Jules Silverman

Jules Silverman Charles G. Wright Professor of Structural Pest Management Full Member of the Graduate Faculty 3314 Gardner Hall Campus Box 7613 Raleigh, NC USA 27695-7613 Phone: 919.513.2468 Fax: 919.515.7746 Email: jules_silverman@ncsu.edu EDUCATION B.S State University of New York at Fredonia (1975) M.S. University of California at Riverside (1978) Ph.D. University of California at Riverside (1981)
Program Area: Urban Entomology (See the 2000 Article in CALS Perspectives Magazine)
RESEARCH Areas of interest include: Urban Entomology Foraging behavior, ecology, nestmate recognition, and management of urban pest ants Behavioral resistance in cockroaches Research and Demonstration Effects of urban development on ant species complexes Urban ant colony and population structure Impact of the Argentine ant on native ants Ant foraging behavior Competition between urban ant species Environmental contributions to nestmate recognition Invasive ant-Hemipteran mutualisms Effect of landscaping materials on ant nest site distribution Baits and baiting strategies
TEACHING ENT 495/791 Aquatic Entomology-Begins Spring 2009 ENT 601/801 Seminar- Insect Mutualisms
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