ZHU, Kun Yan
Title: Professor
Address: 123 Waters Hall, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-4004
Tel: 1-785-532-4721
Email: kzhu@ksu.edu
Education Background:
1989-1992 Ph.D., Biology (Insect Toxicology), Utah State University, USA
1987-1989 M.S., Biology (Insect Toxicology), Utah State University, USA
1978-1982 B.S., Plant Protection, Zhejiang University, China
Working Experiences:
2007-present Professor, Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, USA
2002-2007 Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, Kansas State University
1996-2002 Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Kansas State University
1994-1995 Research Associate Professor (graduate faculty), Department of
Entomology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA
1992-1994 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Entomology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA
Research Interests:
Research focuses: Insecticide toxicology and mechanisms of insecticide resistance, chitin biosynthesis and inhibition, and insect RNA interference.
Models: European corn borer, western corn rootworm, red flour beetle, malaria mosquitoes, yellow fever mosquito, German cockroach.
Professional Activities:
2015-present Associate editor, Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology
2013-present Academic editor, PLoS ONE
2010-present Associate editor, Pest Management Science
2001-present Subject editor, Journal of Economic Entomology
2001-present Editorial board member of nine (9) other scientific journals, including Acta Entomologica Sinica, Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, Insect Science, Plant Protection, and Scientific Reports.