Resum Fred W.

Schwenk Professor of Plant Pathology Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506-5502 Tel: 913-532-1349 (Home: 913-539-6153) FAX: 913-532-5692 e-mail: fws@ksu.edu or fws@plantpath.ksu.edu Education: B.S. M.S. Ph.D. North Dakota State University North Dakota State University University of California, Berkeley 1960 1964 1969 Agronomy Plant Pathology Plant Pathology

Professional experience: 1999-present 1996-1998 1982-1998 1975-1982 1969-1975 1969-present Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan. Administrator, Plant Biotechnology Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan. Professor and Head, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan. Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan. Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan. Research soybean pathologist, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Manhattan. Study ways to reduce losses due to charcoal rot and Phytophthora root rot; develop techniques to regenerate soybean plants from single cells and/or protoplasts. Teaching responsibilities varied and have included senior/graduate-level Plant Pathology; departmental seminar; College of Agriculture Honors Program; Crop Protection Curriculum (later, Pest Science and Management) chair and director of internship program.

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Professional society memberships: American Phytopathological Society American Association for the Advancement of Science Representative research publications: 1. Schwenk, F.W., and C.D. Nickell. 1980. Soybean greenstem caused by bean pod mottle virus. Plant Dis. 64:863-865. Schwenk, F.W. 1981. Callus formation from mechanically isolated mesophyll cells of soybean and sweet potato. Plant Sci. Lett. 23:147-151.

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Nickell, C.D., F.W. Schwenk, and W.T. Schapaugh. 1982. Registration of Douglas soybean. Crop Sci. 22:160. Pearson, C.A.S., F.W. Schwenk, F.J. Crowe, and K. Kelley. 1984. Colonization of soybean roots by Macrophomina phaseolina. Plant Dis. 68:1086-1088. Todd, T.C., C.A.S. Pearson, and F.W. Schwenk. 1987. Effect of Heterodera glycines on charcoal rot severity in soybean cultivars resistant and susceptible to soybean cyst nematode. Ann. Appl. Nematol. 1:35-40.

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Representative administrative and review committee activities American Phytopathological Society, Association of Heads/Chairs of Departments of Plant Pathology, member; chair Cereal Grains Biotechnology Consortium [Kansas State Univ, Univ Nebraska-Lincoln, Oklahoma State Univ, S. R. Noble Foundation (Ardmore, OK)], chair Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research, member of Board of Directors Kansas State University AES/CES Annual Conference (2), chair Kansas State University Biotechnology Task Force, chair Kansas State University College of Agriculture Administrative Review, chair Kansas State University College of Agriculture Department Head Reviews, member Kansas State University, College of Agriculture Review Review Steering Committee, member Distance Education Task Force, member Kansas State University Graduate School Biological Sciences Subcommittee, member Kansas State University Interdepartmental Crop Protection Curriculum, chair Kansas State University Plant Biotechnology Center, administrator Kansas State University search committees: Agronomy Department Head, member Area Agronomist, member Biochemistry Department Head, member Dean of Agriculture/Director KAES, member Entomology Department Head, member Forestry Department Head, member Graduate School Assistant Dean, member Southeast Kansas Branch Station Head, chair Plant Pathology faculty recruitment efforts (member, chair) Kansas State University Task Force on Excellence, member; Research Subcommittee, chair Midwest Plant Biotechnology Consortium, member of Secretariat North Central Region Plant Pathology Administrators (NCA-14), member, chair (2) North Dakota State University, Fargo, Department of Plant Pathology, CSRS Review, member S. R. Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, Agriculture and Plant Biology Divisions, Program Review Team, member University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Enviromemtal Sciences (ACES), Review Team, member University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Department of Plant Pathology, CSREES Review Team, member

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