Rich L. Lampman--Illinois Natural History Survey

Rich L. Lampman
		1816 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 MC–652 Phone: 217-244-5631 Fax: 217-333-2359 Email: richlamp@illinois.edu Title: Medical Entomologist; Insect Chemical Ecologist Office Location: ENT LAB
Activities		I joined the Medical Entomology Program in the Center for Economic Entomology Staff in 1990. My expertise is in the chemical ecology of insects, as well as a background in insecticide toxicology and pest management. Over the past 12 years, I have participated in various projects dealing with the present and potential threat of mosquito-borne pathogens to humans, domestic animals and wildlife in Illinois. Within the Medical Entomology Program, I conducted studies on the ecology and behavior of mosquitoes, particularly as it relates to the transmission of pathogens; chemical ecology of mosquitoes, as it relates to improved surveillance techniques and enhancing the understanding of the basic behavior of vector species; and toxicology of natural products and pesticides, as it relates to adult and larval management of mosquitoes. My specialty is in Culex species, particulary the vectors of St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) and West Nile virus (WNV). Many of these mosquitoes are associated aquatic habitats in natural and artificial containers that have high organic content (in other words, they tend to stink). Culex pipiens, the northern house mosquito, is the principal urban vector of SLEV and Culex restuans, the two-spotted mosquito, is believed to be the primary vector of the wild transmission cycle (enzootic cycle). Much of my initial work dealt with improving techniques for sampling these species, in order to determine the prevalence of various arboviruses. As a Research Scientist, I collaborate with other members of the Medical Entomology Program and other Centers on grant proposals for external funding (e.g., CDC grant on West Nile virus in Illinois and Illinois Soybean Program Operating Board (ISPOB) grant on soy oil mosquito larvicides). I also prepare reports to funding agencies, generate position statements and general interest articles for the Department of Natural Resources, INHS, and the public at the request and approval of supervisor. I assist in the maintenance of mosquito collection equipment, facilities, and mosquito colonies, and respond to general questions about arboviruses from the citizens of Illinois. As editor of the Newsletter for the Illinois Mosquito and Vector Control Association, I keep our membership of mosquito abatement and public health workers informed about new mosquito-borne public health issues impacting Illinois.

Research		One of the major functions I have in the Medical Entomology Program is providing mosquitoes for arbovirus surveillance. I am responsible for, or collaborate with others on, 4 major areas of research -- 1. The spatial and temporal distribution of vector mosquito species in Illinois to better understand the transmission cycles of arboviruses and their methods of overwintering, 2. The attraction or repellency of mosquitoes to chemical stimuli, in order to refine vector-surveillance techniques and personal protection, 3. The use pesticides and natural products for the management of mosquitoes, and 4. The interaction of mosquitoes with endemic hosts (i.e., wildlife, like host bird species). Recent work has focused on the introduction of West Nile virus into Illinois. In 2002, along with Robert Novak and personnel of the Northwest Mosquito Abatement District, we surveyed storm water tunnels in DesPlaines for overwinter vector mosquitoes. I have also collaborated with several UIUC researchers and international scientists on studies concerning the chemical ecology of corn rootworms. In conjunction with Robert Novak, I worked with the late Robert Metcalf on Diabroticite attractants, as well as with Hans Hummel of Germany on disrupting mating behavior of corn rootworm adults, and with May Berenbaum and Art Zangerl on the impact of changed oviposition behavior of the western corn rootworm on their susceptibility to pesticides. My research expertise includes experimental field design and statistical analysis; vector surveillance and identification of mosquito species; field and laboratory bioassays of larvicides and insecticides; development and evaluation of surveillance technologies (bait and trap development); chromatographic and spectrochemical methods of pesticide analysis; and development and evaluation of insect semiochemicals. Although teaching is not an integral part of my position, I have presented guest lectures in several courses at UIUC including "Emerging Diseases" in Veterinary Medicine, as well as "Medical Entomology" and "Insect Pest Management" in the Department of Entomology. In the past, I also presented a lecture to new biology students on the structure and activity of odoriferous chemicals. In Medical Entomology, I presented lectures on Biology of Disease Vectors, Management of Arthropod Vectors, Public Health Pesticides, Insecticide Resistance Mechanisms, and Bedbugs and Triatomes (Chagas' Disease) For outreach activities, I have provided mosquito larvae displays at INHS Open House and given presentations to various groups in Illinois interested in mosquitoes and public health. Over 40 presentations from 1990 to 2002 at annual meetings of the Entomological Society of America, ESA North Central Branch meetings, American Mosquito Control Association, Illinois Mosquito and Vector Control Association, and Illinois Environmental Health Association. In addition, a chapter on Public Health Pesticides in the Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology was prepared in collaboration with Robert Novak. I also provided input into the Illinois Department of Public Health's public pamphlets on West Nile virus. Examples of Presentations to Various Groups in Illinois: "Water, Mosquitoes, and Public Health". Annual meeting of the Upper Mississippi, Illinois, and Missouri Rivers Association, in Quincy, Illinois, February, 2002. "West Nile Virus: A Threat to Our Natural Resources", Richard Lampman and Jeff Levengood. Annual meeting of DNR land managers, March 7, 2001, Shelbyville, Eagle Creek State Park, Illinois. "Insect-borne Diseases in the Midwest". Illinois Mosquito and Vector Control Association, 46th Annual Meeting, November 18-19, 2000, Champaign, Illinois.

