CAHNRS - Department of Entomology

Food & Environmental Quality Lab

Allan S. Felsot

Professor and Extension Specialist, Entomology & Environmental Toxicology
Location: Washington State University-TriCities, Food and Environmental Quality Lab
Address: 2710 University Drive, Richland, WA 99352
Phone: 509-372-7365 (Voice); 509-372-7460 (FAX)
Email: afelsot@tricity.wsu.edu

Education:

Ph.D. Iowa State University Entomology 1978
M.S. University of Florida Entomology 1974
B.S. Tulane University Biology 1972.

Biographical Information

Professor Felsot holds tenure in the Department of Entomology at Washington State University (WSU) and is also Affiliate Professor in the WSU School of the Environment (SoE) and the School of Biological Sciences (SBS).  Since 1993, he has been stationed in the WSU Food and Environmental Quality Lab in Richland, WA.   From 1978-1993, he was a project leader for pesticide chemistry and toxicology research in the Illinois Natural History Survey at the University of Illinois. 

Professor Felsot’s current responsibilities are divided among teaching, extension, and research.  He holds two part-time administrative positions at the WSU TriCities campus:  Graduate Coordinator for the Environmental Sciences Program in the SoE ; campus Program Lead for the Sciences. 

Current research activities have been focused on probabilistic risk assessments of environmental contaminants.  Professor Felsot also serves as specialist in environmental chemistry and toxicology for WSU Extension.  As Graduate Coordinator for the Environmental Sciences Program he oversees the progress of MS & PhD candidates toward successful completion of their degrees, as well as mentoring his own graduate students. 

During the 2000s Professor Felsot shifted his focus from laboratory- and field-based research to an expanded and intense involvement in teaching with responsibility for the following courses:  Introductory Biology; Introductory Botany; Biology & Society; Agricultural Entomology; Insect Physiology; Fundamentals of Environmental Toxicology; Applied Environmental Toxicology; Pesticide Toxicology; Pesticides in the Environment; Agricultural Chemical Technology for Crop Protection.  He is also involved with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) programs for middle school students, offering multiple insect biology workshops. 

Professor Felsot was a member of the Washington State Pesticide Incident Reporting and Tracking Panel (PIRT) and held the public toxicologist position on the Washington State Dept. of Agriculture Pesticide Advisory Board.  He was a member of the Advisory Committee for Crop Protection Chemistry of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).  He has served the American Chemical Society’s AGRO Division as Vice Chair, Program Chair, and Chair from 2003-2005.  From 1995-2007, he chaired the AGRO Young Scientist Research Recognition Award & Symposium and chaired for two years the AGRO New Investigator Award.  Professor Felsot received the American Chemical Society AGRO Fellow Award, the Entomological Society of America Founders Memorial Award, the WSU College of Agriculture Award for Excellence in Extension, Western Crop Protection Association North Star Award, Honorary Member Award of the WA State Weed Association, and the WSU College of Agriculture Team Interdisciplinary Award as a member of the Urban IPM & Pesticide Safety Education Team.  During 1992 he was a Fulbright Scholar assigned to lecturing and research in Cyprus.

 

Allan Felsot CV - February 2015

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2014-present: WSU Tri-Cities Program Lead for Sciences & Math

2011-present: Affiliate Professor, WSU School of Biological Sciences

2010-present: Graduate Coordinator, Environmental Sciences Program @ WSU Tri-Cities; Affiliate Professor, School of the Environment

1999-present: Professor and Extension Specialist, Dept. of Entomology, Washington State University & College of Agriculture Food & Environmental Quality Lab

Recent Publications:

Felsot, A. S. 2011. Pesticides & Health-Myths vs. Realities. American Council on Science and Health, New York, NY. 107 pp.

Felsot, A. S. 2010. Communicating safe pesticide use. Chapter 55 In Krieger, R. (ed.) Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology. Elsevier, Inc. pp. 1173-1187.

Felsot, A. S. 2009. Chemicals: Pesticides. In Information Resources in Toxicology, 4th Edition, Wexler, P, S. Gilbert, B. Hakkinen, A. Mohapatra (Ed.); Elsevier, Academic Press, San Francisco. pp. 145-158.

