DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY
DEPARTMENT DIRECTORY

David A. Andow 

Professor
Insect Ecology

219 Hodson Hall, 1980 Folwell Ave.
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: (612) 624-5323
FAX: (612) 625-5299
E-mail: dandow@umn.edu

Education:

B.S. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1977, Biology , magna cum laude
Ph.D. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1982, Ecology

Research Interests:

Ecological risk assessment of biological stressors, such as invasive species and genetically engineered organisms.  Insect resistance management, gene flow and its consequences, and non-target species effects.  Science policy associated with GMOs.  Ecology of natural enemy food webs in agricultural crops, including interactions involving predators, such as Anthocorids, Coccinnelids, Chrysopids and parasitoids in maize.  The use of vegetational diversity in the conservation of natural enemies.

Teaching Interests:

Insect Ecology (Ent 5041), Population Ecology (Ent 5045), Ecological Risk Assessment (Ent 5421/WRS5421), Colloquium on Insect Ecology (Ent 8240) numerous guest lectures.

International Activities:

• Coordinator of the International Project on GMO Environmental Risk Assessment Methodologies (GMO ERA Project).
• International Delegate, Brazilian Entomological Society
• FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization).  Consultation on "Biosafety within a Biosecurity framework contributing to sustainable agriculture and food production" (2006)
• International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) – World Bank.  Lead Author, Chapter 5, North America/Europe (2005-2007)
• WTO (World Trade Organization).  Technical and scientific expert to the Dispute Resolution Panel on European Communities – Measures Affecting the Approval and Marketing of Biotech Products (DS291, DS292, DS293) (2004-2005)
• Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  • Canada-Norway Expert Workshop on Risk Assessment for Emerging Applications of Living Modified Organisms, 4 - 6 June 2007, Montreal, Canada
  • African Regional Workshop on Capacity-Building and Exchange of Experiences on Risk Assessment and Risk Management of Living Modified Organisms, 23 - 25 August 2007 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Editorial Board, Japanese Society for Applied Entomology and Zoology, Japanese Entomological Society, Entomological Society of China

Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications 2002-2008:

Andow, D. A., and A. R. Ives. 2002. Monitoring and adaptive resistance management. Ecological Applications 12:1378-1390.

Ives, A. R., and D. A. Andow. 2002. Evolution of resistance to Bt crops: directional selection in structured environments. Ecology Letters 5:792-801.

Andow, D. A., and D. M. Olson. 2003. Inheritance of host finding ability on structurally complex surfaces. Oecologia 136:324-328.

Bourguet, D., J. Chaufaux, M. Seguin, C. Buisson, J. L. Hinton, T. J. Stodola, P. Porter, G. Cronholm, L. L. Buschman, and D. A. Andow. 2003. Frequency of alleles conferring resistance to Bt maize in French and US corn belt populations of the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 106:1225-1233.

Harmon, J. P., E. E. Hladilek, J. L. Hinton, T. J. Stodola, and D. A. Andow. 2003. Herbivore response to vegetational diversity: spatial interaction of resources and natural enemies. Population Ecology 45:75-81.

Haygood, R., A. R. Ives, and D. A. Andow. 2003. Consequences of recurrent gene flow from crops to wild relatives. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B: Biological Sciences 270:1879-1886.

Neuhauser, C., D. A. Andow, G. E. Heimpel, G. May, R. G. Shaw, and S. Wagenius. 2003. Community genetics: expanding the synthesis of ecology and genetics. Ecology 84:545-558.

Andow, D. A., and A. Hilbeck. 2004. Science-based risk assessment for nontarget effects of transgenic crops. Bioscience 54:637-649.

Haygood, R., A. R. Ives, and D. A. Andow. 2004. Population genetics of transgene containment. Ecology Letters 7:213-220.

Stodola, T. J., and D. A. Andow. 2004. F₂ Screen Variations and Associated Statistics. Journal of Economic Entomology 97:1756-1764.

Boody, G., B. Vondracek, D. A. Andow, M. Krinke, J. Westra, J. Zimmerman, and P. Welle. 2005. Multifunctional agriculture in the United States. Bioscience 55:27-38.

Snow, A. A., D. A. Andow, P. Gepts, E. M. Hallerman, A. Power, J. M. Tiedje, and L. L. Wolfenbarger. 2005. Genetically engineered organisms and the environment: Current status and recommendations. Ecological Applications 15:377-404.