Recognition		Co-inventor of U.S. Patent, 4-880-624; Semiochemical baits and attractants for corn rootworms (1989). Co-inventor of patent addendum; New attractants for the northern corn rootworm. Lampman, R. L. 1998. Book Review of "Biotechnological Perspectives in Chemical Ecology in Insects," edited by T N Ananthakrishnan. Quart. Rev. Biol. Entomological Society of America presentations highlighted in "The IPM Practitioner", 1990 and 1996; BIRC, Berkeley, California. Research highlighted in National Soybean Research Laboratory Bulletin, "Soy-Oil Insecticide Could Provide New Method to Control Mosquitoes". Vol. 2, No. 2, June, 1995. Ten year Service Award from Illinois Natural History Survey.

Professional affiliations		Illinois Mosquito and Vector Control Association American Mosquito Control Association Entomological Society of America International Society for Chemical Ecology Affiliate of Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (NRES) in ACES and Department of Entomology in LAS

Selected publications		Novak, R. J. and R. L. Lampman. 2001. Chapter 4. Public Health Pesticides in Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology; Volume 1. Principles. Academic Press. Berenbaum, M. and R. Lampman. 2001. Biography of Robert L. Metcalf. Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. 80. Vodkin, Michael H., Richard L. Lampman, Nina Krasavin, and Robert J. Novak. 2001. SLE and the City. Wingbeats, Dennett, J. A., R. L. Lampman, R.J. Novak, and M.V. Meisch. 2000. Evaluation of methylated soy oil and water-based formulations of Bacillus thuringiensisvar. israelensis and Golden Bear Oil (R) (GB-1111) against Anopheles quadrimaculatus larvae in small rice plots. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 16(4):342-345. Lampman, R. L., U. Eckenbach, D. Seigler, and R. Novak. 2000. Laboratory evaluations of methylated soy oil and monoterpenes as mosquito larvicides. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc. 16(2):153-157. Jensen, T., R. Lampman, M. Slamecka, and R. Novak. 2000. Field efficacy of commercial antimosquito products in Illinois. J. Am. Mosq. Control Assoc 16(2):148- Novak, R. J., R. L. Metcalf, R. L. Lampman, and H. Hummel. 2000. Innovative pest management of western corn rootworms: the use of kairomonal impregnated baits. Proc. 2nd International Conference on Biopesticides, Wuhan, China, 1999. Lampman, R. L., S. M. Hanson, and R. J. Novak. 1997. The seasonal abundance and distribution of mosquitoes at a rural waste tireyard in Illinois. J. Am. Mosquito Control Assoc. 13: 193-200. Metcalf, R. L., R. L. Lampman, and P. A. Lewis. 1998. Comparative kairomonal chemical ecology of Diabroticite beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Luperini) in a reconstituted tallgrass prairie ecosystem. J.Econ. Entomol. 91: 881-890. Metcalf, R. L. and R. L. Lampman. 1997. Plant kairomones and kairomone mimetics in basic and applied research with diabroticite rootworms. Trends in Entomology, India. 1: 49-62. Zangerl, A. R., E. S.Green, R. L. Lampman, and M. R. Berenbaum. 1997. Phenological changes in primary and secondary chemistry of reproductive parts in wild parsnip. Phytochemistry. 44: 825-831. Lampman, R. L., and Novak, R. J. 1996. Ovipositional preferences of Culex pipiens and Culex restuans in Illinois. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 12(1): 23-32 Lampman, R. L. and R. J. Novak. 1996. Attraction of Aedes albopictus to sod-baited gravid traps. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association. 12(1): 119-124. Metcalf, R. L., and R. L. Lampman. 1991. Evolution of diabroticite beetle (Chrysomelidae) receptors for Cucurbita blossom volatiles. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88: 1869-1872.

Program Affiliates		Robert Novak Nina Krasavin Michael Vodkin Hyun-Young Koo Jeffrey Levengood

Professional society involvement and activities		Vice-president, President, and Board Member of the Illinois Mosquito and Vector Control Association (IMVCA), November 2000 to present. IMVCA Newsletter Editor, 2000 to present. Review of manuscripts from Journal of American Mosquito Control Association, Journal of Economic Entomology, Journal of Chemical Ecology, and internal peer review of INHS manuscripts. Program organizer for the 46th Annual meeting of the Illinois Mosquito and Vector Control Association at Champaign, Illinois, 2000. Also moderator of sessions. Participated in West Nile virus DNR Working Committee meeting in Champaign, IL. Presenter and Moderator at the Third International Conference on Biopesticides, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2002.

Education		PhD, Entomology, University of Illinois, 1986 MA, Biology, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg VA, 1980 BS, Biology, College of William and Mary, Willamsburg VA, 1975

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