Member of the Research and Extension Committee of the of Agriculture, 2020
Member of the QEP Committee for the KSU-186 Course, 2019/2020
Member and Chair of the CACS Seminar Series Organizational Committee, 2019/2020
Member of the faculty senate's Professional Concerns Committee (PCC), 2018/2019
Member and team leader of the President's Green Ribbon Commission on Academic Prioritization and Budget Alignment, 2018
French technical translations for the famous project “Digital Restoration Initiative of Herculaneum papyri” led by Brent Seales of the University of Kentucky (Herculaneum papyri – Wikipedia; featured on 60 Minutes and CNN), 2019
Acknowledged for testing and providing feedback of the use of the hymenoptera public database. Related publication: Hymenoptera Genome Database: integrating genome annotations in Hymenoptera Mine Elsik CG, Tayal A, Diesh CM, Unni DR, Emery ML, Nguyen HN, Hagen DE: Nucleic Acids Res. 2016;44(D1):793-80.
USDA Evan-Allen research grant ($179,000): Effect of probiotics in combination with different diet formulations on honey bee health, Principal Investigator, 2019
USDA Evan-Allen research grant ($179,000): Study of Honey Bee Transcriptional Response to Pesticides Under Differential Nutritional Status, Principal Investigator, 2016
USDA-Capacity Building ($300,000): Application of Crossbreeding and Genetic Sex Regulation for Development of Fast-Growing All-Male Tilapia Cross, Co-Principal Investigator, 2015
USDA Evan-Allen research grant ($179,000): Transcriptional Response to Terminal Water Stress of Tolerant Sorghum SC56 and Sensitive Tx7000; Principal Investigator, 2014
■ GCAT training in NGS technology workshop ($15,000), Principal Investigator, 2015
USDA – APHIS ($120,000) Determining the effects of seasonal pollens on growth and immune response of honey bee colonies, Co-Principal investigator, 2014
NSF-EPSCoR honey bee nutrigenomics research grant ($25,000), Principal Investigator, 2013
Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Institute of Health NIH (2004 -2005)
Ad-Hoc reviewer, NIFA-AFRI Exploratory Program, 2015
Panelist, NIFA-AFRI Plant-associated Insects and Nematodes, 2014
Reviewer for Scientific Reports
Reviewer for Environmental Microbiology
Reviewer for Invertebrate Survival Journal
Member of the Entomological Society of America
Member of the American Society of Cell Biology
Member of the Kentuckyana Beekeepers Association
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