A. Douglas Worsham Weed Science Lecture Series
The series is named in honor of Dr. Douglas Worsham. Dr. Worsham had a distinguished career in weed science at North Carolina State University for many years. He had a positive influence on many students at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Worsham also served many groups in North Carolina as well as groups at national and international levels through his generosity in sharing his knowledge and expertise in weed science. Dr. Worsham has long been considered a unifying figure among weed scientists at North Carolina State University.
September 23, 2021:
From New Hope to Greensboro: Perspective on Opportunities in Weed Science
Dr. Pete Eure
Technical Product Lead for Soybean and Cereal Herbicides
Syngenta Crop Protection
Greensboro, North Carolina
February 20, 2020:
Dr. Sam Wilson
Development Leader
ADAMA USA, Retired
Raleigh, North Carolina
February 13, 2020:
Contrasting Resistance Management Approaches for Weeds and Insects
Dr. Fred Gould
Williams Reynolds Professor of AgricultureDepartment of Entomology and Plant Pathology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Co-Director of the Genetic Engineering and Society CenterNorth Carolina State University
November 25, 2019:
Weed Resistance and its Consequences – What Do We Do Now?
Dr. Harry J. Strek
Director of the Weed Resistance Competence Center
Bayer CropScience AG
November 21, 2019:
Model Weeds for Adaptation to Rising Temperature and [CO2]
Dr. Nilda Roma Burgos
Professor, Weed Physiology
Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences
University of Arkansas
October 9, 2018:
Sergio Morichetti
Agronomist
Aceitera General Deheza
General Deheza, Argentina
February 6, 2018:
New Forms of Non-Chemical Weed Control
Dr. Frank Forcella
Research Agronomist
ARS-USDA
North Central Conservation Research Laboratory
January 16, 2018:
Building a Comprehensive Research and Extension Program: Perspectives of a Junior Faculty
Dr. Stephen L. Meyers
Assistant Extension/Research Professor and Sweetpotato Extension Specialist
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
North Mississippi Research and Extension Center
Mississippi State University
Pontotoc, MS
October 31, 2017:
Proactive Management of Aquatic Weeds in New Zealand
Dr. Paul Champion
Program Leader – Freshwater Biosecurity & Principal Scientist – Freshwater Ecology
Dr. Champion has specialist expertise in biosecurity, plant ecology and conservation of endangered plant species, especially in freshwater and wetland habitats. Focus research areas include assessment of weed potential of introduced plants, management of alien aquatic weeds (including surveillance, control techniques and strategies), assessment of environmental impacts of both freshwater pest invasions and weed control strategies and restoration of habitats impacted by invasive weeds. In addition to his research areas, Dr. Champion has effectively communicated his and others research in the development of policy and management directions with central and regional government agencies and other resource managers. Examples include providing the science behind national pest management strategies such as the National Pest Plant Accord and National Interest Pest Responses, and regional pest management plans and regionwide lake protection strategies. Dr. Champion has organized consortia of management agencies in order to introduce new control tools into New Zealand and ensured their usage complies with
Environmental Protection Authority standards. Dr. Champion is passionate about training and regularly runs workshops for various management agencies and scientists alike; on plant identification and management, also producing a series of three books on weed identification with the NZ Plant Protection Society. Dr. Champion joined NIWA in 1994 and was appointed Program Leader – Freshwater Biosecurity in July 2015. He has been a Principal Scientist – Freshwater Ecology since 2004. He previously worked with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry coordinating eradication programs for nationally important weeds.
September 28, 2017:
The Policies and Politics of Weed Science: Current and Future Outlook
Dr. Lee Van Wychen
Science Policy Director
National and Regional Weed Science Societies
Dr. Lee Van Wychen grew up on a dairy farm near Green Bay, WI. He has a B.S. in Agronomy and Horticulture (1996) and a M.S. in Weed Science (1998) from the University of Wisconsin. After his Ph.D. in Weed Science (2002) from Montana State University, he was selected as the 2003 ASA-CSSA-SSSA Congressional Science Fellow and worked for two members of Congress on agricultural and environmental policy. Since 2005, he has served as Director of Science Policy for the National and Regional Weed Science Societies. His main responsibilities include working with Congress, federal agencies and other NGO’s to promote the research, education, and awareness of weeds in managed and natural ecosystems.
February 23, 2017:
Modeling Indaziflam Behavior and Performance: Implications for All Herbicides
Dr. Michael R. Schwarz
R&D Fellow, Agronomic Development
Crop Science Division
Bayer CropScience LP
RTP, NC
Michael Schwarz received his Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from the University of Wisconsin. He has since held positions as an Extension Associate and Adjunct Professor of Plant Pathology at Cornell University, and various positions within Bayer CropScience such as Director of Seed Treatment Product Development, Group Leader for Fungicide Early Development, and Field Development Representative in the Northeastern United States. Dr. Schwarz currently holds positions of R&D Fellow, Agronomic Development, at Bayer CropScience with primary responsibilities for developing and implementing integrated crop protection solutions for horticultural crops, and Adjunct Professor of Plant Pathology at North Carolina State University. Dr. Schwarz has been recognized as an innovative leader in the development and implementation of short- to long-term strategic initiatives for seed treatment, soil-insecticide, fungicide, herbicide, nematicide, biological control, and transgenic solutions.
November 10, 2016:
Developing and Maintaining a Sustainable Tool Box to Manage Weeds
Dr. Stanley Culpepper,
University of Georgia
Dr. Stanley Culpepper received his BS degree from North Carolina State University and completed both MS and PhD degree programs at the same institution in Crop Science under the direction of Dr. Alan York in 1999. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at the University of Georgia with research and extension responsibilities associated with weed management in a variety of crops. Dr. Culpeper’s contributions to management of herbicide-resistant weeds in cotton and other crops and development of alternatives to methyl bromide in vegetable production have been recognized at many levels worldwide.
Currently being rescheduled:
How Weed Ecology and Biology Inform Sustainable Weed Management
Dr. Dave Mortensen
Professor of Weed and Applied Plant Ecology
Pennsylvania State University
September 1, 2016:
The Challenge of Herbicide Resistance: Possibilities for New Target Sites for Herbicides
Dr. Rex Liebl
BASF Corporation