Dr. Nicholas Manoukis is on detail as the Director for the European Biological Control Laboratory in Montpellier, France.  He is also the Research Leader of the Tropical Crop and Commoditry Protection Research Unit at the USDA-ARS, Daniel K. Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center in Hilo, Hawaii. Dr. Manoukis has been an active research scientist for over 20 years, with a varied research background including the ecology of amphibian metamorphosis, the phylogeography of coastal snails, and the vectorial capacity of malaria vectors in the field.  He joined ARS in 2010 after a postdoctoral appointment at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  Most of his work to that point concerned the ecology, evolution, and behavior of the malarial mosquito Anopheles gambiae, which he studied in the field in West Africa and under laboratory conditions at the University of California, Los Angeles and at the NIH.  Today, he is a recognized international authority in the behavior and ecology of tephritid fruit flies, their invasion biology, and surveillance via attractant-based traps.  He was scientific lead on a major USDA-funded areawide program targeting Coffee Berry Borer (CBB).  

Publications

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Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles, 2006
• B.A., Reed College, 1997

Research Positions

• 2016-present, Supervisory Research Biologist (Research Leader), USDA-ARS, Daniel K. Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, Hilo, Hawai'i
• 2010-2016, Research Biologist, USDA-ARS, Daniel K. Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, Hilo, Hawai'i
• 2007-2010, Postdoctoral Fellow, NIAID-NIH, Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, Bethesda Maryland

Research Accomplishments and further details

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