White, J. A., and D. A. Andow. 2005. Host-parasitoid interactions in a transgenic landscape: spatial proximity effects of host density. Environmental Entomology 34:1493-1500.

Andow, D. A., and C. Zwahlen. 2006. Assessing environmental risks of transgenic plants. Ecology Letters 9:196-214.

Andow, D. A., G. L. Lövei and S. Arpaia.  2006.  Ecological risk assessment for Bt crops.  Nature Biotechnology 24: 749-751.

White, J. A. and D. A. Andow.  2006.  Habitat modification contributes to associational resistance between herbivores.  Oecologia 148: 482-490.

Lodge, D. M., S. Williams, H. MacIsaac, K. Hayes, B. Leung, L. Loope, S. Reichard, R. N. Mack, P. B. Moyle, M. Smith, D. A. Andow, J. T. Carlton and A. McMichael. 2006. Biological Invasions: Recommendations for U.S. Policy and Management.  Ecological Applications 16: 2035-2054.

Huang, F., B. R. Leonard, and D. A. Andow.  2007.  Resistance to transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis-maize in sugarcane borer.  Journal of Economic Entomology 100: 164-171.

Mercer, K. L., D. A. Andow, D. L. Wyse and R. G. Shaw.  2007.  Stress and domestication traits increase the relative fitness of crop–wild hybrids in sunflower.  Ecology Letters 10: 383-393.

White, J.A. and D.A. Andow.  2007.  Foraging for intermittently refuged prey: theory and field observations of a parasitoid.  Journal of Applied Ecology 76: 1244-1254.

Harmon. J.P. and D.A. Andow. 2007.  Behavioral mechanisms underlying ants’ density-dependent deterrence of aphid-eating predators.  Oikos 116: 1030-1036.

Icoz, I., Saxena, D., Andow, D. A., Zwahlen, C. and Stotzky, G.  2008.  Microbial populations and enzyme activities in soil in situ under transgenic corn expressing Cry proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis.  Journal of Environmental Quality 37: 647-662.

Olson, D.M. and D.A. Andow.  2008. Patch size and edges and insect populations in landscapes.  Oecologia 155: 549–558.

White, J.A. and D.A. Andow.  2008.  Benefits of self-super-parasitism in a polyembryonic parasitoid.  Biological Control 46:133-139.

Books edited

Andow, D. A. 2004. A growing concern: Protecting the food supply in an era of pharmaceutical and industrial crops. Union of Concerned Scientists, Boston, MA.

Hilbeck, A., D. A. Andow, and E. M. G. Fontes. 2006. Environmental risk assessment of genetically modified organisms. Volume 2: methodologies for assessing Bt cotton in Brazil. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK.

Andow, D.A., A. Hilbeck and Nguyễn Văn Tuất (eds), Environmental Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms: Challenges and Opportunities with Bt Cotton in Viet Nam. CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK, xx + 360 pp.

Consensus reports (co-author)

NRC (National Research Council). 2002.  Environmental effects of transgenic plants: The scope and adequacy of regulation.  National Academy Press, Washington, DC. 320 pp.

IPGRI (International Plant Genetic Resources Institute). 2004.  Final Report on technical issues associated with the development of CGIAR policies to address the possibility of adventitious presence of transgenes in CGIAR ex situ collections.  International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome. 25 pp.

Undergraduate, Graduate & Postdoctoral Students Advised:

Li Jianbo, M.S., Entomology 1989
Tiel T. Bryja, M.S., Ecology 1990
Michael Muscari, M.S., Ecology 1992
Jennifer R. Edgerton, Ph.D., Ecology 1997
Dawn M. Olson, Ph.D., Entomology , 1997
Nancy A. Schellhorn, Ph.D., Entomology, 1998
Cynthia Lane, Ph.D., Conservation Biology, 1999
Carolyn Carr, M.S., Conservation Biology (Co-advisor), 2000
Jason Harmon, Ph.D. Entomology, 2003
Erin Hladlik, M.S., Entomology 2003
Melody Ng, M.S., Ecology 2004
Jennifer White, Ph.D., EEB, 2005
Margaret Savanick, M.S., Conservation Biology 2005
Yang Hu, Ph.D. Entomology, 2008
Adam Zeilinger, Ph.D., Conservation Biology
Kristina Prescott, Ph.D., EEB