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ResuméFred W. SchwenkProfessor of Plant PathologyKansas State UniversityManhattan, KS 66506-5502

Tel: 913-532-1349 (Home: 913-539-6153)FAX: 913-532-5692e-mail: fws@ksu.edu or fws@plantpath.ksu.edu

Education:

B.S. North Dakota State University 1960 AgronomyM.S. North Dakota State University 1964 Plant PathologyPh.D. University of California, Berkeley 1969 Plant Pathology

Professional experience:

1999-present Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University,Manhattan.

1996-1998 Administrator, Plant Biotechnology Center, Kansas State University,Manhattan.

1982-1998 Professor and Head, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University,Manhattan.

1975-1982 Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University,Manhattan.

1969-1975 Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University,Manhattan.

1969-present Research soybean pathologist, Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station,Manhattan. Study ways to reduce losses due to charcoal rot andPhytophthora root rot; develop techniques to regenerate soybean plantsfrom single cells and/or protoplasts.

1969-present Teaching responsibilities varied and have included senior/graduate-level PlantPathology; departmental seminar; College of Agriculture Honors Program;Crop Protection Curriculum (later, Pest Science and Management) chairand director of internship program.

Professional society memberships:

American Phytopathological SocietyAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science

Representative research publications:

1. Schwenk, F.W., and C.D. Nickell. 1980. Soybean greenstem caused by bean pod mottlevirus. Plant Dis. 64:863-865.

2. Schwenk, F.W. 1981. Callus formation from mechanically isolated mesophyll cells ofsoybean and sweet potato. Plant Sci. Lett. 23:147-151.

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3. Nickell, C.D., F.W. Schwenk, and W.T. Schapaugh. 1982. Registration of Douglassoybean. Crop Sci. 22:160.

4. Pearson, C.A.S., F.W. Schwenk, F.J. Crowe, and K. Kelley. 1984. Colonization ofsoybean roots by Macrophomina phaseolina. Plant Dis. 68:1086-1088.

5. Todd, T.C., C.A.S. Pearson, and F.W. Schwenk. 1987. Effect of Heterodera glycines oncharcoal rot severity in soybean cultivars resistant and susceptible to soybean cystnematode. Ann. Appl. Nematol. 1:35-40.

Representative administrative and review committee activities

American Phytopathological Society, Association of Heads/Chairs of Departments of PlantPathology, member; chair

Cereal Grains Biotechnology Consortium [Kansas State Univ, Univ Nebraska-Lincoln, OklahomaState Univ, S. R. Noble Foundation (Ardmore, OK)], chair

Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research, member of Board of DirectorsKansas State University AES/CES Annual Conference (2), chairKansas State University Biotechnology Task Force, chairKansas State University College of Agriculture Administrative Review, chairKansas State University College of Agriculture Department Head Reviews, memberKansas State University, College of Agriculture Review

Review Steering Committee, memberDistance Education Task Force, member

Kansas State University Graduate School Biological Sciences Subcommittee, memberKansas State University Interdepartmental Crop Protection Curriculum, chairKansas State University Plant Biotechnology Center, administratorKansas State University search committees:

Agronomy Department Head, memberArea Agronomist, memberBiochemistry Department Head, memberDean of Agriculture/Director KAES, memberEntomology Department Head, memberForestry Department Head, memberGraduate School Assistant Dean, memberSoutheast Kansas Branch Station Head, chairPlant Pathology faculty recruitment efforts (member, chair)

Kansas State University Task Force on Excellence, member; Research Subcommittee, chairMidwest Plant Biotechnology Consortium, member of SecretariatNorth Central Region Plant Pathology Administrators (NCA-14), member, chair (2)North Dakota State University, Fargo, Department of Plant Pathology, CSRS Review, memberS. R. Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, Agriculture and Plant Biology Divisions, Program Review

Team, memberUniversity of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Enviromemtal

Sciences (ACES), Review Team, memberUniversity of Nebraska, Lincoln, Department of Plant Pathology, CSREES Review Team,

member