrodactylus
subspinosus (F.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae).
Environmental Entomology 31 (6), 934-940.
5. Orrego, R, J.J. Heath, J. Tenorio, C. Valencia, J.A. Landeo, M. Upadhya, K.A. Garrett, N. Zuniga, A. Mendoza, A. Parraga, L. Cotrina, E. Roncal, M.A. Pacheco, O. Ortiz, R.J. Nelson. 2001. Evaluation of potato genotypes through pilot-scale farmer field schools in the
Peruvian Andes. Scientist and farmer: partners in research for the 21st
Century. Program Report 1999-2000, 225-237
4. Heath, J.J., R.N. Williams, P. L. Phelan. 2001. Light intensity: A critical factor in the wind-tunnel flight of two scarabs, the rose chafer and Japanese beetle. Journal Chemical Ecology, 27 (3), 419-429. 3. Heath, J.J., S. Gaul, D. Nash, R.F. Smith, O. Kukal. 1998. Evidence of a female-produced sex pheromone in the apple leaf midge, Dasineura mali Kieffer (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Canadian
Entomologist. 130: (1) 109-110.
2. Heath, J.J. and R.F. Smith. 1998. Efficacy of Spinosad, Malathion 25 WP, Ripcord 400 EC, and Sevin XLR Plus against apple leafcurling midge adults. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Pest Management
Report for 1997. Pp 17–18. Guelph, Ontario.
1. Heath, J.J. and R.F. Smith. 1997. Potential for biocontrol of the apple leaf midge. Pest Management News. Vol. 9, No. 2. p. 9.
PUBLICATIONS SUBMITTED OR IN PREPARATION
Heath, J.J., P. Abbot., J.O. Stireman III (in prep). Diversifying selection from the top down.
Heath, J.J. (in prep). Aggregations of Macrodactylus subspinosus are maintained by odors released by the continuous crushing of plant cells by feeding virgin females.
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
2014. Oral presentation. Exploring plant defense theory in tall
goldenrod. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Phytochemical Society of North America, Raleigh, NC
2014. Oral presentation. The relative importance of primary and
secondary resources in adaptive radiation. Evolution 2014. Society for the Study of Evolution, Raleigh, NC
2014. Oral presentation. Conflict between sexual and natural selection: The dual role of male moth courtship pheromones. Animal Behavior Conference. Center for the Integrated Study of Animal Behavior. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2014. Oral presentation. Conflict between sexual and natural selection: The dual role of male moth courtship pheromones. The 15th Annual WM Keck Center for Behavioral Biology Symposium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
2013. Oral presentation. Carnivores and carotenoids are associated with an adaptive behavioral phenotype in a radiation of gall midges. The 14th Annual WM Keck Center for Behavioral Biology Symposium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
2012. Oral presentation. The conundrum of gall morphology: Do carnivore pressures shape and maintain gall morphology in the
Asteromyia carbonifera complex? Entomological Society of America 60th
Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN.
2010. Oral presentation. Effects of carnivore pressure and host-plant traits on phenotypic divergence in an adaptive radiation of gall midges. Entomological Society of America 58th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. 2003. Oral presentation. Curbs, Hurdles, and Chain-link fences:
Overcoming obstacles in determining the sex pheromone of the
raspberry crown borer, Pennisetia marginata. Entomological Society of America Annual Conference, Cincinnatti, OH
2000. Oral presentation. Aggregation and evidence of a sex pheromone
in Macrodactylus subspinosus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Ohio
Valley Entomological Association, Cincinnati, OH.
1999. Oral presentation. Light intensity: A critical factor in the wind-tunnel flight of two scarabs the rose chafer and Japanese beetle. The Ohio Valley Entomological Association. Frankfort, KY.
1998. Oral presentation. Ovipositional preferences of the spotted tentiform leafminer Phyllonorycter blancardella (F.)
(Lepidoptera:Gracillariidae). North Central Branch Entomological Society of America, Sioux Falls, SD
1997. Oral symposium presentation. Pheromone communication in the gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Symposium: “Semiochemicals: their status & potential in pest management.” 57th Annual Meeting of the Acadian Entomological Society, Kentville, Nova Scotia.
