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Susan Palchick

Adjunct Associate Professor

Address: 2099 University Ave. St. Paul, MN 55104

Education: Ph.D. Medical Entomology, University of California-Davis (1986) M.S. Public Health Epidemiology, University of California-Berkeley (1983) M.S. Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1981) B.S. Agricultural Journalism, Natural Science (with honors), University of Wisconsin-Madison (1978)

Research Interests: Mosquito biology and control. Epidemiology of mosquito borne diseases. Teaching Interests: Medical Entomology Selected Publications: Boxmeyer, C., and S. Palchick. 1995. Factors affecting the degradation of Altosid® briquets. J. of American Mosquito Control Assoc. In preparation. Boxmeyer, C., and S. Palchick. 1995. Distribution of resting female Aedes vexans in wooded and non-wooded areas of metropolitan Minnesota. J. of American Mosquito Control Assoc. In preparation. Palchick, S. 1984. The potential of flatworms as biological control agents of mosquitoes. Bulletin of the Society of Vector Ecologists 9(1):17-20. Palchick, S. 1992. Biosynopsis: "The Inland Floodwater Mosquito, Aedes vexans". Wing Beats 3(1):10.. Palchick, S. 1993. Chemical control of vectors in Biology of Disease Vectors, W.C. Marquardt and B.T. Beaty, Eds.; University Press of Colorado. Palchick, S., D.D. Schoof, C.H. Tempelis, and R.K. Washino. 1985. Who is eating whom? An evaluation of an enzyme immunoassay for predator prey analysis. Proc. Calif. Mosq. Vector Control Assoc. 53:120. Palchick, S. and R.K. Washino. 1985. Factors affecting mosquito larval abundance in northern California rice fields. Proc. Calif. Mosq. Vector Control Assoc. 52: 144-147. Schoof, D.D., S. Palchick, C.H. Tempelis. 1986. Evaluation of predator prey relationships using an enzyme immunoassay. Annals Ent. Soc. Am. 79(1): 91-95. Wirth, W.W., S.M. Palchick, and L. Forster. 1984. The North American predaceous midges of the Bezzia annulipes Group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 86(1): 155-175. Wood, B.L., L. R. Beck, R.K. Washino, S.M. Palchick and P.D. Sebesta. 1991 Spectral and spatial characterization of rice fields mosquito habitat. Int. J. Remote Sensing 12(3):621-626. Recent Presentations: Boxmeyer, C., and S. Palchick. Distribution of resting female Aedes vexans in wooded and non-wooded areas of metropolitan Minneapolis-St. Paul. American Mosquito Control Assoc. Portland, OR. 1995. Boxmeyer, C., and S. Palchick. Efficacy of permethrin treatments in recreational parks in metropolitan Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. American Mosquito Control Assoc. San Diego, CA. 1994. Boxmeyer, C., Glew-Leach, S. and S. Palchick. Degradation of Altosid XR briquets over dry summers and a Minnesota winter. American Mosquito Control Assoc. Fort Myers, FL. 1993. Palchick, S. mosquito Control for the future: Doing more with less? Ohio Mosquito Control Assoc. Middleburg Heights, OH. 1995.