Richard Cooper Bio and C.V.

Richard A. Cooper, Technical Director
Cooper Pest Solutions
351 Lawrence Station Road
Lawrenceville, NJ  08648
(609) 799-1300

Professional Experience

1986 to 1989 and
1991 to Present

Cooper Pest Solutions
Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Technical Director
Staff Entomologist: Responsible for all technical aspects of operations at Cooper Pest Solutions.

Conducts training programs for staff members and pest control industry.

Develops new technologies for use in Pest Control Industry and within Cooper Pest Solutions.  Emphasis is placed on developing and implementing technologies that reduce or eliminate exposure of pesticides to persons and animals.

Consultant working in Pest Control issues for Commercial and Residential clients

Consultant working with Chemical Manufacturers in Efficacy Research for both EPA Registered and non-registered Products.  Specializing in field efficacy research on Cockroach and Ant Baits

1985

E. I. DuPont Inc.
Elkton, Delaware
Field Technician. Field studies on field efficacy of insecticides, herbicides and fungicides.

1983 to 1984

USDA - Beneficial Insects Research Laboratory
Newark, Delaware
Field and Lab Technician. Field studies on biological control of gypsy moths.

Education

1986 to 1991

Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Masters of Science in Entomology
         Thesis:     “Effect of Feeding and Nutrition on the Development and Reproductive Physiology of German Cockroaches.”

1982 to 1986

University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware
Bachelors of Science in Entomology

Organizations

• Board of Directors Pennsylvania Pest Management Association (Eastern Div)
• New Jersey Pest Control Association
• National Pest Control Association
• Associated Pest Services
• Entomological Society of America
• Pi Chi Omega (Honorary Entomologist Society for Urban Entomologists)
• New Jersey Environmental Federation

Pesticide Applicators Licenses

• New Jersey Categories 7A, 7B, 7D, 11 (Research and Demonstration)
• Pennsylvania Categories 11, 12

Recent Grants
2008: The evaluation of the effectiveness of liquid residual pesticides for use in bed bug management programs.  NPMA Pest Management Foundation.  $15,000
2008. Cooperating with NC State University.  Determination of Sources of Infestation and Patterns of Dispersal of Bed Bugs in Urban and Agricultural Environments.  USDA National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, Primary Investigator Edward Vargo, NC State
2006: Serving on Advisory Board.  A Partnership for Developing IPM Protocols fro Bed Bug Management. USDA Northeast IPM Partnership Grant.  Primary Investigator, Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, Cornell University.
Publications

• 2009.  “The Changing World of Bed Bug Detection” Apartment Industry Magazine (AIM) April-May
• 2008.  “Bed Bug: Not New Anymore, Getting Out In Front of the Problem”  Apartment Industry Magazine (AIM) April-May
• 2008 Bed Bug Handbook- The Complete Guide to Bed Bugs and Their Control L.J. Pinto, R. Cooper, & S.K. Kraft.  Pinto & Associates 266 pages
• 2007.  “Four-Legged Detectives.” Pest Control Magazine, August.
• 2007.  “Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite Your Business”  Progressive Rentals Magazine August-September
• 2007.  “Bed Bugs and Developing Your Strategy” Apartment Industry Magazine (AIM) April-May
• 2007.  “To Inspect or Not to Inspect That is the Question” Apartment Industry Magazine (AIM) June-July
• 2007. “Just Encase: Mattress and box spring encasements can serve as an essential tool in effective bed bug management”  Pest Control Magazine, April.
• 2007.  ”Are Bed Bug Dogs Up To Snuff?”  Pest Control Magazine, January.
• 2007.  “Bed Bugs What You Need to Know.”  New Jersey Property Owners Association March
• 2006. Hospitality Law Newsletter Commentary on “Guests Bed Bug Claim Goes to Trial”  July

Publications (continued)

