Work Address:
Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory
University of Florida/IFAS
200 9th Street SE
Vero Beach, FL 32962
Telephone: 561/778-7200 ext 174; Fax: 561/778-7205
E-mail: rhba@mail.ifas.ufl.edu

Home Address:
522 N. Blue Island Lane
Sebastian, FL 32958
Telephone: 772-388-1572
E-mail: rhba@canoesRus.com

Education:

Ph.D., University of Illinois (Zoology: Genetics and Cytology), 1965
M.S., University of Illinois (Zoology: Genetics and Cytology), 1962
B.S., University of Illinois (Education: Biology), 1959

Research Interests:

Biology, Genetics, and Medical Entomology

Education, Extension & Service Interests:

Communication and environmental education involving computer and video tutorials, fact sheets, written and video technical bulletins, and handbooks.

Professional Experience:

Professor Emeritus, 1998-present. Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS, 200 9th Street SE, Vero Beach, FL 32962.

Professor and Director, 1982-98. Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida/IFAS, 200 9th Street SE, Vero Beach, FL 32962.

Adjunct Professor, 1983-89. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 32962.

Adjunct Professor, 1982-89. Department of Microbiology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, 660 West Redwood Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Professor and Director, 1979-82. International Health Program, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, 10 South Pine Street, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Professor of Microbiology, 1981-82, Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201

Director, 1970-79, Associate Professor, 1969, Assistant Professor, 1966, Pakistan Medical Research Center, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Lahore, Pakistan.

Research Associate, 1965-66, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Institute of International Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201.

Research Associate, 1965, Department of Zoology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801.

Research Assistant, 1962-65, Department of Zoology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801.

Organization Membership:
Florida Mosquito Control Association (President 1993-94, and chair/member of research, awards, and nomination committees )
Sigma Xi
American Mosquito Control Association
Entomological Society of America
Genetics Society of America
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Genetic Association (Council Member, 1981-1983)
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (Ad hoc Committee on New Initiative in Tropical Medicine 1985-87 )
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Professional, University, Community & Service Activities and Memberships:

Florida Coordinating Council on Mosquito Control Member (1987-1998)
Pelican Island Audubon Board of Directors, Currently President.
Environmental Learning Center Board of Trustees and member of Education Committee (1993-97)
Indian River Regional Science and Engineering Fair Judge
Indian River County Land Acquisition Advisory Committee (1990-present, Currently Chair)
Indian River Environmental Control Hearing Board Member
Indian River Lagoon Envirothon Executive Committee Member
Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area Management Committee Member
Stewards for the Southeast Florida Aquatic Preserves Member
IFAS International Program/Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Advisory Council Member (1995-98)
University of Florida Faculty Senate (1983-85)

Honors, Awards & Consultantships:

1. University of Illinois College of Education Distinguished Alumni Award 1999
2. Pelican Island Audubon Society Special Merit Award for Conservation 1999
3. Florida Mosquito Control Association Meritorious Service Award. 1998.
4. Soil and Water Conservation Society Professional Achievement Award in Recognition of Contributions and Commitment of Environmental Education
5. Invited paper entitle "Distribution and breeding characteristics of Potential Dengue Vectors in Florida with G. O'Meara to the Dade County Health Department dengue Surveillance, Prevention and Intervention Activities Meeting. Miami, FL. September, 1997.
6. Invited paper entitled "White Paper on mosquito control" with D. Carlson presented at the March 1997 AMCA Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT.
7. Invited paper entitled "The Florida Coordinating Council on Mosquito Control's Perspectives on Salt Marsh Management" at the 3rd Workshop on Salt Marsh Management & Research in Vero Beach, FL. October 1996.
8. Invited Paper entitled "FMEL Activities" to Commissioners Session at the FMCA Annual Meeting in Kissimmee, FL in November, 1996
9. Invited Paper entitled "The White Paper" to the Coordinating Council Meeting in Kissimmee, FL in November, 1996.
10. Invited paper entitled "Responding to EPA's Request to Develop a White Paper on Florida Mosquito Control" with D. Carlson at a Symposium on Legislative/Regulatory Issues at the 62th International Meeting of the American Mosquito Control Association. Norfolk, VA. March 1996
11. Consultant to USAID Project in Pakistan. January 1992
12. Invited presenter at a symposium entitled "The threat of arthropod-borne disease in the Southeast United States" sponsored by the Society of Vector Ecology of the Annual Meeting of the Florida Mosquito Control Association in Clearwater. April 1991.
13. Vector Biology Expert on a team selected by the USAID Bureau of Science and Technology/Office of Health and the Pragma Corporation to for a Mid-Term Evaluation of the Worldwide Vector Biology and Control Project (May 24-June 10, 1988).
14. Member of National Institutes of Health Evaluation Committee to review NIAID projects (USAID) in Egypt and Israel. September 2-15, 1985.
15. Invited paper at The Florida Anti-Mosquito Association entitled: FMEL a Test Case Begins. May 1985.
16. Member, The Governor's Working Group for Mosquito Control. State of Florida. May 1985 to 1987.
17. Member, Board on International Health, for the Institute of Medicine and Board on Science and Technology for International Development, National Academy of Sciences. April 1985 to 1987.
18. Invited participant at Entomological Society of America and presented paper on "Anopheles culicifacies and Anopheles stephensi in India-Pakistan". December 1984.
19. Invited presentation on biological methods of mosquito control to Friends of Wildlife Symposium Boca Grand, Florida. July 1984.
20. Invited participant and contributed a paper "Basic Research in Medical Entomology" at The XI International Congress for Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. September 1984.
21. Invited lecture at the International Center of Public Health, University of South Carolina. October 1983.
22. Invited participant and presented a paper "Chromosome Rearrangements in the Control of Mosquitoes" at The International Conference on Impact of Diseases on Livestock Production in the Tropics. May 1983.
23. Presented seminar, "Analysis of Mosquito Genomes in Pakistan," Department of Entomology and Nematology University. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, December 1982.
24. Invited participant in Workshop on Manpower Needs and Career Opportunities in the field aspects of vector biology research and control at the National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D. C. September 1982.
25. Invited consultant of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division at the International Atomic Energy Agency Headquarters, Vienna, Austria to evaluate research proposal on the feasibility of the Sterile Insect Technique to control mosquitoes. September 1982.
26. Invited participant, Mosquito Vector Research Organizational Meeting, Board on Science and Technology for International Development, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences Washington, D. C. April 1982.
27. Invited participant at the International Conference on Recent Developments in the Genetics of Mosquito Disease Vectors at Lake Como Conference Center in Bellagio, Italy sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation. April 1981.
28. Invited participant and contributed a paper at the 10th International Congress on Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Manila, Philippines. November 1980.
29. Invited participant and contributed a paper at the XVI International Congress of Entomology, Kyoto, Japan. August 1980.
30. Member ad hoc committee to review NIH Institutional Training Grant applications. 1980.
31. Invited participant at the U.S.-Japan Conference in Sendai, Japan, and contributed a paper on the genetics of Culex tritaeniorhynchus. August 24-29, 1976.
32. Co-chairman and participant of a section "Cytogenetics of Vectors of Diseases," Third International Congress of Parasitology, Munchen. August 1974.
33. Invitational Paper with R. K. Sakai "Genetic studies on Culex tritaeniorhynchus," XIV International Congress of Entomology, Canberra. August 1972.
34. Invited participant at the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Science program in Hiroshima, Japan, and contributed two papers on basic and applied research on the genetics of Culex tritaeniorhynchus. July 1972.
35. Invitational Paper "The genetics of Culex tritaeniorhynchus," Entomological Society of America, Miami Beach, Florida. December 1970.
36. Special consultant to India and Pakistan for World Health Organization. Spent a month based at the Malaria Institute of India, New Delhi, and the University of Peshawar, Pakistan, training Indian and Pakistani geneticists and cytologists in the techniques of mosquito genetics and cytogenetics. April 1965.
37. An invited participant to a Symposium on Culture Procedures for Arthropod Vectors and their Biological Control Agents convened by the World Health Organization, Gainesville, Florida. Contributed a Paper: "Mating problems as related to the establishment and maintenance of laboratory colonies of mosquitoes." October 1963.
38. National Science Foundation Predoctoral award for work at Duke University Marine Laboratory. Summer 1962.

Presentations

1. Co-Chaired Tour of FMEL science to women scientists and technicians for a Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc. March 1998.
2. "Welcome to Identification of Mosquitoes Course" Vero Beach. March 1998.
3. "Report on the planned Conference on Urban Growth and its Impact on Mosquito Control Problems and Opportunities in the Future. FL Coordinating Council on Mosquito Control. Gainesville, FL. October 1997.
4. Tour of Herb Kale Trail to Disadvantage Children at a Cultural Summer Camp Program. August, 1997.
5. "Vivax malaria in West Palm Beach, Florida" with J. Nayar, R. Day, T. Loyless, J. Reinert, and J. McAllister at the March 1997 AMCA Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, UT.
6. "Malaria in West Palm Beach Florida" with J. Nayar, R. Day, T. Loyless, J. Reinert, and J. McAllister at FMCA Annual Meeting in Kissimmee, FL. November 1996.
7. "Possibility of drug resistant Plasmodium vivax strain from Brazil with J. Nayar and W. Collins at the ASTMH annual meeting. San Antonio, TX. December 1995.
8. Organized with J. Broda and presented welcome to Workshop for Mosquito Control Commissioners, FMEL. February 10-11, 1995.
9. Organized Symposium 2 on "Vector Research in Florida" at the Society for Vector Ecology 26th Annual Conference. Gainesville, FL. October 2-5, 1994.