Chatchawan Chaisuekul, Ph.D. อาจารย์ ดร. ชัชวาล ใจซื่อกุล TELEPHONE: 0-2218-5354 E-mail: plawan111@yahoo.com, chatchawan.c@chula.ac.th

EDUCATION BACKGROUND:

-2004 Ph.D. (Entomology), University of Georgia, USA
-2000 M.S. (Entomology), University of Georgia, USA
-1998 B.A. (Biology), University of Delaware, USA

Employment

-June 2004-current: Lecturer, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
-January 2001-May 2002: Teaching Assistant, Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural and Evironmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.
-April 1999-March 2004: Research Assistant, Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural and Evironmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.

Research

-Current research:
-Evaluation of botanical extract mixtures for controlling insect pests.
-Distribution of Saturniid moths in Nan and their potential in silk production.
-Toxicity, degradation, and movement rate of liponanotubules in insects.
-Ph.D. dissertation: Host plant and temperature effects on population dynamics of thrips vectors of Tomato spotted wilt virus.”
-Master’s thesis: Tomato plant age effects on the transmission of Tomato spotted wilt virus and insecticide inhibition of the thrips-vector feeding.
-Senior thesis: Genetic variation in sexually selected traits: cucurbitacin sequestering in male spotted cucumber beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata hawardi.

Research Support/Grants Funded

-1997-1998: Peter White Fellowship, University of Delaware
-1999-2000: USDA SR IPM grant # 98-34103-6268
-2000-2004: USDA SR IPM grant # 00-431-5578
-2004-2005 :Grants for Development of New Faculty Staff, Ratchadaphiseksomphot Endowment Fund

Publications

Chaisuekul, C., Riley, D.G., and H.R. Pappu. 2003. Transmission of Tomato spotted wilt virus to Tomato Plants of Different Ages. Journal of Entomological Sciences 38: 126-135.
Chaisuekul, C. and D.G. Riley. 2001. Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Feeding Response to Concentration of Imidacloprid in Tomato Leaf Tissue. Journal of Entomological Science 36: 315-317.

Teaching Experience

-Teaching assistant University of Georgia
January 2001 – May 2002: Ento2010 Insect and Environment
August 2001 – December 2001: Ento3140L Insect Natural History Laboratory
-Lecturer, Chulalongkorn University
June 2004 - September 2004:
2303102 General Biology Laboratory
2303313 General Entomology (Plant-Insect Interactions).
2303423 Biological Control (2hrs:Pest Management).
2303518 Acarology (1 hr: Mites in Agricultural System).
November 2004-March 2005:
2303103 General Biology (2 hrs)
2303104 General Biology Laboratory
2303105 General Biology (1hrs))
2303106 General Biology Laboratory
2303523 Economic Entomology (Course instructor and co-ordinator)
2303543 Medical Entomology (2hrs: Integrated Pest Management)

Presentation at Professional Meetings

-“Tomato plant age and imidacloprid treatment effects on thrips transmission of Tomato spotted wilt virus.” Poster display, Entomological Society of America, December 12-15, 1999, Atlanta, GA.
-“Tomato plant age and imidacloprid treatment effects on thrips transmission of Tomato spotted wilt virus.” Presentation, Georgia Entomology Society Meeting, April 5-7, 2000, Athens, GA.
-“Tomato plant age effects on the transmission of Tomato spotted wilt virus and insecticide inhibition of thrips-vector feeding.” Presentation, Southeastern Branch Entomological Society of America meeting, March 4-7, 2001, Augusta, GA.
-“Oviposition preference of thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis and F. fusca) on host plants in relation to Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) infection.” Presentation, Entomological Society of America, November 17-21, 2002, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
-“Reproduction of thrips vectors, Frankliniella occidentalis and Frankliniella fusca on tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum, and chickweed, Stellaria media, infected with Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV)” Poster Presentation, Entomological Society of America, October 26-30, 2003, Cincinnati, OH.
-“Simulated populations of thrips vectors, Frankliniella occidentalis and F. fusca, in relation to the transmission of Tomato spottedwilt virus(TSWV) from winter weed to crop.” Poster Presentation, Southeastern Branch Entomological Society of America meeting, February 15-18, 2004, Charleston, SC.

Extension experience

Volunteer at, Nature day, Sandy creek Nature Center, February 17, 2001.
Volunteer at Insectival, State Botanical Garden of Georgia, September 22, 2001.
Mentor in Georgia Industrial Fellowships for Teachers (GIFT) program, July 2-28, 2002, July 5-27, 2003.

Professional Memberships

Entomological Society of America.