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Alvin M. M. Simmons, PhD

ARS-Research Entomologist at USDA
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Dr. Simmons is a Research Entomologist at USDA-ARS, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, Charleston, SC. He leads two USDA-ARS appropriated projects (one on vegetable IPM and another on vegetable and ornamental research supporting the national IR-4 pesticide registration project), and Alvin is Interim Coordinator for the USDA-ARS Minor Use Pesticide Program for Food and Ornamental Horticulture. Alvin’s IPM research notably concerns environmental-bionomics, biocontrol, plant resistance, insect-virus-plant relationships, and biopesticides. He has authored/co-authored 104 refereed journal articles, plus book chapters, co-released 5 breeding lines, and provided over 300 technical reports resulting in over 200 pesticide labels. He is an adjunct faculty with Clemson University and College of Charleston. Alvin’s honors include: the first Department of Entomology Distinguished Alumni Award at the University of Kentucky, the IR-4 Meritorious Award, the SEB-ESA Award for Excellence in IPM, the SEB-ESA Recognition Award in Entomology, and Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.

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