Systematic & Applied Acarology Society International society dedicated to promoting the development of acarology and facilitating collaboration and exchange of information among acarologists in different parts of the world

Renjie Hu, Ph.D.
 

California Department of Health Services  2151 Convention Center Way, Suite 218B  Ontario, CA  91764  USA

Tel: (909) 937-3440  Fax: (909) 937-3456  E-mail: rhu@dhs.ca.gov

• EDUCATION
• RESEARCH INTEREST
• POSITIONS HELD
• SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
• PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
• AWARDS
• GRANT ACTIVITIES
• SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. University of Rhode Island, USA
• M.S. University of Rhode Island, USA
• B.S. Fudan University, China

• Ecology and transmission dynamics of vector-borne diseases, with emphasis on tick-borne Lyme disease, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis and mosquito-borne encephalitis
• Morphology and taxonomy of ticks and mosquitoes
• Integrated pest management
• Parasite-host-vector interaction

• 1999.6 – present: Associate Public Health Biologist, California Department of Health Services, Vector-borne Disease Section
• 1997.8 – 1999.5: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Arthropodology and Parsitology, Georgia Southern University
• 1996. 6-1997.7: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Entomology, Iowa State  University
• 1987. 8-1996.5: Research Assistant, Tick Research Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences,  University of Rhode Island
• 1994 – 1995: Technician, Rhode Island Mosquito Abatement Coordination Office (summers)
• 1983.7 - 1986.8: Research Assistant, Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine

• Acarological Society of America
• American Society of Parasitologists
• Entomological Society of America
• Society for Vector Ecology
• Systematic and Applied Acarology Society

• Editor, Systematic and Applied Acarology (Peer review journal)  1997 - present
• Editor, Acarology Bulletin  1997 - present
• Executive Committee, Systematic and Applied Acarology Society  1996 - present
• Assistant Editor, Acarology Bulletin     1995 - 1996
• China Correspondent, Newsletter, Society for Vector Ecology    1989 - present
• Assistant Editor, Newsletter, Acarological Society of America   1991 - 1993

• 1990 Award for Student Travel Grant, the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists, East Lansing, Michigan.
• 1989 First Place Award for Student Presentation Competition, Annual Meeting of the  Entomological Society of America (Eastern Branch), Providence, Rhode Island.

• 1997 "Lyme disease awareness: A program for public awareness and service", $17,313.00, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Pesticide Relief Fund.
• 1991 "Investigation on the impact of wasp parasitism on the spirochetal infection of the deer tick.", $9,101.00, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Pesticide  Relief Fund.
• 1990 "Biological control of the deer tick, Ixodes dammini, using the wasp parasitoid,  Hunterellus hookeri: A laboratory colonization study", $14,640.00, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Pesticide Relief Fund.

• Hu, R. and K. E. Hyland.  1998.  Effects of the feeding process of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) on embryonic development of its parasitoid, Ixodiphagus hookeri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae).  Journal of Medical Entomology  35: 1050-1053.
• Ginsberg, H. S., K. E. Hyland, R. Hu, T. J. Daniels, and R. C. Falco.  1998  Tick population trends and forest type.  Science  281: 349-350.
• Hu, R., K. E. Hyland, and J. H. Oliver, Jr.  1998.  A review on the use of Ixodiphagus wasps (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) as natural enemies for the control of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae).   Systematic and Applied Acarology  3: 19-27
• Hu, R., K. E. Hyland, and D. Markowski.  1997.  Effects of Babesia microti infection on feeding  pattern, engorged body weight, and molting rate of immature Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae).  Journal of Medical Entomology  34: 559-564.
• Hu, R. and K. E. Hyland.  1997.  Human babesiosis in the United States: a review with emphasis on its tick vector.  Systematic and Applied Acarology  2: 3-16.
• Hu, R. and K. E. Hyland.  1997.  Prevalence and seasonal activity of the wasp parasitoid, Ixodiphagus hookeri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in its tick host, Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology  2: 95-100.
• Hu, R., D. Markowski, K. E. Hyland, C. Kelly, and T. N. Mather.  1996.  Human infection with tick-borne Babesiamicroti in Rhode Island: Serological evidence and risk factor assessment.  Journal of Spirochetal and Tick-borne Diseases  3: 135-139.
• Yeh, M.-T., J. M. Bak, R. Hu, M. C. Nicholson, C. Kelly, and T. N. Mather.  1995.  Determining  the duration of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) attachment to tick-bite victims.  Journal of Medical Entomology  32: 853-858.
• Hu, R., K. E. Hyland, and T. N. Mather.  1993.  Occurrence and distribution in Rhode Island of  Hunterellus hookeri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), a wasp parasitoid of Ixodes dammini.  Journal of Medical Entomology  30: 277-280.
• Ai, C., R. Hu, K. E. Hyland, Y. Wen, Y. Zhang, Q. Qiu, D. Li, X. Liu, Z. Shi, J. Zhao, and D. Cheng.  1990.  Epidemiological and aetiological evidence for transmission of Lyme disease by adult Ixodes persulcatus in an endemic area in China.  International Journal of Epidemiology  19: 1061-1065.