Jonathan F. Day

JFDay@ifas.ufl.edu

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Education

• B.S., Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, Vermont (Environmental Science), 1974.
• M.S., State University of New York at Fredonia (Biology with an emphasis in Ecology), THESIS:  The Population Dynamics and Possible Coevolution of Siphonapteran Nest Parasites Infesting the Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans volans),  GRADUATE ADVISOR:  Allen H. Benton, 1978.
• Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Medical Entomology), DISSERTATION:  The Effect of Host Health on Mosquito Engorgement and its Possible Importance in Disease Transmission, GRADUATE ADVISOR:  John D. Edman, 1981.
• Postdoctoral Training. University of Massachusetts, 1981-1982; Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida, Vero Beach, 1982-1986.

Employment

• 1976-1978. Teaching Assistant, State University of New York at Fredonia. 
• 1978-1981. Graduate Research Assistant, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
• 1981-1982.  Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Departments of Entomology and Zoology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
• 1982-1986.  Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida, Vero Beach, FL.
• 1986-Present.  Assistant to Full Professor (1998), Department of Entomology and Nematology, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, IFAS, University of Florida, Vero Beach.

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Medical Entomologist and Ecologist studying the natural history, epidemiology and ecology of mosquito-borne viruses found in North America.  Studies include tracking arboviral transmission by using novel surveillance techniques, tracking vector populations, tracking avian amplification host populations, predicting epidemic and enzootic transmission and creating human and domestic animal transmission risk maps that can be viewed at http://eis.ifas.ufl.edu.  In addition, studies are conducted on novel biting fly control strategies including removal trapping protocols directed against saltmarsh mosquitoes and biting midges.

Research Priorities

• Field studies designed to elucidate the natural history, ecology, and epidemiology of mosquito-borne arboviruses in Florida.
• Annual tracking of biotic and abiotic factors responsible for enhancing the transmission of St. Louis encephalitis, eastern equine encephalitis, and West Nile viruses in Florida.
• Analysis of field-derived arboviral transmission data to evaluate real-time epidemic risk in Florida.
• Evaluation of novel methods for vector control.

Recent Accomplishments

• 1999-2001.  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention West Nile Virus Planning Panel.
• 2000. Co-Chair, National Institutes of Health Select Panel on Vector Biology Research Priorities.
• 2000-2005. Environmental Protection Agency Scientific Advisory Panel on Insect Repellent Product Performance Testing Guideline Evaluation.
• 2001. USDA Secretary’s Honor Award.
• 2002.  Peer Review Team for CDC, Ft. Collins, Colorado.
• 2001-2005.  Member of the Florida West Nile Partners Task Force.
• 2003.  Pelican Island Audubon Society Board Member of the Year.
• 2003.  University of Florida/NSF Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Award.
• 2004-2007.   University of Florida Research Foundation Professor.
• 2004.  National Science Foundation/AAAS Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge Award.

Patents

• U.S. Patent 5,943,815 awarded 8-31-99.  Paganessi, J., R. Lee and J.F. Day.  Method and delivery system for the carbon dioxide-based area-specific attraction of insects, Part One.

• U.S. Patent 6,272,790 awarded 8-14-01.  Paganessi, J., R. Lee and J.F. Day.  Method and delivery system for the carbon dioxide-based area-specific attraction of insects, Part Two.

Creative Works

• 2001-2005: Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory Encephalitis Information System Florida Risk Maps which can be viewed at the http://eis.ifas.ufl.edu web site.

Professional Service

• 1994-2003.  Board of Directors, Pelican Island Audubon Society.
• 1995-2000.  Board of Directors and Southeastern Regional Director, Society for Vector Ecology.
• 1995-2000.  Editorial Board, Journal of Medical Entomology, Chair 2000.
• 1997-2000.  Editorial Board, Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association, Chair 2000.
• 1998-2005.  Editorial Board, Journal of the Florida Mosquito Control Association.
• 2001-2005.  Subject Editor, Journal of Medical Entomology.

Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows, and Visiting Scientists

• 1985, 1991-94.  University of Florida High School Teacher Summer Intern Program.
• 1987-1988.  Elizabeth A. Graser, National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Research Associate, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Vero Beach, FL.
• 1987-1988. Jin-tong Zhang, visiting scientist from the Dept. of Vector Biology and Control, Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
• 1998-2001.  Member of University of Florida Ph.D. Graduate Committee for Michael R. Patnaude, Department of Entomology and Nematology.
• 1998-2002. Member of University of Florida M.S. Graduate Committee for Robert Dusek, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.
• 1998-2003.  Member of University of Florida, Ph.D. Graduate Committee for Pieter Harm A. Van Essen, Department of Entomology and Nematology.
• 2003.  Member of Columbia University, Ph.D. Graduate Committee for Jeffery Shaman, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory.
• 2001-2005. Co-chair of University of Florida Ph.D. Graduate Committee for Aissa Doumbouya, Department of Entomology and Nematology.
• 2002-2004.  Chair of University of Florida M.S. Graduate Committee for Justin Harbison, Department of Entomology and Nematology.
• 2003-2008. Co-chair of University of Florida Ph.D. Graduate Committee for Leslie Viguers Rios, Department of Entomology and Nematology.
• 2004-2009. Member of University of Florida Masters Graduate Committee for Kevin Kobylinski, Department of Entomology and Nematology.

Career Publications (as of December 2004)

• Refereed papers: 81
• Book Chapters: 3
•  Fact Sheets, News Letters, and Editorial Columns: 26

Selected Publications (selected from 1994)

