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Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management
1910 East-West Road Sherman 101
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: (808) 956-7530
Fax: (808) 956-6539
Email: nrem@ctahr.hawaii.edu

Departmental Chair:
Dr. Carl I. Evensen
Graduate Chair:
Dr. Catherine Chan-Halbrendt
Undergraduate Chair:
Dr. Travis Idol

Project Manager

Office: Sherman 129
Phone: (808) 956-6343
Fax: (808) 956-6539
E-mail: ekhlass@hawaii.edu
Website: AHEAD Project, Malamalama

University of Queensland, Australia, 1998-2001. Ph.D., Entomology
University of Queensland, Australia, 1996-1997. Post-Graduate Diploma of Sci, Entomology
Mosul University, Nineveh, Iraq, 1987-1989. M.S., Entomology
Mosul University, Nineveh, Iraq, 1974-1978. B.S., Zoology

Professional Experience

• PI for the Portal program for Iraq and Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT), 2007-2008.
• Co-PI and Manager for the Kurdistan Agricultural Higher Education and Development (KAHEAD) funded by the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq, 2006-2010
• Manager for the USAID-Funded project for Revitalizing Agricultural Higher Education and Development (AHEAD) in Iraq 2004-2006.
• Junior Researcher, PEPS, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2003-2004
• Post-doc Researcher, PEPS, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2001-2002.
• Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Queensland, Australia, 1997–2000.
• Lecturer, Department of Biology, Mosul University, Nineveh, Iraq, 1989–1995.
• Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, Mosul University, 1978–1986.

Conferences and Workshop Attendance/Presentations

• Invited to attend the 4th Annual International Women's Leadership Conference on Tuesday, September 25, 2007 on the theme "Inspiring Today, For Tomorrow".
• Foundations in the Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences Spring Seminar Series on Friday, April 27, 2007.
  Presentation Title: Status of Hawaii-Iraq Agricultural Higher Education Partnerships.
• CTAHR Organic Farming Workshop covers the basic concepts and techniques for organic farming in Hawaii and provides on-farm perspectives. Oahu, Sept. 7 & 8, 2006.
• Governor Lingle’s Third Annual International Women’s Leadership Conference (Women with no Limits: Their Personal Stories) August 29, 2006, Sheraton Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii.
• The 14th Conference of the International Soil Conservation Organization (ISCO) in Marrakech, Morocco, May 14-19, 2006. The theme is “Water Management and Soil Conservation in Semi-Arid Environments.
  Presentation Title: Conservation and Environmental Issues in Revitalizing Iraqi Agriculture.
• Foundations in the Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences Spring Seminar Series on Friday, April 28, 2006.
  Presentation Title: Agricultural Higher Education and Development.
• First International Environmental Health Conference, Health and Environment in Iraq: Status, Needs and Challenges, September 19-22, 2005 Amman/Jordan
• CTAHR/AHEAD Update, June 29 2005
  Presentation Title: History of Iraq and Mesopotamia.
• Sunset Rotary Club on May 18, 2005. Presentation title: Iraq’s history and Agriculture.
• Governor Lingle’s Second Annual International Women’s Leadership Conference (Women of Inspiration: Their Personal Stories) September 14 and 15, 2005, Sheraton Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Forest Sciences Professional Development and Strategic Planning Workshop at the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences at the American University of Beirut/Lebanon, February 22-26, 2005.
• Technology Transfer Professional Development and Strategic Planning Workshop at the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo/Syria February 12-18, 2005
• Plant Protection Professional Development and Strategic Planning Workshop at the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Jordan/Amman, August 15-19, 2004.
• USAID Orientation Workshop for the HEAD Awardees in Amman, Jordan December 15 and 16, 2003.
• The XIII International Entomophagous Workshop, July 27 to July 31, 2003 Tucson, AZ
  Poster Title: Impact of GF-120 on tephritid fruit fly braconid parasitoids
• CTAHR, UH Conversational Skills Workshop, May 22-23, 2003. Results and Relationships Improvement Initiative. Held in the Pacific Beach Hotel 2490 Kalakaua Avenue Honolulu, HI 96815
• USDA-ARS-PBARC Annual Meeting Fruit Fly Areawide Pest Management (AWPM). April 29 and 30, 2003, Maui, HI (Wailea).
• 10th Pacific Entomology Conference, 19-20 February 2003, Radisson Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel, Honolulu, HI.
  Presentation Title: Effect of spinosad and phloxine B on three different species of tephritid fruit fly parasitoids.
• Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America. November 17-20, 2002 Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• IOBC meeting - Pesticides and Beneficial Organism, France. October, 2002.
  Poster Title: Testing the impact of novel insecticides on parasitoids of tephritid fruit flies in Hawaii.
• USDA-ARS-PBARC Annual Meeting Fruit Fly Areawide Program. April 22-26, 2002, Kona, HI (KOA).
• Foundations in the department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences Spring Seminar, Feb 15, 2002.
  Presentation Title: My Scientific Trip with Entomology.
• First International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods, 13-18 Jan 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
• 6th Australasian Applied Entomological Research Conference and Australian Entomological Society Conference 1998, University of Queensland, Brisbane, 26 Sept-1 Oct.
• XII International Entomophagous Insects, California, Monterey 26-30 September 1999.
  Poster Title: Interactions between Trichogramma larvae and host embryos.

