个人简介

Simon Fraser University, B.C. Canada - B.S. in Chemistry (1978) Simon Fraser University, B.C. Canada - Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (1983) 2008 - Entomological Society of America, National Award for Excellence in Integrated Pest Management. 2008 - Entomological Society of America, Pacific Branch, Award for Excellence in Integrated Pest Management 2006 - Entomological Society of America Team IPM Award 2006 - C.W. Woodworth Award, Pacific Branch of the Entomological Society of America 2005-6 - President, International Society of Chemical Ecology 2005 - Entomological Society of America, Pacific Branch, ESA Foundation Team Award in IPM 2003 - Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 2001 - Entomological Society of America, Pacific Branch, Recognition Award in Entomology 2001 - Entomological Society of America, Syngenta Crop Protection Recognition Award 1996 - Japanese Government Research Award For Foreign Specialist

研究领域

Organic Chemistry

I was trained as an organic chemist, with a focus on insect semiochemistry and chemical ecology. Thus, many but not all of the research projects within my group contain some aspect of chemistry. Generally, research within my group focuses on the study of natural chemicals that mediate interactions between organisms. We study both insect-produced chemicals such as sex or aggregation pheromones, and chemical signals and cues from hosts or habitats, such as the chemicals that insects use to locate and recognize their preferred feeding and egg-laying sites. Our research makes use of a broad range of techniques, ranging from basic field observations and bioassays of insects in their natural habitats through to the state-of-the-art analytical chemistry techniques needed to identify the structures of new natural chemicals. The identifications are made more challenging by the small amounts of material that are available from natural sources. We also synthesize newly discovered pheromone and kairomone structures, both to confirm identifications and to provide sufficient material for field tests. Because our work focuses on gaining a better knowledge and understanding of chemical signaling in insects overall, we have worked with a wide variety of insects, including beetles, true bugs, mealybugs and scales, moths, flies, mosquitoes, psyllids, ants, bees, and parasitic wasps. Also, as part of long-term projects with various insect species, we have digressed into areas as diverse as biological control of exotic pests of eucalyptus, and vibrational signaling in true bugs and other insects. Our research has two long-term objectives. First, we want to gain insight into the role of chemical and other types of signals as mediators of insect behavior, and develop a better understanding of how complex natural systems work. Second, we want to develop practical applications for pheromones, kairomones, and other behavior-modifying chemicals, for integration into pest management programs.