• 2004. Cooper R. A. H. Harlan 2004.  Bed Bugs & Kissing Bugs.  Mallis Handbook of Pest Control Ninth ed. Chapter 8. pp. 495-527
• Cooper R. A. 1999.  IPM:  Have we Created a Monster.  PCT Magazine October Issue pp. 42-50
• Cooper R. A. 1997.  Earwigs.  Mallis Handbook of Pest Control Eighth ed. Chapter 5. pp. 220-231.
• Cooper R. A., & D. Guarino, 1996.  Integrated Pest Management, Science Alliance Teaching Module.  Somerset/Hunterdon Business & Education Partnership.  Pp 1-65.
• Shaheen L. & R. A. Cooper, 1995.  Real World IPM.  Pest Control Mag., Eastern Conf.Show Guide.
• Cooper, R. A. & C. Schal, 1992.   Differential development and reproduction of the German cockroach (Dictyoptera:  Blattellidae) on three laboratory diets.  J. Econ. Entomol. 85(3):  838-884.
• Cooper, R. A. & C. Schal, 1992.  Effects of protein type and concentration on development and reproduction of the German cockroach, Blattella gerrmanica.  Entomol. exp. appl.  63: 123-134.
• Steltenkamp, R. J., R. L. Hamilton., R. A. Cooper., C. Schal.  1992.  Alkyl and Aryl Neoalkanamides:  Highly Effective Insect Repellents.  Journal Medical Entomol.  29(2) 141-149
• Hamilton, R. L., R. A. Cooper & C. Schal, 1990.  The influence of nymphal and adult dietary protein on food intake and reproduction in female brown banded cockroaches.  Entomol. exp. appl.  55: 23-31.

Public Speaking

• International Flight Attendents Association. Invited speaker: Bed Bugs: Not New Anymore, Getting Ahead of the Problem.  Miami, Florida October 2009
• Virginia Pest Management Assocation. Invited speaker.  Bed Bugs: The Challenge Continues. October 2009
• National Bed Bug Seminar Invited Speaker - Newark NJ & Seattle Washington 2009.  Seminar co sponsored by the American Hotel & Lodging Association, National Apartment Association, National Pest Management Associatioin and Association of Pesticide Regulatory Officials
• NJ Pest Management Association State Meeting: Invited speaker Carpenter Ant Control August 2009
• Pest Control Technology Bed Bug Seminar with Dr. Christian Hardigree (UNLV):  Orlando August 2009
• EPA Bed Bug Summit:  Invited Speaker on Expert Panel – Washington DC  2009
• International IPM Meeting Invited Speaker: IPM in Bed Bug Managemenent Portland OR 2009
• Northwest Pacific Pest Management Meeting:  Bed Bugs – Portland OR 2009
• Illinois Pest Management Meeting: Bed Bugs – Springfield Illinois 2009
• Associated Pest Service, Ft. Lauderdale Florida:  Bed Bug Updates  January 2009
• Marlyand Interstate Pest Control Conference:  Bed Bug Research Updates January 2009
• New England Pest Management: Bed Bugs: Everything you need to know, Boston October 2009

Richard A. Cooper (Public Speaking continued)

