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Areas of Interest:

Research: Arthropod behavior, neurobiology, chemical & molecular ecology, & integrated pest management (IPM)

International interests: Global food security & environmental health

Education:

1995	Ph.D., University of Oxford, United Kingdom (Zoology)
1992	M.S., Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria (Biology)
1989	B.S., Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria (Biology)

Professional Experience:

2011-Present	Alumni Professor, Auburn University
2004-Present	Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Coordinator & State Contact for Alabama
2012-Present	Associate Director, Southern IPM Center, Raleigh, NC
2007-2011	Associate Professor, Auburn University
2003-2007	Assistant Professor, Auburn University
1999-2002	Research Scientist/Entomologist, Minnesota Department of Agriculture
1998-1999	Research Associate, Entomology, University of Minnesota
1996-1998	Postdoctoral Research Associate, Entomology, Iowa State University
1992-1995	Graduate Research Assistant, Entomology, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K.
1990-1992	Graduate Assistant, Biology, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria
1989-1990	Research Assistant, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria

 

Fadamiro in the News, Recent Grants and Media Highlights

• The Alabama IPM Program was recently highlighted as an exemplary project at the joint commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Morrill Land-Grant Act, Auburn University, October 29, 2012. Click here for Dr. Fadamiro's presentation
• Fadamiro named Auburn University Presidential Administrative Fellow
• Fadamiro awarded a USDA NIFA grant to develop IPM strategies for organic vegetables
• Fadamiro awarded a grant by Becker Underwood to research chemical, behavioral and molecular mechanisms of rhizobacteria mediated plant-insect interactions
• Fadamiro named Alumni Professor at Auburn University
• Fadamiro elected Fellow of Royal Entomological Society
• Fadamiro awarded Excellence in IPM (Integrated Pest Management) award by the Entomological Society of America - Southeastern Branch
• Fadamiro's research on fire ants highlighted in Science News Magazine and US News and World Report
• Fadamiro's research on biocontrol of citrus mites highlighted in Southeast AgNet News and FreshPlaza News

Teaching:

• Economic Entomology (ENTM 4020)
• Integrated Pest Management (ENTM 5330/6330)
• Insect Behavior and Chemical Ecology (ENTM 7970/8970)

Professional Activities:

• Editor for Physiological Entomology
• 2008-2009 - Chair, SERA 3: Southern Region IPM Coordinators/Information Exchange Group
• 2007-2008 - Chair, Advisory Council of the Southern Region IPM Center, Raleigh, North Carolina
• December 2004-2007 - President, Black Entomologists
• Member of Editorial Board of the International Journal of Tropical Insect Science (formerly Insect Science and its Applications)
• Member, International Society for Chemical Ecology
• Member, Entomological Society of America

Awards and Honors:

• 2012 - Presidential Administrative Fellow, Auburn University
• 2012 - Dean's Grantsmanship Award, College of Agriculture, Auburn University
• 2011-Present - Alumni Professor, Auburn University
• 2010-Present - Fellow of Royal Entomological Society (FRES)
• 2011 - Award for Excellence in Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Entomological Society of America-Southeastern Branch
• 2011 - Dean's Grantsmanship Award, College of Agriculture, Auburn University
• 2009 - Extramural Competitive Funding Award, Alabama Cooperative Extension System
• 2005 - Director's Research Award, Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station/College of Agriculture, Auburn University
• 1992-1995 - Rhodes Scholar, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Graduate Students:

Current

• Tolulope Morawo, M.S. Student (Graduate Research Assistant, started Fall 2011)
• Jill Piorkowski, M.S. Student (Graduate Research Assistant, started Fall 2012)
• Joseph Disi, Ph.D. Student (Graduate Research Assistant, started Fall 2012)
• Olufemi Ajayi, M.S. Student (Graduate Research Assistant, started Spring 2013)

Alumni

• Elly Maxwell, M.S. (Fall 2003-Fall 2005). Current position: Entomologist, Dow Gardens, Midland, Michigan
• Ebenezer Onagbola, Ph.D. (Spring 2004-Fall 2007). Current position: US Army
• Yingfang Xiao, Ph.D. (Fall 2005-Fall 2009). Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher. Univ. of Florida, Apopka, Florida
• Timothy Nafziger, M.S. (Fall 2007-Spring 2010)
• Clement Akotsen-Mensah, Ph.D. (Fall 2006-Summer 2010). Current position: Lecturer, University of Ghana
• Rammohan (Rao) Balusu, Ph.D. (Fall 2006-Summer 2011). Current position: Research Fellow, Auburn University
• Esther Ngumbi, Ph.D. (Spring 2008-Summer 2011). Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Auburn University
• Kate Nangle, M.S. Student (Fall 2009 - Spring 2012). Current position: Entomologist, Bayer, Raleigh, NC
• Prithwiraj Das, Ph.D. Student (Fall 2007 - Fall 2012). Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Washington University, St, Louis, MO

