David Lohnes

Web Developer

Area of expertise:

Web development. Soybean genetics.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Plant Breeding/Genetics 1994, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S. Plant Breeding/Genetics 1991, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S. Agronomy/Crop Protection 1986, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Web Developer 1999 to present
The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio.
Objectives: Develop web sites for OARDC, assist researchers in developing web sites.
Skills: Programming in Visual Basic, developing interactive web sites, game development in Director.
Examples: OARDC: www.oardc.ohio-state.edu, www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/centernet

Senior Researcher/Soybean Geneticist 1993 to 1999
The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio.
Objectives: Improve soybean seed composition by combining biotechnology and traditional breeding methods. Find, describe, and map new phytophthora resistance genes. Dissect the inheritance of sclerotinia tolerance in soybean. Editor & publisher of Soybean Genetics Newsletter.
Skills: Writing grants, reporting to funding board, developing Internet based genetics lesson, organizing open house events for department, creating molecular marker map, mapping of qualitative and quantitative genes using PCR based technology, transferring technology to the breeder, optimizing marker assisted breeding, conducting HPCL analysis of soybean isoflavones.

Teaching Assistant 1989 to 1992
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Objectives: Teach discussion sections of graduate level statistics courses and conduct lectures in professors' absence. Initiate the development of lessons to teach students the basics of SAS (statistical software).
Skills: Planned lessons, wrote quizzes and test questions, advised students, lectured, and developed SAS lessons to complement problem sets.

Graduate Research Assistant 1988 to 1993
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Objectives: Earn Masters and Doctorate degrees in Soybean Genetics/Breeding.

Soil Scientist 1988 to 1989
Lohnes Soil Consulting, Havana and Champaign, Illinois.
Contracted with Soil Conservation Service to soil map 7,000 acres in Mason, Fulton, and McClean counties.

Soil Scientist 1986 to 1988
Mason County Soil Survey, Havana, Illinois.
Objective: Develop soil survey manual for Mason County.
Skills: Soil mapped, wrote soil survey manual, and wrote computer programs.

Entrepreneur 1982 to 1984
Dave's Worlds Greatest Sweet Corn, Pekin, Illinois.
Objective: Earn money to pay for college.
Skills: Grew, harvested, and marketed 10 acres of sweet corn.

AWARDS AND HONORS

2001 Videographer Award - Webmaster on 'Managing at the Edge of Change'
Gold Award - Electronic Media, Video - Agricultural Communicators in Education 2000
Educational Project Award - Board Certified Entomologists of Mid-America 2000 (www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/nematodes web site)
Outstanding Crop Genetics Resources Paper - Crop Science 1996
Ingersoll Fellow 1992 to 1993
Burlison Fellow (Outstanding Agronomy Graduate Student) 1992
University Fellow 1991 to 1993
Pioneer Fellow 1989 to 1991
Sigma Xi 1991
Gamma Sigma Delta 1989
Certificates of Appreciation from Soil Conservation Service 1987 and 1988
Jonathan Baldwin Turner Scholar 1982 to 1983
First Place Pie Crust Champaign County Fair 1991

ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

Commissioner - OARDC Softball League 2002 to 2003
Valley College Grange 4H - Cloverbud Advisor 2002 to present

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