• Arkansas Pest Management Meeting- Bed Bugs September of 2008
• Tri Agency Meeting - EPA, State Regulators & Cooperative Extension September 2008
• National Bed Bug Seminar Series with Dr.. Michael Potter (U of K) & Christian Hardigree (UNLV):  San Francisco, Atlanta & Washington DC Seminar series July & August 2008
• New Jersey Apartment Association Annual Education Meeting  Bed Bugs May 2008
• Minnesota Pest Management Meeting: Bed Bugs Bed Bugs and Carpenter Ants - March 2008
• Michigan State Pest Management Meeting:  Bed Bugs February 2008
• Purdue Pest Control Conference: Bed Bugs January 2008
• North Carolina Pest Management Association:  Bed Bugs January 2008
• Entomological Society of America:  Annual Meeting, San Diego:  Non Chemical Advancements in the Control of Bed Bugs – the use of encasements Dec 2007
• Richard A. Cooper (Public Speaking continued)Rutgers Cooperative Extension – Public Health & Pest Control Operators Meeting – Bed Bugs November 2007
• Association of Professional Rental Organizations- National Meeting Reno Nevada: Bed Bugs September 2007
• National Bed Bug Seminar Series with Dr. Michael Potter (U of K) & Christian Hardigree (UNLV):  NYC & Las Vegas August & September 2007
• NJ Pest Management Association Annual Education Clinic – Bed Bugs- Things that may not be readily apparent.  August 2007
• National Environmental Health Association Annual Meeting:  Bed Bugs June 2007
• NJ Apartment Association: Bed Bug Workshop – Bed Bugs: What you need to know but may wish you never heard.  July 2007
• Family Services Association, NJ State Education Meeting Owners of Group Homes, June 2007
• NJ Apartment Association Annual Education Meeting:  Bed Bugs May 2007
• Entomological Society of America Eastern Branch:  Bed Bugs March 2007
• NJ Property Owners Association (PONJ):  Bed Bugs shared presentation with Attorney Timothy Wenk, Shafer Glazer March 2007
• Minnesota Pest Management Meeting:  Bed Bugs (March 2007)
• The Rental Industry Buyers Group (TRIB) Meeting of the Minds in Atlanta, GA Bed Bugs March 2007
• NJ Apartment Association:  3 Hour Bed Bug Seminar - Jan 2007
• Maryland  Interstate Conference Keynote Presentation on Bed Bugs January 2007
• North Carolina Pest Management Association:  Insect ID for the Non-Entomologist January 2007
• Pennsylvania Pest Management Association Annual Meeting: Bed Bugs November 2006
• Monmouth County Health Department – Bed Bug Seminar November 2006
• Connecticut Apartment Association Annual Meeting: Bed Bugs November 2006

Richard A. Cooper (Public Speaking continued)

• Nova Scotia, Canada Annual Pest Management Conference:  Bed Bugs October 2006
• University of Kentucky: Pest Management Short Course Bed Bugs October 2006
• National Pest Management Association: Bed Bugs (October 2006 National Meeting)
• New Jersey Environmental Health (NJEH): Bed Bugs (September 2006 Annual Meeting)
• Pod Cast  Interview: Response to University of Kentucky news release on Pesticide Resistance in Bed Bugs; Pest Control Magazine September 2006
• Rutgers Extension Entomology – Bed Bugs & IPM June 2006
• National Public Radio, The Leonard Lopate Show: Bed Bugs – New York City 2006
• National Pest Management Association:  Bed Bug Expert Panel,  Jan 2006
• Purdue University: Bed Bugs: Complicated Situations Jan 2006
• Northeast Integrated Pest Management Meeting Boxborough, MA 2006
• Pennsylvania Pest Management Annual Meeting:  Bed Bug Management November 2005
• Entomological Society of America: Bed Bug Symposia Ft. Lauderdale, Fl Dec 2005
• New Jersey Environmental Health Annual Meeting Bed Bugs & IPM  2005
• National Pest Management: Newark, NJ Bed Bug Workshop 2005
• National Pest Management Association:  Expert Panel on Bed Bugs 2005
• Entomological Society of America Eastern Branch: Beyond Fear Factor Symposia 2005
• Maine Department of Agriculture:  Bed Bugs, IPM in Schools & Commercial Structures 2005
• British Columbia Pest Management Conference:  Carpenter Ants- An exterior Approach & Pest Identification  for the Non Entomologist 2005
• Wisconsin Pest Management Conference:  Cockroach Management & Insect  ID 2005
• Minnesota Pest Management Meeting:  Carpenter Ant – Exterior Approach
• New Jersey Environmental Federation & NJDEP: School IPM Training Outreach Presentations 2005
• Pennsylvania Pest Management Association’s Annual Meeting:  Structurally Invading Ants  2005
• National Urban Entomology Meeting Phoenix, AZ:  Bed Bug Presentation 2004
• Ant Management Summit, Atlanta, GA 2004
• Audubon Society/Sierra Club: Bed Bugs and other emerging pest issues 2003
• University of Kentucky Short Course, Lexington KY 2003
• National Pest Management Meeting, Orlando Florida 2002
• Aventis/Pest Control Technology Tick Control Symposium, Jacksonville Florida -2002
• Aventis/Pest Control Technology Ant Symposium, Phoenix Arizona -2001
• Pennsylvania Pest Control Assoc.  2001
• University of Maryland, Interstate Pest Control Conference Univ. of Maryland 2000, 2005