Research Associates/Post-docs:

Current

• Dr. Rammohan (Rao) Balusu, Research Fellow. (2011-Present)
• Dr. Simon Zebelo, Research Scholar. (2012-Present)
• Dr. Yuan Yuan Song, Research Scholar. (2012-Present)
• Dr. Eunice Ajayi, Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar. (2012-Present)
• Dr. Esther Ngumbi, Postdoctoral Research Associate. (2013-Present)

Former

• Dr. Clement Akotsen-Mensah, Research Fellow. (August 2010-July 2012). Current position: Lecturer, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
• Dr. Joseph Anikwe, Visiting Research Scholar. (February 2011-August 2011). Current position: Lecturer, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria
• Dr. Kavita Sharma, Ph.D. Research Scholar (November 2008-April 2011). Current position: Research Associate, University of California, Riverside, CA
• Dr. Li Chen, Ph.D. Research Fellow. (March 2004-December 2008). Current position: Associate Professor, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
• Dr. Xiaofang He, Ph.D. Visiting Research Scholar. (February 2008-February 2009). Current position: Lecturer, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
• Dr. Hongyi Wei, Ph.D. Visiting Research Scholar. (September 2006-September 2007). Current position: Professor, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, China
• Dr. Vincent Umeh, Ph.D. Visiting Research Scholar. (March 2005-November 2005). Current position: Chief Research Entomologist, National Horticultural Research Institute, Ibadan, Nigeria

Research Assistants:

Current

• Savannah Duke, Undergraduate Research Assistant
• Golpar Garmestani, Undergraduate Research Assistant
• Omotola Ajayi, Research Assistant

Select Grants:

• United States Department of Agriculture-NIFA. Funded October 1, 2011-September 30, 2015. Development and Participatory Implementation of Integrated Organic Pest Management for Crucifer Vegetable Production in the South (H.Y. Fadamiro, PI, multiple co-PIs).
• United States Department of Agriculture-CSREES. Funded June 1, 2010-May 31, 2013. Extension IPM Coordination Program for Auburn University and Alabama Cooperative Extension System. (H.Y. Fadamiro, PI).
• Southern Region IPM Center - IPM Enhancement Grants Program. Funded June 1, 2010-May 31, 2011. Regulatory Information Network for Coastal Plains Sub-Region. (H.Y. Fadamiro, PI).
• United States Department of Agriculture/IR-4 Biopesticide Funding. Funded July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011. Evaluation of Biopesticides for Managing Yellowmargined Leaf Beetle, Microtheca ochroloma in Organic Vegetable Production. (H.Y. Fadamiro, PI).
• Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries - Alabama Specialty Crops Program. Funded January 1, 2011-December 31, 2012. Participatory Implementation of Cost-Effective Pest Management Practices to Enhance Profitability and Competitiveness of the Alabama Peach Industry. (H.Y. Fadamiro, PI).
• National Science Foundation, Career Advancement Awards (CAA) Program. Funded May 2007-April 2009. Comparative Study of Neuroethology of Olfaction in Parasitoid Wasps. (H.Y. Fadamiro, PI)
• Auburn University Biogrants Program - Identification of Novel Chemical Compounds Mediating Attraction of Parasitic Phorid Flies to Fire Ants. Funded May 2008-April 2010. (H.Y. Fadamiro, PI).

