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Tracy Christine Leskey Research Entomologist USDA-ARS Appalachian Fruit Research Station 2217 Wiltshire Road Kearneysville, WV 25430-2771 USA TEL: 304-725-3451 x329 FAX: 304-728-2340 EMAIL: tracy.leskey@ars.usda.gov Education and Degrees Ph.D. Entomology. The University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst MA 01003. Dissertation: Olfactory and Visual Stimuli Guiding Adult Plum Curculios, Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), to Host Plants. 1992-1995 M.S. Ecology. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA 16802. Thesis: Influence of flowering of Acer saccharum Marsh. on reproduction of Taeniothrips inconsequens (Uzel) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). 1986-1990 B.S. Biology. Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA. 17201. Honors Project: Concretions in Malphigian tubules in an unidentified species of cranefly (Diptera: Tipulidae): light and transmission electron microscopy studies. Research Experience 2000-Present Research Entomologist. USDA-ARS. Appalachian Fruit Research Station. Kearneysville, WV 25430. Duties include conducting research concerning behavioral and chemical ecology of key insect pests associated with deciduous tree fruit production. 1995-2000 Research Assistant. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst MA 01003. Cooperated on numerous behavioral ecology-based research projects as a graduate student. 1994 Pennsylvania State Project Coordinator. North American Maple Decline Project. Collaborative project among researchers from northeastern and northern central United States and Canada assessing long term sugar maple health. Conducted and supervised extensive field surveys in forested plots throughout Pennsylvania and New York. 1992-1995 Research Assistant. The Pennsylvania State University 16802. Cooperated on field-based ecological research projects associated as a graduate student. 1990-1992 Environmental Consultant. Cumberland Analytical Laboratories, Chambers