Curriculum Vitae

James Iredell Moss
Gainesville, Fl 32605
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Interests: Toxicology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Insect Control

Education:
University of California, Riverside
Degree: Ph.D., Entomology, December, 1986
Specialization: Insect Physiology (Department Major), Insecticide Toxicology (Department Minor), Biochemistry (Outside Minor)
Major Professor: Thomas A. Miller.
Dissertation: A pharmacological Study of the Hyperneural Muscle of Periplaneta americana L.
Coursework: Insect Neurophysiology, Insect Biochemistry, Insecticide Toxicology, General Pharmacology.

University of California, Riverside.
Degree: M.S., Entomology, August, 1981.
Specialization: Economic Entomology.
Major Professor: Robert A. VanSteenwyk.
Thesis: Feasibility of Marking the Cabbage Looper, Trichoplusia ni (Hubner), and the Pink Bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders), with Cesium.
Coursework: Insecticide Toxicology, Statistics, General Biochemistry, Economic Entomology, Biological Control, Insect Ecology.

San Diego State University
Degree: B.S., Zoology, June, 1977
Coursework: Cell Physiology, Botany, Vertebrate Anatomy, Ecology, Genetics, Zoology, Insect Biological Control, Acarology, Economic Entomology, Insect Physiology, General Entomology.

Santa Rosa Junior College.
Degree: A.S., June, 1975
Coursework: Organic Chemistry, Physics.

Palomar College.
Degree: None GPA: 3.55Coursework: Chemistry, Biology, Trigonometry, general ed.

Previous four years: U. S. Coast Guard.

Experience:

May 2004 to Present: Research technician, University of Florida.

September 2002 to April 2004: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Florida. Adipocyte (fat cell) pharmacology research.

July 2001 to June 2002: Histologist (Electron Microscopy) at VA Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida.

January 1998 to July 2001: Research technician. Used molecular techniques in research in cellular regulation of gene expression involved in mammalian development and cancer. DNA cloning, PCR, blots, protein manipulations and related techniques.

June 1994 to January 1998: Substitute teaching in public schools. Completed development of an insecticidal boric acid synergist (patent 5,667,816) which was developed and marketed. A label for the boric acid composition was approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Consulted on the health effects of drugs, pesticides, insect repellents and other chemical exposures. Wrote a review for the U.S Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs which dealt with the potentiation of the toxicity of a drug used by Persian Gulf War troops, by pesticides and other substances. Member of a research team that studied the effects of chemical risk factors related to Persian Gulf War illnesses.

July 1990 to June 1994: Research Entomologist, USDA ARS, Medical and Veterinary Entomology Research Laboratory, Gainesville, Florida.

General responsibilities were investigating insecticide resistance, synergism, and modes of action.

Developed a method for monitoring for insecticide resistance in German cockroaches.

Found that some pyrethroid insecticides may have toxic actions which may be unrelated to the known action on the sodium channel. Also found that there may be an unexpected action by some carbamate insecticides which may be from non cholinesterase effects.

Collaborated in studies to improve uses of boric acid based baits for ants and fleas. Also collaborated in tests of repellents for fleas. Conducted studies on the mode of action of boric acid which led to the discovery of several boric acid co synergists. Found some new synergists for formamidine pesticides.

Conducted mode of action studies on an insect repellent (DEET) which suggested a possibility for the toxic action of DEET. Began an investigation of chemical and physical insect control methods which could serve as alternates to the fumigant methyl bromide, which depletes ozone and has been scheduled to be discontinued.

March 1989 to June 1990: Research Entomologist, USDA ARS Subtropical Horticulture Research Laboratory, Miami, Florida.

The primary goal of the laboratory was the reduction of quarantine insect pests.

Evaluated the kinetics of thermal death in the Caribbean fruit fly, to improve methods of estimating heat treatment times needed for required killing rates. Initiated a project in which fruit fly disinfestation of fruit by heat was augmented by wrapping the fruit so that internal oxygen levels would be reduced, which reduced the temperature and time needed to kill the insects. Cooperated on a project in which adenosine triphosphate (ATP) depletion was used as a measure of heat induced mortality to Fuller rose beetle eggs.

February 1987 to February 1989: Research Associate (two year post doctoral appointment) USDA ARS Tropical Fruit and Vegetable Research Laboratory, Hilo, Hawaii.

Part of my research was an investigation of lethal effects of heat on different embryo (egg) stages of the Mediterranean fruit fly. Found that heat susceptibility varies with the developmental stage of the embryo, and oxygen availability.

August 1981 to December 1986: Research Assistant (Ph.D. program), University of California, Riverside.

Investigated the effects of extracts from insect tissue on contractile responses of the hyperneural muscle (an insect Avisceral@ muscle) of the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana). Also studied the effects of neurochemicals on the muscle to characterize the pharmacological properties of the muscle.