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Jan E. Bello, J. Steven McElfresh, Jocelyn G. Millar. 2015. Isolation and Determination of Absolute Configurations of Insect Produced Methyl-branched Hydrocarbons. Proc Natl Acad Sci, 112: 1077-1082. Adrian A. Smith, Jocelyn G. Millar, Andrew V. Suarez. 2015. A Social Insect Fertility Signal is Dependent on Context. Biology Letters, 11: 20140947. Christopher A. Wheeler, Jocelyn G. Millar, and Ring T. Carde. 2015. Multimodal Signal Interactions in the Lady Beetle, Hippodamia Convergens, aposematic system. Chemoecology,in press. Ann M. Ray, Richard A. Arnold, Ian Swift, Philip A. Schapker, Sean McCann, Christopher J. Marshall, J. Steven McElfresh, and Jocelyn G. Millar. 2014. (R)-Desmolactone is a Sex Pheromone or Sex Pheromone Attractant for the Endangered Elder Valley Long Horned Beetle Desmocerus californicus dimorphus and Several Congeners ( Cerambycidae: Lepturinae). Plos One, 9(12): e115498. Wang H.L., Svensson G.P., Jacobsson J., Jirle E.V., Rosenberg O., Franke W., Anderbrandt O., Millar J.G., and Lofstedt C. 2014. Sex Pheromone of the Cloaked Pug Moth, Eupithecia abietaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a Pest of Spruce Cones. J. Appl. Entomol. in press. Takao Sasaki, Bert Holldobler, Jocelyn G. Millar, and Stephen Pratt. 2014. A Context Dependent Alarm Signal in the ant Temnothorax rugatulus. J. Exp. Biol. in press. Jocelyn G. Millar. 2014. The Devil is in the Details. J. Chem. Ecology,40, 517-518. Jeremy D. Allison, Bhasu D. Bandari, Jessica L. Mckenney, and Jocelyn G. Millar. 2014. Design Factors that Influence Flight Intercept Traps for the Capture of Longhorned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the Subfamilies of Lamiinae and Cerambycinae. Plos One, 9: 1-10. Hsaio-Yung Ho, Bowroju S. Kuram, Chi-Hung Ke, Yi-kai Ma, Han-Jun Lee, Chao-Chih Cheng, Kevin K. Liu, and Jocelyn G. Millar. 2014. Identification of the Major Sex Pheromone Component of the Scale Insect, Aulacaspis murrayae Takahashi. J. Chem. Ecology, 40: 379-386. Jacob D. Wickham, Rhett D. Harrison, Wen Lu, Zhenpeng Guo, Jocelyn G. Millar, Lawrence M. Hanks, and Yi Chen. 2014. Generic Lures Attract Cerambycid Beetles in a Tropical Montane Rain Forest in Southern China. J. Econ. Entomol., 107: 259-267. Henry Chung, David W. Loehlin, Heloise D. Dufour, Kathy Vacarro, Jocelyn G. Millar, and Sean B. Carroll. 2014. A Single Gene Affects Both Ecological Divergence and Mate Choice in Drosophila. Science, in press. Annette van Oystaeyan, Ricardo C. Oliveira, Luke Holman, Jelle S. van Zweden, Carmen Romero, Cintia A. Oi, Patrizia d'Ettore, Mohammadreza Khalesi, Johan Billen, Felix Wackers, Jocelyn G. Millar, and Tom Wenseleers. 2014. Conserved Class of Queen Pheromones Stops Social Insect Workers from Reproducing. Science, 343: 287-290. Larry M. Hanks, Peter F. Reagel, Robert F. Mitchell, Joseph C.H. Wong, Linnea R. Meier, Christina A. Silliman, Elizabeth E. Graham, Becca L. Striman, Kenneth Robinson, Judith A. Mongold-Diers, and Jocelyn G. Millar. 2014. Seasonal Phenology of the Cerambycid Beetles of East Illinois. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 107: 211-226. Adrian A. Smith, Whitney Vanderpool, Jocelyn G. Millar, Lawrence M. Hanks, and Andrew V. Suarez. 2014. Conserved Male-Specific Cuticular Hydrocarbon Patterns in the Trap-Jaw Ant Odontomachus brunneus. Chemoecology, 24: 29-34 Stephan Kuhbandner, Jan E. Bello, Kenji Mori, Jocelyn G. Millar, and Joachim Ruther. 2013. Elucidating structure bioactivity relationships of methyl-branched alkanes in the contact sex pheromone in the parasitic wasp Lariophagus distinguendus. Insects: Special Issue Pheromones and Insect Behaviour, 4: 743-760. Juan A. Pajares, Gonzalo Alvares, David R. Hall, Paul Douglas, Felix Centeno, Nieves Ibarra, Martin Schroeder, Stephen A. Teale, Zhiying Wang, Sanchun Wan, Jocelyn G. Millar, and Lawrence M. Hanks. 2013. 2-(Undecyloxy)-ethanol is a major component of the male produced aggregation pheromone of Monochamus sutor. Entomologica Experimentalis et Applicata, 149: 118-127. Adrian A. Smith, Jocelyn G. Millar, Lawrence M. Hanks, and Andrew V. Suarez. 2013. A conserved fertility signal despite population variation in the cuticular chemical profile of the trap-jaw ant Odontomachus brunneus. J. Exp. Biology, 216: 3817-3824. Rafael Gago, Jeremy D. Allison, J. Steven McElfresh, Kenneth F. Haynes, Jessica McKenney, Angel Guerrero, and Jocelyn G. Millar. 2013. A tetraene aldehyde as the major sex pheromone component of the promethea moth (Callosamia promethea (Drury)). J. Chem. Ecology in press. Alenka Zunik Kosi, Satya P. Chinta, David Headrick, Andrej Cokl, and Jocelyn G. Millar. 2013. Do chemical signals mediate reproductive behavior of Trupanea vicina, an emerging pest of ornamental marigold production in California? Entomologica Experimetalis et Applicata, 149: 44-56. Jan E. Bello and Jocelyn G. Millar. 2013. Efficient asymmetric synthesis of long chain methyl-branched hydrocarbons, components of the contact sex pheromone of females of the ceramycid beetle, Neoclytus acuminatus acuminatus. Tetrahedron: Assymetry, 24: 822-82.