Director of the Master of Professional Studies in Applied Entomology
Email: tammatha@umd.edu
Office phone: 301.405.1305
Fax: 301.314.9290
Office address: 3118 Plant Sciences Building
Email: tammatha@umd.edu
Office phone: 301.405.1305
Fax: 301.314.9290
Office address: 3118 Plant Sciences Building
Awards
Publications
Courses Taught
University of Maryland College Park, MD
1. The World of Biology (BSCI103)
2. Anatomy and Physiology I (BSCI201)
3. Anatomy and Physiology II (BSCI202) (also taught for the Science in the Evening Program)
4. Principles of Genetics (BSCI222)
5. Undergraduate Teaching Fellows Professional Development Seminar (BSCI279P)
6. ULA Mentorship (BSCI279T)
7 .Biology of Reproduction (BSCI342)
8. Principle of Ecology (BSCI361)
9. Independent study on improving and developing undergraduate lab exercises (BSCI389)
10. General Endocrinology (BSCI447)
11. Endocrinology (CLFS609I): an online course for the Masters of Life Sciences Program
12. College Park Scholars Colloquium: Biology, TV, and Movies (CPSP218L)
13. College Park Scholars Colloquium: Poisonous and Medicinal Plants (CPSP218L)
14. College Park Scholars Colloquium: Shades of Gray: The Kinky Sex Lives of Animals (CPSP218L)
15. College Park Scholars Colloquium: Great Gene Mutations (CPSP218L)
16. College Park Scholars Colloquium: I Can't Live With or Without You: Host/Parasite Relationships (CPSP218L)
17. College Park Scholars Colloquium: What Lies Beneath: The Mysteries of Life in the Abyss (CPSP218L)
18. College Park Scholars Colloquium: We are Legion, The Microbes Within Us (CPSP218L)
19. Effective Teaching (ENTM701)
20. Insect Biodiversity, Physiology and Ecology (ENTM710)
21. Organic Practices (ENTM740)
22. Capstone for Applied Entomology and for CLFS Graduate Programs (ENTM769/CLFS608)
23. Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism (HESP305)
24. The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Infectious Disease (HONR289A)
25. Coursera: Genes and the Human Condition (From Behavior to Biotechnology) ~1,000,000 students enrolled to date (translated in over 44 languages)
Teaching at Other Colleges and Universities
Some Current UMD and Other Service
Education
Ph.D. in Entomology with an emphasis in Molecular Genetics University of Maryland
Metarhizium anisopliae's persistence as a saprophyte, genetic basis of adaptation and role as a plant symbiont
- Allen L. Steinhauer Award for Excellence in Teaching. Department of Entomology, University of Maryland
- CMNS Dean’s Outstanding Lecturer Award
- Provost’s Excellence in Teaching
- CMNS Board of Visitors Creative Educator Award
- Office of Multi-ethnic Student Education (OMSE) Excellence in Service Award for Outstanding Faculty Member
- President's Commission on Women's Issues Awards | Women of Influence
Publications
- Wang, S.†, O’Brien†, T., Pava-Ripoll, M., and. St. Leger. R.J (2011) Local adaptation of an introduced transgenic insect fungal pathogen due to new beneficial mutations. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 108(51): 20449-20454 (†These authors contributed equally) (Impact Factor: 9.74) DOI:10.1073/pnas.1113824108
- Xinggang L., O’Brien, T., Weiguo, W. and St Leger. R.J. (2014) The plant beneficial effects of Metarhizium species correlate with their association with roots. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. (Impact Factor: 3.69) DOI: 10.1007/s00253- 014-5788-2
- Ultimate Bodypedia. National Geographic Kids. contributor
- Race, Genomics, and Human Evolutionary History (BSCI189I) Lab Manual for the University of Maryland at College Park. 1st edition
- It’s a Jungle Out There (Dec 2007) article for the magazine Groundwork: Publication of Landscape Contractors Association of MD-DC-VA
- The World of Biology, Biology for Non-majors (BSCI103) Lab Manual for the University of Maryland at College Park, Editions #1-5. Published by Hayden McNeil
- Principles of Biology I, Biology for Majors (BSCI105) Lab Manual for the University of Maryland at College Park. Published by Hayden McNeil.
- Cell Biology and Physiology (BSCI330) Lab Manual for the University of Maryland at Shady Grove.
Courses Taught
University of Maryland College Park, MD
1. The World of Biology (BSCI103)
2. Anatomy and Physiology I (BSCI201)
3. Anatomy and Physiology II (BSCI202) (also taught for the Science in the Evening Program)
4. Principles of Genetics (BSCI222)
5. Undergraduate Teaching Fellows Professional Development Seminar (BSCI279P)
6. ULA Mentorship (BSCI279T)
7 .Biology of Reproduction (BSCI342)
8. Principle of Ecology (BSCI361)
9. Independent study on improving and developing undergraduate lab exercises (BSCI389)
10. General Endocrinology (BSCI447)
11. Endocrinology (CLFS609I): an online course for the Masters of Life Sciences Program
12. College Park Scholars Colloquium: Biology, TV, and Movies (CPSP218L)
13. College Park Scholars Colloquium: Poisonous and Medicinal Plants (CPSP218L)
14. College Park Scholars Colloquium: Shades of Gray: The Kinky Sex Lives of Animals (CPSP218L)
15. College Park Scholars Colloquium: Great Gene Mutations (CPSP218L)
16. College Park Scholars Colloquium: I Can't Live With or Without You: Host/Parasite Relationships (CPSP218L)
17. College Park Scholars Colloquium: What Lies Beneath: The Mysteries of Life in the Abyss (CPSP218L)
18. College Park Scholars Colloquium: We are Legion, The Microbes Within Us (CPSP218L)
19. Effective Teaching (ENTM701)
20. Insect Biodiversity, Physiology and Ecology (ENTM710)
21. Organic Practices (ENTM740)
22. Capstone for Applied Entomology and for CLFS Graduate Programs (ENTM769/CLFS608)
23. Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism (HESP305)
24. The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Infectious Disease (HONR289A)
25. Coursera: Genes and the Human Condition (From Behavior to Biotechnology) ~1,000,000 students enrolled to date (translated in over 44 languages)
Teaching at Other Colleges and Universities
- The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Doctorate Program in Physical Therapy Program Washington DC: Human Physiology for Rehab Medicine
- Prince George’s Community College Largo, MD: Biology for Non-Science Majors, Cell Biology and Physiology, Genetics
- Trinity University Washington DC: Human Genetics for Nursing Students
- Montgomery College Takoma Park/Silver Spring: Campus, Maryland: Biology for Non-Science Majors
Some Current UMD and Other Service
- Faculty Member of the Student Honor Council
- OCRSM SAPC Committee Member, Title 9 Advisor, and faculty liaison
- National Science Foundation iUSE Fellow
- Faculty mentor for Youth in Dentistry student organizations
- Judge for NASA's student spaceflight experiment program (SSPEP)
- HHMI IE3 Fellow
- Board of Directors: Mediation & Conflict Resolution Center of Howard County
- BioScience Day Judge
- UMD PTK Senator
- Title 9 Standing Review Committee Member for the Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct and committee chair
- Faculty mentor for Elevation Sprouts student organization
Education
Ph.D. in Entomology with an emphasis in Molecular Genetics University of Maryland
Metarhizium anisopliae's persistence as a saprophyte, genetic basis of adaptation and role as a plant symbiont