June 1976 to July 1981: Research Assistant (M.S. program), University of California, Riverside.

Tested the ability of saturated pheromone environments to prevent mating in pink bollworms (Pectinophora gossypiella). Tested the feasibility of using cesium as a marker (for dispersal studies) for pink bollworms and cabbage loopers. The insects were successfully marked by feeding on cesium treated diet, greenhouse cotton plants, and field grown cotton plants.

Professional Activities:
American Association For the Advancement of Science 18 yr.
American Chemical Society, 6 yr.
Entomological Society of America 19 yr.
Florida Entomological Society 5 yr.
American Society of Zoologists 3 yr.

Publications:

Moss J.I.  2001. Many Gulf War illnesses may be autoimmune disorders caused by the chemical and biological stressors pyridostigmine bromide, and adrenaline. Medical Hypotheses.  56 (2) (February): 155-157.        ISSN: 0306-9877

Moss, J.I. 1998 (September). Possible Potentiation of Pyridostigmine Bromide (PB) by Pesticides (p. 181-193). In: Report of the Special Investigation Unit on Gulf War Illnesses, Committee on Veteran's' Affairs, United States Senate. S. Prt. 105-39.

Moss, J.I. 1997. U.S. Patent # 5,667,816, September 16 1997. Pest Controlling Composition. (Boric acid insecticide synergists).

Chaney, L.A., Mozingo, J.R., Hume, A.S. & J.I. Moss. 1997. Potentiation of Pyridostigmine Bromide Toxicity in Mice by Selected Adrenergic Agents and Caffeine. Vet. Human Toxicol. 39 (9): 214 219.

Chaney, L., Moss, J., Mozingo, J., & A. Hume. 1997. Toxic interactions between pyridostigmine (PB), N,N Diethyl m toluamide (DEET), adrenergic agents and caffeine. Toxicologist 36(1), P2, p21, #106.

Moss, J.I. 1996. Synergism of Toxicity of N,N Diethyl m toluamide to German Cockroaches (Othoptera: Blattellidae) by Hydrolytic Enzyme Inhibitors. J. Econ. Entomol. 89(5): 1151 1155.

Moss, J.I. & J.G. Scott. 1996. Tetrodotoxin protects German cockroaches from Type I pyrethroid and carbamate insecticide poisoning. J. Econ. Entomol. 89: 51 55.

U.S. Senate (in). 1995. Is Military Research Hazardous to Veterans' Health? Lessons from World War II, The Persian Gulf, and Today. Transcript of Hearing before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 6 1994. S. Hrg. 103 984.

Zhao, R., Klotz, J.H., Moss, J. I. Davis, L. R. & R.S. Patterson. 1995. Laboratory Evaluation of Compounds for Repellency against the Cat Flea, 1994. Arthropod Management Tests. 20: 358 359.

Klotz, J.H. & J.I. Moss. 1996. Oral toxicity of a boric acid sucrose water bait to florida carpenter ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Entomological Sci. 31: 9 12.

Zhao, R., Klotz, J.H., Moss, J. I. Davis, L. R. & R.S. Patterson. 1995. Screening Some New Repellents against Cteno cephalides felis. J. Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine. 2:3 6.

Klotz, J.H. & J.I. Moss. 1994. Renewed Interest in an "Ancient" Compound. Pest Control Technology. 22: 55, 58.

Klotz, J.H., Moss, J.I., Zhao, R., Davis, L.R. and R.S. Patterson. 1994. Oral Toxicity of Boric Acid and Other Boron Compounds to Immature Cat Fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae). J. Econ. Entomol. 87: 1534 1536.

Moss, J. I. & H. T. Chan. 1993. Thermal death kinetics of Caribbean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) embryos. J. Econ. Entomol. 86: 1162 1166.

Moss, J.I., R.S. Patterson and P.G. Koehler. 1992. Detection of insecticide resistance in the German cockroach (Dictyoptera: Blattellidae) with glue toxin traps. J. Econ. Entomol. 85: 1601 1605.

Moss, J.I., R.S. Patterson and P.G. Koehler. 1991. A new technique for the rapid prediction of insecticide resistance in German Cockroaches. Pest Control Technology. 19: 42 46, 102.

Moss, J.I., and E.B. Jang. 1991. Effects of age and metabolic stress on heat tolerance of Mediterranean Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) eggs. Journal of Economic Entomology. 84: 537 541.

Sharp, J.L., Gaffney, J.J., Moss, J.I., and W.P. Gould. 1991. Hot Air Treatment Device for Quarantine Research. Journal of Economic Entomology. 84: 520 527.

Forney, C.F., L.H. Aung, D.G. Brandl, E.L. Soderstrom, J.I. Moss. 1991. Reduction of Adenosine Triphosphate in eggs of Fuller rose beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) induced by lethal temperature and methyl bromide. Journal of Economic Entomology. 84: 198 201.