Richard A. Cooper (Public Speaking continued)

• University of California, California Pest Control Association – Univ. Calif. Riverside  1999
• Purdue University, Purdue Pest Control - Conference  1999, 2001
• Alliance for Environmental Concerns Ann. Meeting (speaker & panel member 1999) Termite Control Technology.  Purdue University Lafayette Indiana.
• University of Delaware, Delaware Pest Control Assoc.  1991, 1996,.1999, 2004
• EPA Region 2 Conference 1998
• Rutgers Cook College, Continuing Education 1991, 1992,1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
• Entomological Society of America, Eastern Branch 1998, 2005
• National Pest Control Eastern Conference 1995, 2002, 2003, 2004
• New Jersey Pest Control Association 1990, 1992, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004
• Associated Pest Control Services 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2004
• New Jersey Environmental Federation Annual Meeting 1995, 1996, 1998
• New Jersey Department of Health 1992,1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008

Miscellaneous

• Appointed by NYC Mayor Bloomberg to the NYC Bed Bug Advisory Board
• 2009 EPA Bed Bug Iniative – Invited as an Advisor and Speaker on EPA Panel
• 2009 Appearance on NPR’s Leonard Lopate Show  (subject roaches)
• 2008 Training of State of NJ Codes Enforcement Inspectors – Lodging inspections (Bed Bugs)
• 2008 Appearance on CBS The Early Show as an expert on bed bugs
• 2008 Appearance on NBC’s The Today Show as an expert on bed bugs
• 2008 Dateline- Bed Bugs - Reconditioned Mattress Story Aired April 20,2008
• 2007 National Public Radio, Live Interview on Bed Bugs March 2007
• 2005 Discovery Channel Bed Bug segment
• 2004 National Public Radio, Live Interview on Bed Bugs
• 2003-2006 NPMA Quality Pro Technical Committee
• 2003 Developed NJ IPM Credentialing Exam
• 2003 Advisory Committee for National Pest Management Quality Pro Initiative (Establishment of Pest Control Industries version of “Good Seal”
• 2003 Received the PCT 40 under 40 award.  Recognizes leaders in the industry whom are 40 years old or younger
• 2001 Received Pest Control Technology Leadership Award:  Recognized as one of the 10 most influential persons in the Pest Management Industry
• 2002 Member of the National Pest Control Project Development Council Committee General Pest Control

Miscellaneous (continued)

• 2001 Member of IPM in Schools committee for National Pest Management Association (Project Development Council).
• 2001 Invited to attend Scientific Symposium on Termites, Purdue University.  The purpose of this conference to set Research Objectives for the future of 2000 Member of planning committee for the International Conference for Urban Pests to be held in 2002
• 2000 Committee member for National Pest Management Association Project Development Council on IPM in Schools.
• 1997-98 Chairperson of National Pest Control Project Development Council Committee on Fumigation and New Technologies.
• 1997 Invited to attend Scientific Symposium on Baiting of Cockroaches and Ants.  The purpose of this conference to set Research Objectives for the future of Bait Technology in Roaches and Ants.  Purdue University Laffayette Indiana.
• 1996.  Featured in Article appearing in Pest Control Magazine.  August Edition.  “Program Hits Home Run” Authored by Mike Goldstein. pp 44-46.
• 1994. Served on State of NJ Governors Task Force for the development of a State Mandated Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Policy
• 1994.  Featured in Article appearing in Pest Control Magazine. Eastern Conference Edition.  “Baiting Technology & Entomology team up to kill Roaches” Authored by Lisa Shaheen.  pp 20-21.
• 1992-1995 involved in numerous volunteer education programs as a speaker or instructor for Rotary Clubs, Elementary - High School Science Classes etc.
•  1990-1992 received Headlee Fellowship for Masters Thesis Research on German Cockroaches. Rutgers University, New Brunswick New Jersey