Mike Waldvogel

Extension Specialist - Structural and Industrial Pests
Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty
4318 Gardner Hall
Campus Box 7613
Raleigh, NC USA 27695-7613
Phone: 919.515.8881
Fax: 919.515.7746
Email: mike_waldvogel@ncsu.edu

EDUCATION
B.S.   Iona College
M.S.  Fordham University
M.S.  The Pennsylvania State University
Ph.D. North Carolina State University

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Focus Area: URBAN ENTOMOLOGY (See the 2000 and 2007 Articles in CALS Perspectives Magazine


EXTENSION (82%)

Field training at construction siteManagement strategies for residential, industrial and wood-destroying pests, including cockroaches, ants, rodents and termites. I provide direct assistance to pest management professionals and other industrial clients to solve pest problem situations. Educational programs emphasize IPM in the residential and industrial settings are offered to pest management professionals, state and municipal agencies, the business community and to general public through the county Cooperative Extension Service programs, such as ServSafe®. Other activities include Pesticide applicator certification training in structural pest control for pest management professionals and non-commercial applicators in the Household Pests (P), Wood Destroying Pests (W), and Structural Fumigation (F) phases.

Current Projects
Dr. Waldvogel also serves as Director of the Structural Pest Control Training Facility.

TEACHING (18%)

ENT063 - Ornamental and Turf Insects (Spring Semester)
ZO/ENT072 - Vertebrate Pest Management (Spring Semester, even years)
ENT801M - Extension Entomology (seminar offered every 5 years with R. Brandenburg and S. Southern)

Links

triangle Current schedule [pdf]
triangle Insect Notes (Pest Information)
IPM in North Carolina Schools
CV (PDF)
triangle Publications
triangle Personal Web Page

triangle ENTOMOLOGY HOME PAGE