Curriculum Adalberto Perez

Ph.D. – University of Wyoming, U.S.A., 1996

M.S. – University of Georgia, U.S.A., 1991

D.V.M. РUniversidad Veracruzana, M̩xico, 1987

Professional Experience

Director and Research Leader, USDA-ARS Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock

Insects Research Laboratory                                                                                         2009- present

Kerrville, TX

Technical Development Manager, Environmental Science Division – Valent

Biosciences Corporation                                                                                                  2007 – 2008

Libertyville, IL

Manager of Animal Health Biology, SCYNEXIS                                                         2003 – 2006

Research Triangle Park, NC

Director of Animal Health, STILLMEADOW                                                              2000 – 2003

Sugar Land, TX

Research Scientist, Rhône-Poulenc Ag Co.                                                                    1998 – 1999

Research Triangle Park, NC

Postdoctoral Fellow, USDA-ARS, Arthropod-borne Animal Diseases Research

Laboratory                                                                                                                      1996 – 1998

Laramie, WY

Other Relevant Experience

Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology,
College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University                                           2013 - present

College Station, TX

Adjunct Associate Professor, Entomology Department,
North Carolina State University                                                                                  2007 - present

Raleigh, NC

Research Assistant, University of Georgia                                                                     1987 – 1989

Athens, GA

Research Associate, Pathology Department,

School of Veterinary Medicine & Zootechnique, Universidad Veracruzana                  1986 – 1987

Veracruz, Ver., México

Relevant Publications

Andreotti, R., Guerrero, F., Soares, M.A., Barros, J.C., Miller, R., Pérez de León, A.A. 2011. Acaricide resistance of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria. 20:127-133.

Andreotti, R., Pérez de León, A.A., Dowd, S.E., Guerrero, F., Bendele, K.G., Scoles, G.A. 2011. Assessment of bacterial diversity in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus through tag-encoded pyrosequencing. BMC Microbiology. 11:6.

Casquero Cunha, R., Pérez de León, A.A., Leite, F.P.L., da Silva Pinto, L., Goncalves dos Santos Jr., A., Andreotti, R. 2012. Bovine immunoprotection against Rhipicephalus microplus with recombinant Bm86-Campo Grande antigen. Rev. Bras. Parasitol. Vet. 21:1-9.

Brake, D.K., Pérez de León, A.A. 2012. Immunoregulation of bovine macrophages by factors in the salivary glands of Rhipicephalus microplus. Parasites & Vectors, 5:38-46.

Guerrero, F., Miller, R., Pérez de León, A.A. 2012. Anti-cattle tick vaccines: many candidate antigens, but will a commercially viable product emerge? Int. J. Parasitol. 42:421-427.

Miller, R.J., Almazan, C., Ortiz-Estrada, M., Davey, R.B., George J.E., Pérez de León, A.A. 2013. First report of fipronil resistance in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) of Mexico. Vet. Parasitol. 191:97-101.

Pérez de León, A.A., D.A. Strickman, D.P. Knowles, D. Fish, E.L. Thacker, J. De La Fuente, P.J. Krause, S.K. Wikel, R. Miller, G.G. Wagner, C. Almazan, R. Hillman, M.T. Messenger, P.O. Ugstad, R.A. Duhaime, P.D. Teel, A. Ortega-Santos, D.G. Hewitt, E.J. Bowers, S.J. Bent, M.H. Cochran, T.F. McElwain, G.A. Scoles, C.E. Suarez, R.B. Davey, J.M. Freeman, K.H. Lohmeyer, A.Y. Li, F. Guerrero, D.M. Kammlah, P.L. Phillips and J.M. Pound. 2010. One Health approach to identify research needs in bovine and human babesioses: workshop report. Parasites & Vectors, 3:36-47.

Pérez de León, A.A., Teel, P.D., Auclair, A.N., Messenger, M.T., Guerrero, F., Schuster, G., Miller, R. 2012. Integrated strategy for sustainable cattle fever tick eradication in U.S.A. is required to mitigate the impact of global change. Front. Physio. 3:195-111.

Patents

WO 2008005489: 1-aryl-5-alkyl pyrazole derivative compounds, processes of making and methods of using thereof. Ik,. L.H., L.P. Le Hir de Fallois, P.R. Timmons, W.G. Cawthorne, and A.Pérez de León. Published Jan. 10, 2008. Applicant/Assignee: Aventis Agriculture, France.

WO 03/074493 A1: 5-substituted-alkylaminopyrazole derivatives as pesticides. Chou, D. T-W, H.M.M. Bastians, A. Kuhlmann, M-T Thönessen, S. Schnatterer, U. Döller, J. Huang, K. Seeger, A. Scribner, and A. A. Pérez de León. Issued/Filed Dates: Sep. 12, 2003/Feb. 27 2003. Applicant/Assignee: Bayer CropScience, Lyon, France.

WO 03/074492 A2: 5-substituted-alkylaminopyrazole derivatives as pesticides. Chou, D. T-W, H.M.M. Bastians, A. Kuhlmann, M-T Thönessen, S. Schnatterer, U. Döller, J. Huang, K. Seeger, A. Scribner, and A. A. Pérez de León. Issued/Filed Dates: Sep. 12, 2003/Feb. 27 2003. Applicant/Assignee: Bayer CropScience, Lyon, France.

US6160002: Control of arthropods in animals. Huber, S.K., Y. Ribeill, S.M. McComb, M.J. Malaska, D. T-W Chou, and A. Pérez de León. Issued/Filed Dates: Dec. 12, 2000/Dec. 10 1999. Applicant/Assignee: Rhone-Poulenc Agro, Lyons, France.

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http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=43579