Brief Vita:  D.A. Potter

Dept. of Entomology; S-225 Agric. Sci. Bldg. N., University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546; dapotter@uky.edu; tel: (859) 257-7458; fax: (859) 323-1120.

Daniel A. Potter is Professor of Entomology at University of Kentucky

Education: B.S. Cornell Univ. (1974); PhD, Ohio State Univ. (1978).

Mentoring: Major Professor to 36 graduate students; seven former PhD students are in tenured or tenure-track faculty positions; others are employed in federal and state agencies, in the agrichemical industry, or as private consultants. Many former MS students continued for the PhD at other prestigious universities; others work in Extension, as science educators, in the agrichemical industry, or as Pest Management specialists or consultants. Graduate and undergraduate student advisees have received numerous awards.     

Teaching: Instructor for ENT 320 (Horticultural Entomology); ENT/BIO 625 (Insect-Plant Relationships)

Publications: >150 refereed papers, 18 book chapters on turf and landscape entomology; two Annual Review articles; one original 344-page textbook, dozens of trade journal articles. 

National Recognitions: Entomological Society of America [ESA] Distinguished Achievement Award in Urban Entomology, ESA Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching; ESA J.H. Comstock Graduate Student Award  

University/College Recognitions: University Distinguished Research Professor; T. P. Cooper Award for Outstanding Agric. College Research Program; Master Teacher Award; George E. Mitchell Outstanding Service to Graduate Students Award.

Industry Recognitions:  KY Turfgrass Council “Man of the Year” and “Special Recognition" Awards; Invited lecturer at hundreds of Green Industry conferences in USA, Canada, and throughout the world.

Examples of Invited Keynote/Symposium Presentations:

Internat. Turfgrass Res. Conf., Wales, UK (Keynote lecture)

Internat. Conf. Science and Management of Sport Fields, Athens, Greece (2003), Bejing, China (2007) [in conjunction with prep. for Summer Olympic games) (Keynote lectures)

Entomological Society of America (numerous times)

American Chemical Society (3 times)

International Symposium Insect-Plant Relationships (5 times)

Personal Information and Interests:  I am married to Terri Potter, a First Grade teacher, and have two sons in their 20's.  I am a Kentucky Master Angler (fishing) and enjoy hiking, cinema, and all types of music.  I play several stringed folk instruments, have a Labrador retriever & pickup truck, and collect Native American spear points found in plowed fields near our study sites.