Southern
Research Station

Education

Ph.D. in Plant Pathology, 1988

Washington State University

M.S. in Plant Pathology, 1983

Texas A&M University

B.S. in Bioenvironmental Science, 1981

Texas A&M University

Awards and Recognition

Bats vs White-Nose Syndrome: What We Know!, 2017

Rob Nelson video (Untamed Science) featuring US Forest Service research scientist's efforts to help understand and control White-nose Syndrome in North American bat species; video available on youtube at URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb41H7h07Y4

Atlas of Science features 2015 Metabolites Paper, 2016

Atlas of Science invited Layman's summary, posted online 29 February 2016, titled "Finding aroma clues in the human breath to diagnose diseases", features my article published in the journal Metabolites; available at URL: http://atlasofscience.org/

Nova PBS Digital Video Series (Gross Science) features part of my Sensors 2011 article, 2015

Video title: "How Different Diseases Make You Smell", hosted by Anna Rothschild, and posted by Medical Daily at URL: http://www.medicaldaily.com/pulse/sense-smell-human-nose-can-detect-different-illnesses-make-you-stink-355166

MDPI Sensors Best Paper Award 2015, 2015

Second place award for 2011 best review article titled: "Advances in electronic-nose technologies developed for biomedical applications"; paper available at URL: http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/1

IARIA Sensor Devices Best Paper Award 2015, 2015

Award for best research journal article on a novel (electronic-nose) approach for detecting wood decays in living trees; Paper available at URL: http://www.sensorsportal.com/HTML/DIGEST/october_2015/Vol_193/P_2748.pdf

BBC News Magazine feature of my 2011 Sensors review article, 2014

The 2011 Sensors review article (on electronic-nose detection of human diseases) was recognized in an article titled "Sniffing out cancer with electronic noses", by William Kremer, BBC World Service, at URL: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26472225

MDPI Sensors Best Paper Award 2013, 2013

First place award for Sensors 2009 best review article, titled "Applications and advances in electronic-nose technologies"; paper available at URL: http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/9/7/5099

Japanese Government Research Award for Foreign Specialists, 2000

Given in recognition for consultations & technology transfer provided to Japanese scientists in association with a scientific exchange (Technical Assistance Visit) held at the Shikoku Research Center, Kochi, Japan.

Featured Publications and Products

• Wilson, A. D.; Baietto, M. 2009. Applications and advances in electronic-nose technologies.
• Wilson, Alphus D. 2013. Diverse Applications of Electronic-Nose Technologies in Agriculture and Forestry.
• Wilson, Alphus Dan. 2017. Electronic-nose devices - Potential for noninvasive early disease-detection applications.
• Wilson, Alphus Dan. 2018. Applications of electronic-nose technologies for noninvasive early detection of plant, animal and human diseases.
• Wilson, Dan, D..; Baietto, Manuela. 2011. Advances in electronic-nose technologies developed for biomedical applications.
• Wilson, Alphus Dan. 2017. Biomarker metabolite signatures pave the way for electronic-nose applications in early clinical disease diagnoses.
• Wilson, A. Dan. 2020. Noninvasive early disease diagnosis by electronic-nose and related VOC-detection devices.
• Doty, A.C. ; Wilson, A.D. ; Forse, L.B. ; Risch, T.S. . 2020. Assessment of the portable C-320 electronic nose for discrimination of nine insectivorous bat species: Implications for monitoring White-Nose Syndrome.
• Wilson, A. D.; Forse, Lisa B.; Babst, Benjamin A.; Bataineh, Mohammad M. 2019. Detection of emerald ash borer infestations in living green ash by noninvasive electronic-nose analysis of wood volatiles.
• Wilson, Alphus D. 2015. Advances in electronic-nose technologies for the detection of volatile biomarker metabolites in the human breath.