Felsot, A. S., and K. D. Racke (Ed.). 2007. Crop Protection Products for Organic Agriculture. Environmental, Health, and Efficacy Assessment. American Chemical Society Symposium Series 947, Am. Chem. Soc., Washington, DC. 310 pp.

Felsot, A. S., and K. D. Racke.  2007.  Chemical pest control technology:  Benefits, disadvantages, and continuing roles in crop production systems. In Crop Protection Products for Organic Agriculture.  Environmental, Health, and Efficacy Assessment. Felsot, A.S., K. D. Racke (ed.); American Chemical Society Symposium Series 947, Am. Chem. Soc., Washington, DC.  pp. 1-18. (request reprint)

Felsot, A. S.  2007.  Reduction of insecticide use in orchards and implementation of no-spray zones through alternative spraying practices. FEQL Project No. 0405, Final Project Report for EPA Grant # PE-960001-01.  January 8, 2007.

Felsot, A. S. 2004. Establishing buffers: Protocols and toxicological benchmarks, Proc. International Conference on Pesticide Application for Drift Management. October 27-29, Waikoloa, HI. pp. 199-203.

Felsot, A. S. 2004. Impact of U.S. court cases on application technology, Proc. International Conference on Pesticide Application for Drift Management. October 27-29, 2004, Waikoloa, HI. pp. 53-58.

Felsot, A. S. 2004. Is the content of disease-reducing phytochemicals influenced by certified organic crop production practices? Paper no. 21, 228th National Mtg. American Chemical Society (PICOGRAM Issue no. 67, p. 55), August 22-26, 2004. Philadelphia, PA.

Ramaprasad, J., M.-Y. Tsai, K. Elgethun, V. R. Hebert, A. Felsot, M. G. Yost, R. A. Fenske. 2004. The Washington aerial spray drift study: assessment of off-target organophosphorus insecticide atmospheric movement by plant surface volatilization. Atmospheric Environment 38:5703-5713.

Felsot, A. S., 2004. No-spray buffer zones for the ag/urban interface: derivation using drift modeling and toxicologically relevant benchmarks (26 MB *.pdf). Paper no. 85, 227th National Mtg. American Chemical Society (PICOGRAM Issue no. 66, p. 68), March 28-April 1, 2004. Anaheim Calif.

Felsot, A. S., Q. Macdonald, J. R. Ruppert. 2004. Within canopy movement and deposition of insecticide residues in orchards during spray operations. Poster no. 54, 227th National Mtg. American Chemical Society (PICOGRAM Issue no. 66, p. 61), March 28-April 1, 2004. Anaheim Calif.

Felsot, A. S., V. Hebert, Q. Macdonald. 2003. Derivation of no-spray buffer zones using toxicologically relevant benchmarks. Poster presentation, 3rd Pan Pacific Pesticide Conference, Honolulu, HI. June, 2003.

Felsot, A. S., and J. D. Rosen. 2004. Commentary on Composition of the Total Phenolic and Ascorbic Acid Content of Freeze-Dried and Air-Dired Marionberry, Strawberry and Corn Grown Using Conventional, Organic, and Sustainable Agricultural Practices. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 52(1):146-152.

Steffey, K. L., M. Venditti, B. R. Barrido, and A. S. Felsot. 2004. Effects of Bt corn on natural enemies of the European Corn Borer. In Agricultural Biotechnology: Challenges and Prospects, Bhalgat, M. M., W. P. Ridley, A. S. Felsot, J. N. Seiber (Ed.). American Chemical Society Symposia Series 866, Am. Chem. Soc., Washington, DC. 232 pp. ISBN# 0-8412-3815-4

Hamilton, D. J., A. Ambrus, R. M. Dieterle, A. S. Felsot, C. A. Harris, P. T. Holland, A. Katayama, N. Kurihara, J. Linders, J. Unsworth, and S.-S. Wong. 2003. Regulatory limits for pesticide residues in water. Pure and Applied Chemistry 75:1123-1155.

Felsot, A. S., R. G. Evans, and J. R. Ruppert. 2003. Field studies of imidacloprid distribution following application to soil through a drip irrigation system. Chapter 13 (pp. 189-205) in Terrestrial Field Dissipation Studies: Purpose, Design and Interpretation. E. L. Arthur, A. C. Barefoot, and V. E. Clay eds. ACS Symposium Series No. 842, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. ISBN# 0-8412-3769-7. 368 pp.

