Allen L. Szalanski - Entomology Department at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

		Allen L. Szalanski Associate Professor Insect Population Genetics

		CONTACT INFORMATION

		ADDRESS :	Department of Entomology 319 Agriculture Building University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701

		PHONE:	479.575.4342
		FAX:	479.575.2452
		E-MAIL:	aszalan@uark.edu
		WEBSITE:	http://comp.uark.edu/~aszalan/

EDUCATION:

B.S. Ag., Entomology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, 1989
M.S., Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 1992
Ph.D., Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 1995

GENERAL AREAS OF INTEREST:

Insect Population Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics

SPECIFIC AREAS OF RESEARCH:

Research is directed towards molecular diagnostics of economically important insects, insect population genetics, and molecular identification of pathogens vectored by arthropods.

PUBLICATION SUMMARY : 64 refereed journal articles, 16 refereed abstracts, and 7 technical reports.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Austin, J.W., A.-G. Bagneres, A.L. Szalanski, R.H. Scheffrahn, B.P. Heintschel., J.-L. Clement, M.T. Messenger, and R.E. Gold. 2007. Reticulitermes malletei (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): a valid Nearctic subterranean termite from eastern North America. Zootaxa 1554: 1-26.
Austin, J.W., G.J. Glenn, A.L. Szalanski, J.A. McKern*, and R.E. Gold. 2007. First record of Asian cockroach Blatella asahinai Mizukubo (Blattodea: Blattelidae) from Texas. Florida Entomologist 90: 574-576.
McKern, J.A.*, and A.L. Szalanski. 2007. Molecular diagnostics of economically important clearwing moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Florida Entomologist 90: 475-479.
Szalanski, A.L., and J.A. McKern*. Multiplex PCR-RFLP diagnostics of the Africanized honey bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Sociobiology 50:(3) (in press).
McKern, J.A*., A.L. Szalanski, J.W. Austin, M.T. Messenger, J. Mahn, and R.E. Gold. 2007. Phylogeography of termites (Isoptera) from Oregon and Washington. Sociobiology 50: 607-622.
King, S.W., J.W. Austin, and A.L. Szalanski. 2007. Use of soldier pronotal width and mitochondrial DNA sequencing to distinguish the subterranean termites, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) and R. virginicus (Banks) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), on the Delmarva peninsula. Entomological News 118: 41-48.

*graduate student, **undergraduate student

COURSES TAUGHT:

ENTO 5133 : Applied Molecular Genetics

GRADUATE STUDENTS AND STAFF:

Jackie McKern - Graduate Student (Ph.D.) and Program Associate I
Cesar Solorzano - Graduate Student (Ph.D)
Roxane Magnus - Graduate Student (M.S.)

A. L. Szalanski
Department of Entomology - 319 Agriculture Building
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701

Dr. Szalanski: (479) 575-4342
Facsimile: (479) 575-2452

E-Mail: Dr. Szalanski
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