Affiliation

University of Vermont, Dept. Plant & Soil Science

Entomology Research Laboratory

P.O. Box 53400, Burlington, VT 05405-3400

Tel. 802-656-5438; (802) 656-5424; Fax: 802-658-7710

E-mail: vgouli@uvm.edu

Graduate and Post-Graduate Education

1956-1961 MS in Biology and Chemistry

University of North-Ossetia Republic, Vladicaucasus, Russia

1964-1967 Ph.D. in Entomology and Virology

Institute of Biology, Siberian Division of USSR Academy of Science Novosibirsk, Russia

Subject: Virus Diseases of Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Diprionidae) in theRiver Ob Region.

1967-1973 D.Sc. in Entomology and Virology

Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Division of USSR Academy of Science, Novosibirsk, Russia

Subject: Polyhedrosis and granulosis viruses of the Siberian insectpopulations.

Diplomas:

North-Ossetia State University Diploma, issued on June 30,1961,Vladicaucasus, Russia.

Ph.D. diploma, issued on March 27, 1968 by the USSR Higher Education Certification Commission in Moscow.

D.Sc. diploma, issued on June 14, 1974 by the USSR Higher Education Certification Commission in Moscow.

Certificates:

Senior Scientific worker (specialty - Virology), issued on January 17, 1973 by the Presidium of the USSR Academy for Agricultural Sciences in Moscow.

Certificate of Professor (specialty Phytopathology and Plant Protection), issued on October 19, 1984 by the USSR Higher Education Certification Commission in Moscow.

Employment History:

1961-1962 Scientific Worker

Chechen-Ingush State Museum of Nature, Groznyy, Russia

Research: local insect fauna

1961-1963 Teacher of courses of Human Physiology, General Biology, Pharmacology,Chechen-Ingush State Medical School, Groznyy, Russia

1964-1967 Graduate student, Department of Virology, Institute of Biology, Siberian Division of USSR Academy of Science, Novosibirsk, Russia.

Thesis subject: Viral diseases of coniferous sawflies (Hymenoptera,Diprionidae) in the Ob river zone.

1967-1971 Junior Research Worker (Post Doctoral Research Fellow), Department of Virology, Institute of Biology, Siberian Division of USSR Academy of Science, Novosibirsk, Russia.

Research: Search, isolation and identification of the entomopathogenicviruses and others obligatory insect pathogens.

1971-1972 Scientific Secretary of the Presidium of Siberian Division of USSR Academy of Agricultural Science, Novosibirsk, USSR.

1972-1980 Head of Department of Biological Pest Control Siberian Research Agricultural Institute, Novosibirsk, USSR

Management and Research: Pathogenesis of viral diseases of invertebrates and microbial control.

1980-1985 Deputy Director and Head of Department of Microbial Control.

All-Union Research Institute for Biological Plant Protection, Chisinau, Moldova, USSR.

Management and Research: Theory and practice of microbial control forIPM.

1985-1993 Head of Department of Entomology

Agricultural University of Chisinau, Chisinau, Moldova, USSR

Teaching and research: Theory and practice of microbial control for IPM.

1993-1995 Producer of Microbial Pesticides

Firm Claveles Colombianos , Santa Fe De Bogota, Colombia

Duties: Mass-production of microbial formulations and biological plant protection in greenhouses with total area approximately 600 hectares.

1995-present Post Doctoral Research Fellow (November 15, 1995 March 30, 1999),

Research Associate (April 1, 1999-June 2005),

Research Assistant Professor (June 1, 2005) University of  Vermont.

Duties: Biological pest control based on entomopathogenic and antagonistic fungi.

Current Research Projects

All research is connected with the insect killing and antagonistic fungi as means for microbial pest control:

- Management of elongate hemlock scale: use of microbes from indigenous epizootics (USDA, ARS).

- Insect management with fungi: A mass production technique for farmers (USAID Cooperative Research Program)

- Entomopathogenic fungi for IPM of hemlock wooly adelgid (USDA, ForestService).

- Profiling entomopathogenic fungi in UVM s worldwide collection (USDA).

- Improved greenhouse technologies supporting New England family farms(USDA Fund for Rural America, UVM Extension).

- Entomopathogenic fungi of pear thrips as microbial control agents (USDA, ARS).

Professional Memberships

Society for Invertebrate Pathology

Entomological Society of America

Russian National Academy of Mycology

European Confederation of Medical Mycology

Total number of publications: books 11 (Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Japanese, Chinese, Romanian), articles 250 (Russian, English).

Patents: 15