David Barrington, Ph.D. -
Chairperson, Botany Department
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Dr. Carew's current activities are centered
in Honduras where he teaches and does research at the private
agricultural college know as the Pan-American School of Agriculture or
Zamorano. He works in both animal and human nutrition but focuses his
studies on the chicken as a research model. Zamorano is probably one of
the best agricultural colleges in the world. He does research with a
unique bean called the velvet bean. The basic nutritional and
biochemical work is done at UVM, but he does the applied research with
a colleague in Honduras whom he visits twice a year. This bean is very
hardy, resisting drought, insects and weeds and returns nitrogen to the
soil. It is eaten by all animals including humans, but contains
anti-nutritional factors that must be neutralized, and this is the
focus of his research. Dr. Carew is interested in all phases of animal
and human nutrition in Latin America. He lived in Colombia for five
years and has worked in Ecuador, Puerto Rico and Mexico. Dr. Carew is a
member of the CALS
International Committee and the Latin American Studies Program in UVM's
Area and International Studies Program.
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Lyndon B. Carew,
Ph.D. - Professor, Animal Sciences |
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Carol Delaney -
Small Ruminant Dairy Specialist, Animal Sciences
Carol works with dairy goat and dairy sheep farms in Vermont. She has
recently attended the International Goat Conference in France and the
Dairy Sheep Symposium in Ontario, Canada. She also took part in dairy
goat/dairy sheep farms tours in England. Carol offers opportunities for
undergraduate student involvement with her work.
Ming R. Guo, Ph.D. - Associate
Professor, Nutrition and Food Science. Dr. Guo is a member of the CALS
International Committee
Donald Maynard, MS - Animal
Science/FARMS
Program
Don works and studies dairy
farming systems with producers in New Zealand and Australia,
collaborating with Massey University in New Zealand and the New Zealand
Dairy Board. He offers undergraduates seasonal internships on dairy
farms in Australia and New Zealand. Students live with at least three
producer families during the nine month stay and develop a focused
project with some aspect of herd/business management.
Robert L. Parsons, Ph.D. -
Extension Assistant Prof, Community Development & Applied Economics
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Dr. Parker has developed potato integrated
pest management in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and Zaire as the
Regional Entomologist and Consultant for the International Potato
Canter in Nairobi. He has also worked as a Biological Control
Specialist for the USDA, ARS Biocontrol Lab in Montpellier, France
exploring thrips fungal pathogens. This led into his work as a
Biological Control Specialist for the Asian Vegetable Research and
Development Center in Taiwan where he conducted research on survey
methods for Thrips palmi in eggplant, and explored China and
Taiwan for soil-borne insect-killing fungi. Dr. Parker is working with
the University of Tel Aviv and the Ethiopian Agricultural Research
Organization on the development of an efficient, sustainable system to
mass-produce fungi for insect pest management. He is also working with
the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
(ICARDA) conducting research for Sunn Pest fungal pathogens in Syria,
Turkey, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgystan.
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Bruce L. Parker, Ph.D. -
Director and Professor |
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University of Vermont Entomology Laboratory www.uvm.edu/~entlab |
Fred Schmidt, Ph.D. - Center for Rural Studies
and Community Development & Applied Economics
Dr. Schmidt serves on a volunteer
based executive committee of the Vermont Honduras Partnership and
chairs the Rural Development Committee, 1996 to present. Through
Partners (and related activity) led UVM community home building team to
Post Mitch Honduras, coordinate the Partners Farmer to Farmer program
that sends 12-25 volunteers to Honduras every year to provide teaching
assistance in agriculture, rural development and related themes.
Co-directed three spring/summer UVM courses in Rural Development in
Honduras. He also worked on the UVM CDAE Community and International
Agricultural Development Program with Dr. Deep Ford. Dr. Schmidt serves
on the CALS International committee.
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Dr. Skinner has been
involved in many international research projects at the Entomology
Research Laboratory and is a member of the CALS International
Committee. She has explored China and Taiwan searching for
insect-killing fungi for use as a biological control agent against
thrips and hemlock woolly adelgid. She has also worked in Israel and
Ethiopia on developing an efficient, sustainable system to mass-produce
fungi for insect pest management. Dr. Skinner is currently working with
the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
(ICARDA) conducting research for Sunn Pest fungal pathogens in Syria,
Turkey, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgystan.
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Margaret Skinner, Ph.D. -
Research |
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University of Vermont Entomology Laboratory www.uvm.edu/~entlab |
Markus Thali, Ph.D. -
Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics. Dr. Thali
is a member of the CALS International Committee
Feng-Qi Zhao, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor, Animal Science
Dr. Zhao is a specialist of
mammary gland biology and lactation physiology. His research mainly
focuses on the functional genomic of the mammary gland with the intent
of identifying the key genetic and physiological factors that regulate
mammary development and lactation. This research is primarily aimed at
the improvement of the productivity of dairy animals in agriculture and
the discovery of the causes and possible cure of breast cancer and
other endocrine disorders in medicine. Dr. Zhao is currently
collaborating with the Nanjing Agricultural University in China and the
University of Alberta, Canada. Dr. Zhao offers opportunities for
graduate student involvement. Dr. Zhao is a member of the CALS
International Committee
