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Dr. Regina G. Kleespies

Contact:
Dr. rer. nat. Regina G. Kleespies
Phone: +49 (6151) 407-226
Fax: +49 (6151) 407-290
E-Mail: r.kleespies@bba.de

Address:

BBA Institute for Biological Control
Heinrichstraße 243
64287 Darmstadt
Germany

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BBA Position and Assignments

Since 1990, research scientist at the the BBA Institute for Biological Control in Darmstadt, working mainly on:

Diagnostic investigations by light and electron microscope:
- in the frame of application and import of microbials in plant protection
- of pest and beneficial arthropods (arthropod material of field populations, accessions, and bioassays) on diseases caused by viruses, protozoa, fungi, bacteria or rickettsiae
Investigations on special arthropod diseases:
- isolation and description of pathogens
- morphology
- histo- and cytopathology
- life cycle
- taxonomy
- bioassays
- investigations on pathogenicity and host range
Studies on the effects of chronic diseases on populations of pest insects
Further development of cyto- and histopathological methods for identification and studies of pathogens
Research on biotic antagonists, especially pathogens in pest insect populations for prognosis and as a base for biological or integrated control measures
Diagnostic investigations on the sanitary conditions of pest and beneficial arthropod mass rearings
Management of the institute library

Professional Associations / Editorial Boards

Society for Invertebrate Pathology (SIP): Member, since 2004 Vice Chair of the Microsporidia Division

International Organization for Biological and Integrated Control of Noxious Animals and Weeds / West Palaearctic Regional Section (IOBC/WPRS) : Convenor of the Commission “Determination and identification of entomophagous insects and insect pathogens”

Teaching Qualifications / Teaching Experience

Joint lectures in cooperation with the Department of Biology of the Darmstadt University of Technology (Technische Universität Darmstadt), Darmstadt, Germany, on phytomedicine and biological control.

Research Visits / Study Leaves

At the CABI Bioscience UK Centre (Ascot) of CAB International in Ascot, England, UK within the framework of the biological control of locusts in Africa
Research visit in the frame of the German-New Zealand Cooperation in Agricultural Research at the Canterbury Agriculture and Science Centre of AgResearch Limited in Lincoln, New Zealand, cooperating in the project “Microbial pathogenesis of scarab larvae – the key to sustainable pest control”

Previous Work Experience

Assistant Lecturer for botany at the Darmstadt University of Technology (Technische Universität Darmstadt), Darmstadt, Germany.

Doctorate

Doctoral degree 1993 from the former Technische Hochschule Darmstadt (now Darmstadt University of Technology, Technische Universität Darmstadt), Darmstadt, Germany, for research work undertaken at the BBA Institute for Biological Control in Darmstadt, Germany. Doctoral thesis entitled: “Untersuchungen zur Biologie und Anwendung des entomopathogenen Pilzes Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorokin zur biologischen Bekämpfung afrikanischer Wanderheuschrecken” – (“Investigations on biology and application of the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae [Metsch.] Sorokin for biological control of African migratory locusts”), degree awarded: Dr. rer. nat.

Graduate Studies

Studies in biological sciences at the Department of Biology of the former Technische Hochschule Darmstadt (now Darmstadt University of Technology, Technische Universität Darmstadt), Darmstadt, Germany. Diploma thesis entitled: “Untersuchungen zum natürlichen Vorkommen von entomopathogenen Pilzen und Nematoden in verschiedenen Böden aus der Umgebung von Darmstadt “ – (“Investigations on the natural occurrence of entomopathogenic fungi and nematodes around Darmstadt“), diploma degree awarded 1989: Dipl.-Biol.

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