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Gary M. Booth
Plant & Wildlife Sciences
Email: Gary_Booth@byu.edu

419 WIDB
Provo, UT 84602
(801) 422-2458

Professor

Office Hours: MWF 9-11AM

Dr. Booth's Research Lab

Education

PhD , Entomology , University of California Riverside , 1969
MS , Entomology , Utah State University , 1966
BS , Entomology , Utah State University , 1963
AS , Zoology , College of Eastern Utah , 1961

Research

My research program is centered around five areas: (1) Pollination strategies of insects on endemic and endangered species of tropical plants. (2) Isolation, identification, and toxicological evaluation of ethno-botanical extracts, and (3) Chemical and sensory-physiological mechanisms of insect behavior. (4) Improved teaching Pedagogy in Biology 100 FA, Biology 150, and Religion A 121 and 122. (5) Toxicological impact of xenobiotics on components of the ecosystem.

Selected Publications

Articles

David M. Cook, R. Chad Swanson, Dennis L. Eggett, and Gary M. Booth. "A Retrospective Analysis of Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasites among School Children in the Palajunoj Valley of Guatemala." Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. Volume 27.No. 1 (2009): 31-40.

Roney, H.C., Booth, Gary M., & Cox, Paul A. "Competitive Exclusion of Cyanobacterial Species in the Great Salt Lake." Extremophiles. Jan. 2009: 7. <website>

Booth, G.M., Carter, M.W., Schaalje, B., Mortensen, S., Parrish, J.R., & Smith, W. "Field Study Using Fluorescent Blank Furadan 15G Granules and a John Deere 7000 MaxEmerge Planter for the Reduction of Granule Exposure." Journal of Agricultural Systems, Technology, & Management. 22 (2007). <website>

Booth, Gary M., Spencer R. Mortensen, Melvin W. Carter, Bruce G. Schaalje. "Hazard evaluation for northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) exposed to chlorpyrifos-treated turf and seed." Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 60.2 (2005): 176-187.

J. J. Loyal, L. D. Hansen, D. R. Coons, G. M. Booth, B. N. Smith, and D. D. Mill. "Calorespirometric determination of the effects of temperature, humidity, low O2, and high O2 on the development of musca domestica pupae." Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 82.3 (2005): 703-709.

Kyra Burriston, John Gardner, and Gary M. Booth. "Scanning electron microscopy evaluation of the plant pollination interactions between nitidulid beetles and a native tropical Malvaceae species Gossypium tomentosum on Kauaii." Proceedings of Microscopy and Microanalysis. 11.supplement 2 (2005): 1-3.

E. B. Acar; D. D. Mill; B. N. Smith; L. D. Hansen; G. M. Booth. "Comparison of respiration in adult Harmonia Axyridis Pallas and Hippodamia Convergens Guerrin-Manaville (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)." Environmental Entomolgy. 34.2 (2005): 241-245. <website>

Books

Booth, G.M., Seegmiller, R.D. Biology 100: An Interactive Approach to Biology for Non-Majors. 2nd editionth ed. 2008.

Booth, G.M. & Seegmiller, R.E. Biology 100: An Interactive Approach to Biology for Non-Majors. 2nd ed. Thomson Learning., Aug. 2007.

Booth, G.M. & Terry, R.E. Biology 150: Environmental Biology. BYU Publishing, Sep. 2007.

Booth, Gary M. and Robert E. Seegmiller. Biology 100: An Interactice Approach to Biology for Non-Majors. Mason, OH: Outernet Publishing, 2006.

Booth, Gary M. and Richard R. Terry. Biology 150: Environmental Biology Course Outline and Reading for Indepedent Study. Provo, UT: Brigham Young University., 2006.

Gary M. Booth, Richard Terry. Biology 150: Environmental Biology. Provo, Utah: Department of Independent Study, Division of Continuing Education, 2005.

Gary M. Booth, Robert E. Seegmiller. Biology 100: An Interactive Approach to Biology for Non-Majors. Ed. Peggy Li, Nancy Stotz. Eden Prairie, MN: Outernet Publishing, LLC, 2005.

Multimedia

Gary M. Booth. BYU Partners with Utah Campus Compact to Bring Principles of SENCER to Institutions of Higher Learning. Feb. 2005. <website>

Lindsey Stirling (ed.) and Gary M. Booth. The Central Dogma. 2005.

Experience

Teaching

Professor , Brigham Young University , 1978-Present
Associate Professor , Brigham Young University , 1973-1978
Assistant Professor , Brigham Young University , 1972-1973
Assistant Entomologist , Illinois Natural History Survey , 1971-1972
Assistant Professor , University of Illinois , 1970-1971
Research Associate , University of Illinois , 1969-1970

Awards

SENCER Leadership Fellow , National Center for Science and Civic Engagement , 2008
Brigham Award , Brigham Young University community , 2006
Engaged Scholar Award , Utah Campus Compact , 2006
Outstanding Faculty Award for Inspiring and Encouraging Students to Live the Principles Embodied in the Honor Code , the Student Honor Association BYU , 2004
David O. McKay Fellowship in Teaching and Education , BYU , 2002
Outstanding Teacher and Examplar Award , The Student Honor Association , 2001
Faculty of Excellence Award , Phi Eta Sigma , 2001
Teaching Excellence Award , College of Biology and Agriculture, BYU , 2000
SPHERE Lifetime Research Award , Dow Chemical Foundation , 2000
Teacher of the Year Student Award , Department of Zoology, BYU , 1998
BYU Karl G. Maeser Professorship in General Education , BYU , 1998
Professor of the Month , BYU , 1996
Teacher of the Year Student Award , Department of Zoology, BYU , 1995
Utah Academy of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Service Award , BYU , 1994
Alcuin Fellowship in General Education , BYU , 1994
Teacher of the Year Student Award , Department of Zoology, BYU , 1993
Outstanding Achievement and Service Award , Department of Zoology, BYU , 1985
Outstanding Graduate Student Theses Awards from the , College of Biology & Agriculture, BYU , 1983
American Men and Women of Science , University of Illinois , 1978
Development Research Award , BYU , 1973
Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award , BYU , 1972
Trainee on Toxicology Training Grant , NIH , 1966
Summer Research Fellowship , NSF , 1965

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