Select Publications:

• Akotsen-Mensah, C., R. Boozer, A. Appel, and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2011. Seasonal phenology and development of a degree-day model for predicting activity of plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar in Alabama peaches. Annals of Entomological Society of America 104: 192-201. (PDF)
• Onagbola, E., and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2011. Electroantennogram and behavioral responses of Pteromalus cerealella to odor stimuli associated with its host, Callosobruchus maculatus. Journal of Stored Products Research 47: 123-129. (PDF)
• Fadamiro, H.Y., L. Chen, C. Akotsen-Mensah, and W. Setzer. 2010. Antennal electrophysiological responses of the giant swallowtail butterfly, Papilio cresphontes, to the essential oils of Zanthoxylum clava-herculis and related plants. Chemoecology. 20:25-33. (PDF)
• Xiao, Y., and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2010. Functional responses and prey-stage preferences of three species of predacious mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on citrus red mite, Panonychus citri (Acari: Tetranychidae). Biological Control 53: 345-352. (PDF)
• Ngumbi, E., L. Chen, and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2010. Electroantennogram (EAG) responses of Microplitis croceipes and Cotesia marginiventris and their lepidopteran hosts to a wide array of odor stimuli: correlation between EAG response and degree of host specificity? Journal of Insect Physiology 56: 1260-1268. (PDF)
• Fadamiro, H.Y., X. He, and L. Chen. 2009. Aggression in imported fire ants: an explanation for shifts in their spatial distributions in southern United States? Ecological Entomology. 34: 427-436. (PDF)
• Chen, L., K. Sharma, and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2009. Fire ant venom alkaloids act as key attractants for the parasitic phorid fly, Pseudacteon tricuspis (Diptera: Phoridae). Naturwissenschaften. 96:1421-1429. (PDF)
• Fadamiro, H.Y., Y. Xiao, M. Nesbitt, and C. C. Childers. 2009. Diversity and seasonal abundance of predacious mites in Alabama Satsuma citrus. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 102: 616-628. (PDF)
• Ngumbi, E., L. Chen, and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2009. Comparative GC-EAD responses of a specialist (Microplitis croceipes) and a generalist (Cotesia marginiventris) parasitoid to cotton volatiles induced by two caterpillar species. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 35: 1009-1020. (PDF)
• Fadamiro, H.Y., Xiao, T. Hargroder, M. Nesbitt, V.C. Umeh, and C. C. Childers. 2008. Seasonal occurrence of key arthropod pests and associated natural enemies in Alabama Satsuma citrus. Environmental Entomology 37: 555-567. (PDF)
• Chen, L., and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2008. Antennal sensilla of the decapitating phorid fly, Pseudacteon tricuspis (Diptera: Phoridae). Micron 39: 517-525. (PDF)
• Chen, L., and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2007. Differential electroantennogram response of females and males of two parasitoid species to host-related green leaf volatiles and inducible compounds. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 97: 515-522. (PDF)
• Chen, L., and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2007. Behavioral and electroantennogram responses of phorid fly Pseudacteon tricuspis (Diptera: Phoridae) to red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta odor and trail pheromone. Journal of Insect Behavior 20: 267-287. (PDF)
• Maxwell, E., and H.Y. Fadamiro. 2006. Evaluation of several reduced-risk insecticides in combination with an action threshold for managing lepidopteran pests of cole crops in Alabama. Florida Entomologist 89: 117-126. (PDF)
• Fadamiro, H.Y., and L. Chen. 2005. Utilization of aphid honeydew and floral nectar by Pseudacteon tricuspis (Diptera: Phoridae), a parasitoid of imported fire ants, Solenopis spp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Biological Control 34: 73-82. (PDF)
• Fadamiro, H.Y. 2004. Monitoring the seasonal flight activity of codling moth, Cydia pomonella, and redbanded leafroller, Argyrotaenia velutinana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in apple orchards using pheromone-baited traps. Environmental Entomology 33: 1711-1717. (PDF)
• Fadamiro, H.Y. 2004. Pest phenology and evaluation of traps and pheromone lures for monitoring flight activity of obliquebanded leafroller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in Minnesota apple orchards. Journal of Economic Entomology 97: 530-538. (PDF)
• Fadamiro, H.Y., and G.E. Heimpel. 2001. Effects of partial sugar deprivation on lifespan and carbohydrate mobilization in the parasitoid Macrocentrus grandii (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 94: 906-916. (PDF)
• Fadamiro, H.Y., A.A. Cossé, and T.C. Baker. 1999. Fine-scale resolution of closely spaced pheromone and antagonist filaments by flying male Helicoverpa zea. Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 185: 131-141. (PDF)
• Fadamiro, H.Y., and T.C. Baker. 1999. Reproductive performance and longevity of female European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis: effects of multiple mating and adult feeding. Journal of Insect Physiology 45: 385-392. (PDF)
• Baker, T.C., H.Y. Fadamiro, and A.A. Cossé. 1998. Moth uses fine tuning for odour resolution. Nature 393: 530. (PDF)