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Xuming Liu, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor USDA Wheat Insect Genetics Laboratory Department of Entomology 123 Waters Hall Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506 Tel: (785) 532-4718 E-mail: xmliu@ Web: /~xmliu/ EDUCATION Ph. D. in Entomology/Plant Resistance to Insects (12/2001, GPA 3.91/4.0) Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA Dissertation: Molecular mapping of Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia) resistance genes M. S. in Entomology/IPM and Plant Resistance to Insects (7/1989, GPA 3.40/4.0) China Agricultural University, Beijing, China Thesis: Mechanisms of cotton resistance to cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii) B.S. in Plant Protection/Entomology and Plant Pathology (7/1984, GPA 3.37/4.0) Hunan Agricultural University, Hunan, China (graduated at 19 years of age) Thesis: Life table of the rice case worm (Chaphalocrocis medinalis) at the 1st generation EMPLOYMENT Research Assistant Professor (11/2004-present), and Postdoctoral Research Associate (1/2002-10/2004) USDA Wheat Insect Genetics Laboratory Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA Assistant Research Professor (8/1991-12/1997) Laboratory of Plant Resistance to Pests, Institute of Crop Germplasm Resources Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China Visiting Scholar in a Cooperative Project on Bean Resistance to Insects (4/1997-6/1997) International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia Agronomist in Research and Extension (7/1989-8/1991) Beijing Plant Protection Station, Beijing, China Instructor of “Entomology”, “Pesticides”, and “Plant Protection” (7/1984-9/1986) Chenzhou Agricultural Institute, Hunan, China RESEARCH INTERESTS and EXPERIENCE Emphases: Insect-Plant Interactions, Host Plant Resistance to Insects, and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Insect genetics, genomics and ecology closely related to IPM programs Genetic and molecular mechanisms of insect-plant interactions, plant resistance