Felsot, A. S., K. D. Racke, D. J. Hamilton. 2003. Disposal and degradation of pesticide waste. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 177:123-200

Felsot, A. S. 2002. WEB resources for pesticide toxicology, environmental chemistry, and policy: a utilitarian perspective. Toxicology Volume 173, Issues 1-2, pp. 153-166.

Felsot, A. S., S. Foss, J. Yu. 2003. Deposition of pesticides in riparian buffer zones following aerial applications to Christmas tree plantations. Chapter 14 (pp. 241-260) in Pesticide Science: Environmental Fate & Effects of Pesticides, 3rd Edition. J. Coats and H. Yamamoto (ed.), American Chemical Society, Washington, DC.

Rolston, D., A. Felsot, K. Pennell, K. Scow, and H. Stroo. 2003. Fate of soil contaminants. Chapter 5 (pp. 163-215) in Contaminated Soils: From Soil-Chemical Interactions to Ecosystem Management. R. Lanno, ed. Society of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Pensacola, FL. ISBN #1-880611-31-7, 445 pp.

Carpenter, J., A. Felsot, T. Goode, M. Hammig, D. Onstad, S. Sankula. 2002. Comparative environmental impacts of biotechnology-derived and traditional soybean, corn, and cotton crops. Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa. 189 pp. ISBN 1-887383-21-2

Felsot, A. S. and J. R. Ruppert. 2002. Imidacloprid residues in Willapa Bay (Washington State) water and sediment following application for control of burrowing shrimp. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 50:4417-4423.

Felsot, A. S., V. R. Hebert, Q. MacDonald, J. R. Ruppert, J. LePage. 2002. Effects of spray application number on azinphos-methyl residues in composite and single serving apples. Poster no. 39, 223rd National Mtg. American Chemical Society, April 7-11, 2002, Orlando, FL.

Felsot, A. S. 2002. "Pharm farming". It's not your father's agriculture. Agrichemical & Environmental News (July) 195, 23 pp.

Felsot, A. S. 2002. Some corny ideas about gene flow and biodiversity. Agrichemical & Environmental News (May) 195, 13 pp.

Felsot, A. S. 2001. Admiring risk reduction. Does imidacloprid have what it takes? Agrichemical & Environmental News (October) 186:1-12.

Felsot, A. 2001. Pesticides. Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology, vol. 1. O. C. Maloy and T. D. Murray, eds., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York. pp. 752-754.

Felsot, A. S. 1998. User sites and the generation of pesticide waste. In Pesticide Remediation in Soils and Water, P. C. Kearney, and T. Roberts, eds. Wiley Series in Agrochemicals & Plant Protection, John Wiley & Sons, New York. pp. 1-19.

Felsot, A. S. 1998. Numbers, Numbers Everywhere-And Not a Drop of Meaning. Journal Of Environmental Law And Litigation. Volume 13.

Felsot, A. S., and E. K. Dzantor. 1997. Potential of biostimulation to enhance dissipation of aged herbicide residues in landfarmed waste. In Phytoremediation of Soil & Water Contaminants. E. Krueger, T. Anderson, and J. Coats, eds. Am. Chem. Soc. Symp. Ser. 664, pp. 77-91.

Felsot, A. S., M. A. Bhatti, and G. I. Mink. 1995. Using sentinel plants as biomonitors of herbicide drift and deposition. J. Environmental Science & Health, B31 (4):831-845.

Awards

2009 Washington State University College of Agriculture, Human & Natural Resource Sciences Team Interdisciplinary Award (Urban IPM and Pesticide Safety Education Team)
2008 Entomological Society of America Founders Memorial Award
2008 American Chemical Society Agrochemical Division Fellow Award
2001 Washington State University College of Agriculture & Home Economics Award for Excellence in Extension
2000 Honorary Member, Washington State Weed Association
1999 North Star Award, sponsored by the Western Crop Protection Association
1991 Fulbright Scholar (lecturing and research in Cyprus, January-June 1992)
1973 Graduate Council Fellowship, University of Florida

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