• Day, J.F., J.D. Edman and T.W. Scott. 1994.  Reproductive fitness and survivorship of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) maintained on blood, with field observations from Thailand. J. Med. Entomol. 31:611-617.
• Day, J.F. and R.D. Sjogren. 1994. Vector control by removal trapping. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 50:(6) Suppl.:126-133.
• Day, J.F. and G.A. Curtis. 1994. When it rains, they soar--and that makes Culex nigripalpus a dangerous mosquito. American Entomologist 40:162-167.
• Linley, J.R., A.H. Benton and J.F. Day. 1994. Ultrastructure of the eggs of seven flea species (Siphonaptera). J. Med. Entomol. 31:813-827.
• Day, J.F., E.E. Storrs, L.M. Stark, A.L. Lewis and S. Williams. 1995. Antibodies to St. Louis encephalitis virus in armadillos from southern Florida. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 31:10-14.
• Bidlingmayer, W.L., J.F. Day and D.G. Evans. 1995. Effect of wind velocity on suction trap catches of some Florida mosquitoes.  Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 11:295-301.
• Day, J.F. and L.M. Stark. 1996. Transmission patterns of St. Louis encephalitis and eastern equine encephalitis viruses in Florida:  1978-1993.  Journal of Medical Entomology 33:132-139.
• Day, J.F., L.M. Stark, J.-t. Zhang, A.M. Ramsey and T.M. Scott. 1996.  Antibodies to arthropod-borne encephalitis viruses in small mammals from southern Florida. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 32:431-436.
• Day, J.F., D. Duzak, Y. Braverman, A. Chizov-Ginzburg smf J.R. Linley. 1997. Ultrastructure of the eggs of Culicoides circumscriptus, Culicoides gejelensis and Culicoides imicola (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae).  Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 13:76-83.
• Day, J.F. and G.A. Curtis. 1999. Culex nigripalpus (Diptera: Culicidae) blood feeding and oviposition before, during and after a widespread St. Louis encephalitis virus epidemic in Florida, USA.  J. Med. Entomol. 36:176-181.
• Day, J.F. and L.M. Stark. 1999. Avian serology in a St. Louis encephalitis epicenter before, during, and after a widespread epidemic in south Florida, USA. J. Med. Entomol. 36:614-624.
• Day, J.F. and L.M. Stark. 2000. Frequency of St. Louis encephalitis in humans from Florida, USA: 1990-1999.  J. Med. Entomol. 37:626-633.
• Day, J.F., J.D. Edman, S.E. Kunz and S.K. Wikel. 2000. Direct injury caused by arthropods, Chapter 4. In B.F. Eldridge and J.D. Edman (eds.), A Text Book of Medical Entomology; Human and Animal Diseases Caused by Insects and Other Arthropods. Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York, 697pp.
• Eldridge, B.F., T.W. Scott, J.F. Day and W.J. Tabachnick. 2000. Arbovirus diseases, Chapter 11. In B.F. Eldridge and J.D. Edman (eds.), A Text Book of Medical Entomology; Human and Animal Diseases Caused by Insects and Other Arthropods. Kluwer Academic Publishers, New York, 697pp.
• Day, J.F. 2001. Predicting St. Louis encephalitis virus epidemics: Lessons from recent, and not so recent, outbreaks. Annual Review of Entomology 46:111-38.
• Lord, C.C and J.F. Day. 2001. Simulation studies of St. Louis encephalitis in south Florida. Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases 1:299-315.
• Lord, C.C and J.F. Day. 2001. Simulation studies of St. Louis encephalitis and West Nile viruses: the impact of bird mortality. Vector-borne and Zoonotic Diseases 1:317-329.
• Shaman, J., J.F. Day and M. Stieglitz. 2002. Drought-induced amplification of St. Louis encephalitis virus in Florida. Emerging Infectious Diseases 8:575-580.
• Fradin, M.S. and J.F. Day. 2002. Comparative protection times for 17 arthropod repellent formulations in low-density arm-in-cage laboratory tests. New England Journal of Medicine 347:13-18.
• Darsie, R.F. and  J.F. Day. 2003. Studies of the genus Culex Linnaeus in Florida I.  Re-description of the pupae of Culex nigripalpus Theobald and Culex tarsalis Coquillett, vectors of St. Louis encephalitis and a key to pupae of Culex species in eastern United States. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 105:100-107.
• Rutledge, C.R., J.F. Day, C.C. Lord, L.M. Stark and W.J. Tabachnick. 2003. Culex nigripalpus Theobald  (Diptera: Culicidae) transmission of West Nile virus in Florida: Infection rates in Florida Culex mosquitoes do not accurately reflect transmission rates in nature. Journal of Medical Entomology 40:253-258.
• Shaman, J., J.F. Day and M. Stieglitz. 2003. St. Louis encephalitis virus in wild birds during the 1990 south Florida epidemic: The importance of drought, wetting conditions, and the emergence of Culex nigripalpus (Diptera: Culicidae) to arboviral amplification and transmission. Journal of Medical Entomology 40:547-554.
• Rutledge, C.R.,  J.F. Day, C.L. Lord, G.F. O’Meara, J.R. Rey and W.J. Tabachnick. 2003 (2004 publication date). Florida mosquito control response to the challenge of West Nile virus.  Technical Bulletin of the Florida Mosquito Control Association 4:1-43.
• Garvin, M.C., K.A. Travin, L.M. Stark, G. E. Woolfenden, J.W. Fitzpatrick and J.F. Day. 2004. Arboviral infection on two species of wild Jays (Aves: Corvidae): evidence for population impacts. Journal of Medical Entomology 41:215-225.
• Shaman, J., J.F. Day, M. Stieglitz, S. Zebiak and M. Cane. 2004. Seasonal forecast of St. Louis encephalitis virus transmission, Florida. Emerging Infectious Diseases 10:802-809.
• Shaman, J., J.F. Day and M. Stieglitz. 2004. The spatial-temporal distribution of drought, wetting, and human cases of St. Louis encephalitis in south-central Florida.  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 71:251-261.
• Darsie, R.F. and  J.F. Day. 2004. Studies of the genus Culex in Florida II.  Redescription of the fourth instar of Culex nigripalpus. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 20:110-114.