1997. Oral presentation. Diel emergence and flight activity of the apple leaf midge, Dasineura mali (Kieffer) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). 57th Annual Meeting of the Acadian Entomological Society, Kentville, Nova Scotia.
INVITED ORAL PRESENTATIONS
2014. What do plants and insects have in common? New frontiers in chemical ecology. Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Seminar Series.
2010. Proximate and ultimate hypotheses for why gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) are orange. Symposium: Galling insects: Recent developments in systematics, behavior, genetics, and host-plant
interactions with an emphasis on gall midges. Entomological Society of America 58th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
2004. Informal oral presentation. The rose chafer: Its effects on grapes and the potential for entomopathogenic nematodes as a control. Invited by a grape grower group in Erie County, Pennsylvania.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
2012. Poster. Testing optimal defense theory in Solidago altissima. Celebration of Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities. Wright State University, Dayton, OH.
2011. Poster. Testing optimal defense theory in Solidago altissima. Ecological Society of America 96th Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
2011. Poster. Enemy escape appears to drive divergence in an adaptive radiation of gall midges. Evolutionary Ecology Across Trophic Levels: An International Symposium in Honor of Warren Abrahamson.
2010. Poster. Contrasting tritrophic and biotrophic explanations for phenotypic divergence in an adaptive radiation. Ecological Society of America 95th Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
2010. Poster. Contrasting tritrophic and biotrophic explanations for phenotypic divergence in an adaptive radiation. Celebration of
Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities. Wright State University, Dayton, OH.
2008. Poster. Dissecting the association between a gall midge and its symbiotic fungus. Ecological Society of America 93rd Annual Meeting. Milwaukee, WI.
2001. Poster. Mechanism of attraction in Premnotrypes suturicallus
(Curculionidae) Entomological Society of America Annual Conference, San Diego, CA
2000. Poster. Aggregation and evidence of a sex pheromone in
Macrodactylus subspinosus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Entomological
Society of America Annual Conference, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. 2000. Poster. Light intensity: A critical factor in the wind-tunnel flight of two scarabs the rose chafer and Japanese beetle. Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center Annual Conference
1999. Poster. Light intensity: A critical factor in the wind-tunnel flight of two scarabs the rose chafer and Japanese beetle. Entomological Society of America, Atlanta, GA.
MEDIA EXPOSURE
Catching boring bugs can mean big money. The Plain Dealer. Cleveland, Ohio. 14 August 1999.
Ohio puts big bounty on head of tiny predator. The Blade. Toledo, Ohio. 13 August 1999.
REFEREE FOR THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS
Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, Arthropod-Plant Interactions, British Journal of Applied Science and Technology, Evolution, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Environmental Entomology, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Florida Entomologist, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Journal of Applied Entomology, Journal of Chemical Ecology, Journal of Economic Entomology, Journal of Insect Science, New Phytologist, PLoS One
COMMITTEES AND SERVICE
2014 - present Social Committee. North Carolina State University Postdoctoral Association
2013 Contributor and organizer. Entomology Postdoc Biostatistics Series. Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University
2014 Volunteer. The Science of Attraction. Museum of Life and Science, Durham, NC
2013, 2014 Volunteer. Bugfest. North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, NC
2011-12 Science-fair judge. Archbishop Alter High School, Dayton, Ohio
2010 Co-organizer of the symposium: Galling insects: Recent developments
in systematics, behavior, genetics, and host-plant interactions with an emphasis on gall midges. Entomological Society of America 58th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
2002 Faculty and Staff Awards Committee, Iowa State University-Entomology
2000-2002 Linnaean Games Committee, North Central Branch Entomological Society of America
1999 Library Renovation Committee, Ohio Agricultural Research and
Development Center, Ohio State University-Entomology
1998-2000 Presented “Bug Zoos.” These are ongoing and popular presentations to school groups on the significance of arthropods using a collection of live animals I helped maintain and develop. The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, OH.
ACTIVITIES
Member Phytochemical Society of North America (active) Member Society for the Study of Evolution (active)
Member Ecological Society of America (active) Member Entomological Society of America (active) Member Ohio Valley Entomological Association (past) Member Beaver Creek Wetlands Association (active)
Enjoy backpacking, biking, cross-country and down-hill skiing, running, racquetball, bungee jumping (one-time experience!), hang gliding, and bird-watching.
