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Wendell
L. Roelofs
Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Insect Biochemistry
Professor Emeritus
Department of Entomology
630 W. North St.
Barton Laboratory
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station
Cornell University
Geneva, New York 14456
TEL: 315-787-2321
FAX: 315-787-2326
WLR1@cornell.edu
Ph.D. 1964 Organic Chemistry Indiana
University
B.A. 1960 Chemistry Central
College, Iowa
Division of Effort: 100% Research
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| Program Overview |
My research program is focused
on chemical communication systems. These include
studies on sex pheromone systems of moths, beetles, cockroaches,
etc., as well as host plant attractants of Rhagoletis flies. Efforts
in the past centered on the characterization of sex pheromone
blends, but now also include research on a) male perception of
these blends and how odor discrimination is processed in
peripheral and central olfactory systems, including work on interspecific
antennal transplants, b) biosynthetic pathways for the pheromone
components, and c) the characterization of genes for key enzymes
in these pathways, particularly the unique desaturases found
in moth pheromone glands. Research with host volatiles
is being conducted with the use of SPME and GC/EAD techniques
to define key plant volatile components that are behaviorally
active in attracting flies to specific fruit. Efforts
are made with all projects to transfer knowledge and techniques
to applied programs on the control of pest species.
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| Professional
Experience |
| 2008 |
Professor Emeritus , Cornell University |
| 1978-2008 |
Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor of Insect Biochemistry,
Department of Entomology, New York State Agricultural Experiment
Station, Cornell University, Geneva, NY |
| 1976-1978 |
Professor of Insect Biochemistry, Department of Entomology,
New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University,
Geneva, NY |
| 1969-1976 |
Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, New York
State Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University,
Geneva, NY |
| 1965-1969 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, New York State
Agricultural Experiment Station, Cornell University, Geneva,
NY |
| 1964 |
NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1962-1964 |
NIH Predoctoral Fellow |
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Activities |
Memberships
American Chemical Society
Entomological
Society of America
Sigma
Xi
American
Association for the Advancement of Science
National
Academy of Sciences
American
Academy for Arts and Sciences
International
Society of Chemical Ecology
Honors and Awards
1973 J.
Everett Bussart Memorial Award (Entomological Society of America)
1977 Alexander
von Humboldt Award
1978 Outstanding
Alumni Award, Central College
1980 ESA
Founder's Memorial Award Lecturer
1982 Wolf
Prize (Agriculture)
1983 Distinguished
Achievement Award, Eastern Branch, ESA
1983 Distinguished
Alumnus Award, Indiana University
1983 National
Medal of Science
1985 Distinguished
Scientist Luncheon, White House
1985 Fellow,
American Association for the Advancement of Science
1985 Honorary
Doctor of Science, Central College
1985 Elected
to National Academy of Sciences
1986 USDA
Distinguished Service Award
1986 Elected
to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1987 Fellow,
Entomological Society of America
1988 Honorary
Doctor of Science, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
1988 Honorary
Doctor of Science, Indiana University
1989 Honorary
Doctor of Philosophy, University of Lund, Sweden
1989 Honorary
Doctor of Science, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
1990 Silver
Medal, International Society of Chemical Ecology
1994 Sterling
Hendricks Award, ACS, Agrochemicals Division
2001 Spencer
Award, American Chemical Society
2007 President, International Society of Chemical
Ecology
2007 CALS Outstanding Faculty Award
2008 Entomological Foundation Medal of Honor
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| Selected Publications |
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Robbins, P. S., Nojima, S., Polavarapu,
S., Koppenhofer, A. M., Rodriguez-Saona, C., Holdcraft, R.
J., Consolie, N. H., Peck, D. C., Roelofs, W. L. 2009. Sex
pheromone of the scarab beetle Phyllophaga (Phytalus) Georgiana
(Horn). J. Chem. Ecol. Online Feb. 27, 2009.
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Olsson,
S. B., Linn, Jr., C. E., Michel, A., Feder, J. L., Dambroski,
H. R., Berlocher, S. H., Roelofs, W. L. 2008. Comparing
Peripheral Olfactory Coding with Host Preference in the Rhagoletis Species
Complex. Chemical
Senses 34:37-38.
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Domingue, M. J., Musto, C.,
Linn, C. E., Jr., Roelofs, W L., Baker, T. C. 2008. Olfactory
neuron responsiveness and pheromone blend preference in hybrids
between Ostrinia furnacalis and O. nubilalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). J.
Insect Physiol. 54: 1261-1270.
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Tsfadia, O., Azrielli, A., Falach,
L., Zada, A., Roelofs, W., Rafaeli, A. 2008. Pheromone
biosynthetic pathways: PBAN-regulated rate-limiting steps
and differential expression of desaturase genes in moth species. Insect
Biochem. Molec. Biol. 38: 552-567.
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Robbins, P. S., Cash,
D. B., Linn, Jr., C. E., Roelofs, W. L. 2008. Experimental
evidence for three pheromone races of the scarab beetle Phyllophaga
anxis (LeConte). J. Chem. Ecol. 34: 205-214.
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Domingue, M. J., Musto, C.,
Linn, C. E., Jr., Roelofs, W L., Baker, T. C.
2007. Evidence of olfactory antagonistic imposition as a
facilitator of evolutionary shifts in pheromone blend usage
in Ostrinia spp. (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). J. Insect Physiol.
53: 488-49.
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Linn, C. E., Jr., Domingue, M. J., Musto, C.,
Baker, T. C., Roelofs, W L. 2007. Support for (Z)-11-hexadecanal
as a pheromone antagonist in Ostrinia nubilalis:
flight tunnel and single sensillum studies with a New York
population. J. Chem. Ecol. 33:
909-921.
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Experiment Station, 630 West North Street, Geneva, New York
14456
Telephone: 315.787.2011
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