Publications

• Jarjees, E. A. & Merritt, D. J. (in preparation). The effect of host age on female oviposition choice and development of the egg parasitoid, Trichogramma australicum in Helicoverpa armigera eggs.
• Wang X. G., Jarjees, E. A., McGraw, B. K., Bokonon-Ganta, A. H., Messing, R. H., Johnson, M. W. (2005). Effects of spinosad-based fruit fly bait GF-120 on tephritid fruit fly and aphid parasitoids. Biological Control 35, 155-162.
• Jarjees, E. A. & Merritt, D. J. (2004). The effect of parasitization by Trichogramma australicum on Helicoverpa armigera host eggs and embryos. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 85, 1-8.
• Jarjees, E. A. & Merritt, D. J. 2003. Structure of the gut contents of Trichogramma australicum Girault (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) larvae fixed in situ in eggs of its host Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 42, 203-209.
• Jarjees, E. A. & Merritt, D. J. 2002. Development of Trichogramma australicum Girault (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) in Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) host eggs. Australian Journal of Entomology, 41 (4):310-315.
• Jarjees, E. A. 2002. Interaction between the egg parasitoid, Trichogramma australicum Girault and its host, Helicoverpa armigera Hübner: Implications for the development of artificial diets. Thesis summary. Australian Journal of Entomology 41 (1):98.
• Jarjees, E. A. 2001. Interaction between the egg parasitoid, Trichogramma australicum Girault and its host, Helicoverpa armigera Hübner: Implications for the development of artificial diets. PhD thesis, University of Queensland, Australia 1-136 pp.
• Jarjees, E. A., Merritt, D. J. & Gordh, G. 1998. Anatomy of the mouthparts and digestive tract during feeding in larvae of the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma australicum Girault (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology 27:103-110.
• Jarjees, E. A. & Al-Sharook, Z. M. 1993. Effects of Eucalyptus and Achillea on mosquito larvae. Journal of Biological Research Centre, Baghdad, Iraq 4:22-26.
• Jarjees, E. A. & Al-Sharook, Z. M. 1993. Effects of three different neem seed kernel extracts and Azadirachtin A in the developmental stages of Carra lanta in predation of aquatic stages of Culex molestus Forskal and its ability to survive in different sources of water. Journal of Biological Research Centre, Baghdad, Iraq 82:38-42
• Jarjees, E. A. 1989. Laboratory study of certain factors which influence the female mosquitoes Culex molestus (Diptera: Culicidae) at oviposition. M.Sc. thesis, Univ. Mosul, Iraq.