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Awards and Honors
 
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Regional & National Activities While At Penn State
 
Principal Instruction Contributions
 
Research Activities
 
Agricultural Experiment Station Publications, and Theses and Dissertations Directed
 
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Professional Activities and Offices Held in Scientific Societies
 
University Committee Assignments
 
Invited Lectures (and Invited participations in working groups)
 
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Paul A. Backman
Curriculum Vitae

221 Buckhout Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-865-6687
Fax: 814-863-7217
Email: pbackman@psu.edu

Agricultural Experiment Station Publications, and Theses and Dissertations Directed

Available on request


Meetings With Published Proceedings

Available on request


Professional Activities and Offices Held in Scientific Societies

Assoc. Editor. Plant Disease Reporter,1974-75

Plant Pathologist for Office of Technology Assessment, US Congress, 1978 (Soybeans in the South)

Biological Control Committee, Am Phytopathological Soc. (APS), 1979-80

Assoc. Editor. Peanut Science, 1980-1987

Tropical Plant Pathology Comm., APS, 1980-1984

Technical Committee, Am. Peanut Res. Educ. Soc. (APRES) 1980

Awards Committee, Southern Soybean Disease Workers, 1981

Book Revision Committee, APRES, 1981

PCNB Benefits Committee, USDA (RPAR), 1979

Vice Chairman of Southern Working Group on Soybean IPM, 1981-1983

Secretary of Southern Working Group on Pesticide Application Technology, 1980-1981

Member, Southern Soybean Disease Workers Fungicide Awareness Committee, 1982

Member, Executive Committee Southern Soybean Disease Workers, 1980-1982

Chemical Control Committee, Am. Phytopathological Soc. 1988-1991, Chairman 1990

Southern Regional Director's Ad Hoc Committee on IPM Grant Proposals, 1984

Editorial Board (Associate Editor) Peanut Science 1984-1989SRIEG-29, Pesticide Application Technology, Vice-Chairman, 1987, Chairman 1988

USDA/PIAP Peer Panel Grant Review Team Member, Atlanta, January, 1987

Organizer Eastern Regional Conference on the Ecology of Root-Infecting Microorganisms, Chairman and Host with W. D. Kelley, Auburn, March, 1987

Outside Grant Review Team UN/Intl. Atomic Energy Agency, "Mutation Breeding in soybeans. Oct 1989 and Oct-Nov. 1991, evaluating IAEA grant progress in 5 key locations in Thailand

Peer Review Panel USDA/SIPM 1989 Grants

Member ESCOP panel on Pesticide Application Technology, 1991

Member and section facilitator on USDA workshop on alternatives to Methyl Bromide, 1993

Member US Congress panel (OTA) assessing current state of development of Biological Control and needs for legislation, 1994-95

Member USDA/CSREES IPM Initiative grant review team, 1995

Finance Committee Member, Southern Div. Am. Phytopathological Society 1995-98

Chair, American Phytopathological Soc. Phyllosphere Microbiology Committee, 1995

Chair, American Phytopathological Society Biological Control Committee, 1996-97

President elect, Auburn University Chapter, Gama Sigma Delta, 1996-97

IR-4 and USDA/SBIR grant review panels 1996 and 1997

Associate Editor, Biological Control (a journal by Academic Press) 1995-1998


University Committee Assignments (*Served as Chairman)

  • Computer Software Research Committee
  • 24c State Pesticide Label Committee*
  • Pesticide Impact Assessment Committee
  • Pesticide Advisory Committee (State of Alabama)
  • Environmental Sciences Service Center (NOAA) Committee
  • Internship Committee
  • Visiting Scientists Committee*
  • Sigma Xi Awards Committee*
  • Departmental Self-Study Committee
  • Dept. Curriculum Committee
  • Plant Protection Curriculum Committee*
  • Fescue Toxicity Diagnostic Center Committee*
  • University Super Computer Committee
  • Integrated Pest Management Committee
  • Dean of Agriculture Selection Committee
  • Graduate Student Evaluation Committee
  • Plant Pathology Curriculum Committee
  • Greenhouse-Growth Chamber Improvements Committee
  • Graduate Program Officer (PLP)
  • Computer Center Liaison (PLP)
  • Dean of Agriculture Faculty Advisory Committee
  • Selection Committee, E.V. Smith Horticultural Unit Superintendent
  • Departmental Budget Committee
  • Search Committee Biological Control Position
  • Administrator Evaluation Committee (Fac. Senate)
  • Search Committee, Forest Pathology Position
  • College of Agriculture Environment Committee
  • Field Station Superintendents Selection Committee for the Experiment Station