Sanderson, John Philip
Associate Professorresearch
research and scholarship focus
Develop cost-effective, reduced-risk, and sustainable methods of managing insect and mite pests of greenhouse crops through research on the biology and behavior of pests and their natural enemies as well as the integration of chemical, biological, cultural, and physical control approaches.
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research areas
- adult and extension education | collaborative research area (CALS)
- biological control | collaborative research area (CALS)
- entomology | collaborative research area (CALS)
- floriculture | collaborative research area (CALS)
- horticultural sciences | collaborative research area (CALS)
- insects | collaborative research area (CALS)
- integrated crop management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- integrated pest management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- organic agriculture | collaborative research area (CALS)
- pesticide management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- pest management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- sustainable agriculture | collaborative research area (CALS)
- zoology | collaborative research area (CALS)
submitted impact statement
- Greenhouse Horticulture Program Work Team | 2006 Impact statement
- Pollenless plants to reduce population growth of western flower thrips on floral crops | 2006 Impact statement
- Biology of an exotic beneficial predaceous fly in North American greenhouses. | 2005 Impact statement
- Greenhouse horticulture program work team | 2004 Impact statement
- Biology of an exotic beneficial predaceous fly in North American greenhouses. | 2004 Impact statement
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Entomology (ENTOM) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Entomology | graduate field
- Plant Protection | graduate field
other Cornell affiliations
- Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) | research program
teaching
teaching focus
By teaching Insect Biology (ENTOM 212), I have the great pleasure of introducing undergraduate and graduate students to the amazing world of insects.
teaches
- ENTOM 4970 - Individual Study in Entomology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ENTOM 4980 - Undergraduate Teaching (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ENTOM 4990 - Undergraduate Research in Entomology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ENTOM 7070 - Individual Study for Graduate Students (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ENTOM 7090 - Teaching Entomology (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ENTOM 8900 - Master's-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ENTOM 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ENTOM 4970 - Individual Study in Entomology (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ENTOM 4980 - Undergraduate Teaching (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ENTOM 7070 - Individual Study for Graduate Students (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ENTOM 7090 - Teaching Entomology (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ENTOM 8900 - Master's-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ENTOM 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ENTOM 9900 - Doctoral-Level Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2008 class
service
outreach focus
Promote the adoption of effective, reduced-risk, and up-to-date arthropod pest management practices in the greenhouse industry through cooperative extension educational program efforts and resources.
current professional activities
- International Organization for Biological Control, Nearctic Regional Section: Convener, IOBC Working Group on Biological and Integrated Control in Glasshouses Northeast Working Group for Applied Biocontrol Whitefly Working Group, Nearctic Regional Section
- Entomological Society of America Co-Chair, 1993 ESA Eastern Branch Meeting, Williamsburg, VA 1993 ESA Eastern Branch Symposium, Co-organizer/Moderator: "Advances in whitefly research in the Eastern Branch"
- Member, Executive Committee, USDA Interagency Sweetpotato Whitefly ad hoc Working Group
- Northeast Greenhouse IPM Workgroup (Organizer)
- USDA IR-4 Ornamentals Steering Committee, 1990
- New York State Flower Industries Committee on Government Affairs
- Society of American Florists
- The Ohio Florists' Association
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Sigma Xi
- Gamma Sigma Delta
- Field of Plant Protection M.P.S. Graduate Student Admissions Committee, 1990-present
- Greenhouse Interdepartmental Program Committee/Statewide Horticulture Program Committee, Greenhouse Subgroup, 1987-present
- NYS IPM Program Grant Review Committee - Ornamentals, 1987-present
- Project Coordinator, CALS Insect & Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, 1990-1992
- Cornell Controlled Environment Agriculture Work Group, 1989-present
- CALS Ad Hoc Committee: Orientation Program for New Extension Faculty, 1995-96
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background
educational background
- Ph.D., Entomology, University of California, Riverside, 1986
- M.S., Entomology, University of California, Riverside, 1983
- B.S., Zoology, San Diego State University, 1977
professional background
- Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, 1994-present
- Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, 1987-1994
- Post-doctoral Research Scientist, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, 1986
- Graduate Research Associate, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, 1982-1986
publications
linked articles
- Influences of impatiens pollen and exposure to Beauveria bassiana on bionomics of western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis | journal article
- Within-plant and temporal distribution of nymphal and adult western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera : Thripidae), on flowers and foliage of greenhouse impatiens, Impatiens wallerana, and implications for pest population sampling | journal article
Keywords: biological control, entomology, floral crops, floricultural entomology, floriculture, general entomology, greenhouse, insect, insect biology, insects, integrated pest management, IPM, mites