John E. Casida
John Edward Casida (December 22, 1929 – June 30, 2018) was an American
entomologist, toxicologist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Birth and education
Casida was born in 1929 in the United States. He completed his BS from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1951. He completed his MS in 1951 and PhD in 1954 from the same university.
Research
Casida is known for his research on the
ISI Web of Knowledge
, and currently has in excess of 850 scientific publications.
He synthesized compounds more active and less persistent than insecticides then used in agricultural practice and his contributions have provided a rational basis for the evaluation of the risks and benefits of pesticides and toxicants.
He was elected to the
United States National Academy of Sciences in 1991 and to the Royal Society (UK) in 1998.[7] In 1993, he was awarded the Wolf Prize in Agriculture "for his pioneering studies on the mode of action of insecticides, design of safer pesticides and contributions to the understanding of nerve and muscle function in insects".[8] Additional honors include receiving the Founders Award from the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (1994) and the Koro-Sho Prize from the Pesticide Science Society of Japan (1995). He was the William Muriece Hoskins Chair in Chemical and Molecular Entomology at the University of California, Berkeley
.
References
- ^ John E. Casida at the University of California, Berkeley
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-28. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ The Wolf Prize in Agriculture in 1993 [1] Archived 2007-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ CV of John E. Casida
- ^ "Campus professor emeritus and toxicology expert John Casida dies at 88". The Daily Californian. 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ Look for the Unusual - In Memory of Professor John E. Casida (1929-2018) [2]
- S2CID 253246984.
- ^ The Wolf Prize in Agriculture