Moss, J.I., and T.A. Miller. 1988. A Pharmacological Study of the Hyperneural Muscle of Periplaneta americana. Journal of Insect Physiology 34: 997 1003.

Moss, J.I., and R.A. VanSteenwyk. 1984. Marking Cabbage Looper (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) with Cesium. Environmental Entomology. 13(2): 390 393.

Moss, J.I., and R.A. VanSteenwyk. 1982. Marking Pink Bollworm (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) with Cesium. Environmental Entomology. 11(6): 1264 1268.

Presentations:

Society of Toxicology Meeting, March 1997, Cincinnati, OH. Toxic interactions between pyridostigmine (pb), n,n diethyl m toluamide (DEET), adrenergic agents and caffeine. L. Chaney, J Moss, J. Mozingo and A. Hume.

Entomological Society of America annual meeting, December 1994 Dallas, TX. Oral toxicity of boric acid to ants, fleas, and cockroaches. J. Klotz & J. Moss.

Entomological Society of America annual meeting, December 1993 Indianapolis IN. Tetrodotoxin protects German Cockroaches from Type I Pyrethroid and Carbamate Insecticide Poisoning. J. I. Moss and R. S. Patterson

Presented talk titled "Histological Effects on German Cockroach Midguts Poisoned with Boric Acid" at the annual meeting of the Florida Entomological Society at Captiva Island Naples, Florida on August 9 to 12, 1993.

Presented talk titled "Field trial of German cockroach insecticide resistance monitoring" at the Urban Entomology Research Symposium, at the annual meeting of the Florida Entomological Society at Stuart, Florida on August 10 to 13, 1992.

Annual Meeting, Entomological Society of America (December, 1992): "Field tests of resistance monitoring sticky traps for the German cockroach". J.I. Moss, R. S. Patterson, & P. G. Koehler.

Annual Meeting, Entomological Society of America (December, 1991): "Insecticide resistance monitoring for the German cockroach". J.I. Moss, R. S. Patterson, & P. G. Koehler.

Presented talk titled "Methods for Monitoring Insecticide Resistance in the German Cockroach" at the Urban Entomology Workshop and Symposium, at the annual meeting of the Florida Entomological Society at Naples, Florida on August 4 to 7, 1991.

Presented talk titled "Trap method for monitoring insecticide resistance in the German cockroach" at a workshop on insecticide Resistance in the German cockroach held at Parti University, West Lafayette, Indiana on March 18 19, 1991.

Cornell 15 18 Jan 1991 Insecticide resistance workshop.

Annual Meeting, Entomological Society of America (December, 1989): "The Use of Physiological Studies in the Development of Commodity Treatments." J.I. Moss, E.B. Jang, and J.L. Sharp.

Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (June 1988):"Susceptibility of embryo stages of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) to heat treatments" J.I. Moss and E.B. Jang.

International Congress of Entomology (July 1988): "Pharmacological effects on heat induced death of cultured cells of the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata) (Diptera: Tephritidae)." J.I. Moss and E.B. Jang.

Hawaiian Entomological Society (May 1988): "Studies of the mechanism of thermally induced death in the med fly, Ceratitis capitata." J.I. Moss

Invitations/Consultation:

June 2002. Presented talk on Gulf War Illnesses and related research to the Department of Veterans' Affairs Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War illnesses.

In February, 2002 Presented a seminar on my research on chemical interactions to the Department of Pharmacology, University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio).

In the Summer of 1997, I contracted to and wrote a report for the U.S. Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Special Investigation Unit on Persian Gulf War Illnesses. The subject was the interactions of the nerve gas protection pre-treatment, pyridostigmine bromide, with pesticides.

Provided expert testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs (May 6th 1994) on the subject of possible pesticides interactions; and subsequently served as a consultant to the Committee's Special Investigation Unit on Persian Gulf War Veterans' illnesses in the area of pesticide research.

Invited by the Naval Environmental Health Center to present talk "Detection of Insecticide Resistance in the German Cockroach with Glue Toxin Traps" at the Navy Operational Entomology Training Workshop at the Navy Disease Vector Ecology and Control Center, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida on February 7, 1992.

Invited to present talk "Methods for Monitoring Insecticide Resistance in the German Cockroach" at the Urban Entomology Workshop and Symposium, at the annual meeting of the Florida Entomological Society at Naples, Florida on August 4 to 7, 1991.

Invited to present a paper on "Factors which influence heat induced death in Tephritid embryos and cultured cells" at the USDA ARS, Insects Affecting Man and animals Research Laboratory Gainesville, Florida, January 15th., 1990

Awards:
The Florida Distinguished Service Medal awarded by the Governor of State of Florida for Meritorious Service to Florida National Guard Persian Gulf War veterans.

References: (On Request)
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