Publications

• Doty, Anna C.; Wilson, A. Dan; Forse, Lisa B.; Risch, Thomas S. 2022. Biomarker metabolites discriminate between physiological states of field, cave and White-nose Syndrome diseased bats.
• Khorramifar, Ali ; Karami, Hamed ; Wilson, A. Dan; Sayyah, Amir H.A.; Shuba, Anastasiia ; Lozano, Jesús . 2022. Grape cultivar identification and classification by machine olfaction analysis of leaf volatiles.
• Rasekh, Mansour ; Karami, Hamed ; Wilson, Alphus Dan; Gancarz, Marek . 2021. Classification and Identification of Essential Oils from Herbs and Fruits Based on a MOS Electronic-Nose Technology.
• Leininger, Theodor D.; Gardiner, Emile S.; Lockhart, Brian Roy; Schiff, Nathan M.; Wilson, Alphus Dan; Devall, Margaret S.; Hamel, Paul B.; Connor, Kristina F. 2021. Intensity and mode of Lindera melissifolia reproduction are affected by flooding and light availability.
• Rasekh, Mansour ; Karami, Hamed ; Wilson, Alphus Dan; Gancarz, Marek . 2021. Performance Analysis of MAU-9 Electronic-Nose MOS Sensor Array Components and ANN Classification Methods for Discrimination of Herb and Fruit Essential Oils.
• Tatli, Sana ; Mirzaee-Ghaleh, Esmaeil ; Rabbani, Hekmat ; Karami, Hamed ; Wilson, A. Dan. 2021. Rapid detection of urea fertilizer effects on VOC emissions from cucumber fruits using a MOS e-nose sensor array.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Doty, A.C.; Forse, L.B.; Risch, T.S. 2020. Phase-2 development of the portable C-320 electronic-nose for noninvasive early detection of White-nose Syndrome in susceptible bat species.
• Hawkins, Tracy S.; Echt, Craig S.; Devall, Margaret S.; Hamel, Paul B.; Wilson, A. Dan; Connor, Kristina F.; Schiff, Nathan M. 2019. Adaptive trait variation in the federally endangered Lindera melissifolia (Lauraceae), as it relates to genotype and genotype-environment interaction.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Doty, A.C.; Forse, L.B.; Risch, T.S. 2019. Developing electronic-nose technologies for investigations of WNS-susceptible bat species - Initial study results and applications.
• Wilson, Alphus Dan; Forse, Lisa B. 2019. Development of electronic-nose technologies for early disease detection based on microbial dysbiosis.
• Wilson, Alphus D. 2018. Application of electronic-nose technologies and VOC-biomarkers for the noninvasive early diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases.
• Lockhart, Brian Roy; Gardiner, Emile ; Leininger, Theodor ; Hamel, Paul ; Wilson, A Dan; Devall, Margaret ; Schiff, Nathan ; Connor, Kristina F. 2018. Biomass accumulation in the endangered shrub Lindera melissifolia as affected by gradients of light availability and soil flooding.
• Wilson, Alphus Dan. 2018. Developing electronic-nose technologies for clinical practice.
• Wilson, Alphus D.; Forse, Lisa B. 2018. Differences in VOC-metabolite profiles of Pseudogymnoascus destructans and related fungi by electronic-nose/GC analyses of headspace volatiles derived from axenic cultures.
• Wilson, Alphus D. 2018. Rust-red stringy white rot: The Indian paint fungus, Echinodontium tinctorium.
• Wilson, Alphus Dan; Forse, Lisa Beth. 2017. Discrimination between Pseudogymnoascus destructans, other dermatophytes of cave-dwelling bats, and related innocuous keratinophilic fungi based on electronic-nose/GC signatures of VOC-metabolites produced in culture.
• Lockhart, B. R.; Gardiner, E. S.; Leininger, T. D.; Devall, M. S.; Wilson, A. D.; Connor, K. F.; Hamel, P. B.; Schiff, N. M. 2017. Light availability and soil flooding regulate photosynthesis of an imperiled shrub in lowland forests of the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, USA.
• Wilson, A. Dan. 2016. Finding aroma clues in the human breath to diagnose diseases.
• Wilson, Alphus Dan. 2016. Identification and discrimination of herbicide residues using a conducting polymer electronic nose.
• Wilson, Dan. 2016. Recent progress in the design and clinical development of electronic-nose technologies.
• Baietto, Manuela; Wilson, Dan. 2015. Electronic-nose applications for fruit identification, ripeness, and quality grading.
• Martins, Andreza M.; Abilio, Fernanda M.; Oliveira, Plinio Gonçalves de; Feltrin, Raquel Partelli; Scheffer Alves de Lima, Fernanda; de O. Antonelli, Priscilla; Vilela, Daniela Teixeira; Smith III, Carl G.; Tidwell, Collin; Hamel, Paul; Devall, Margaret; Connor, Kristina; Leininger, Theodor; Schiff, Nathan; Wilson, A. Dan. 2015. Pondberry (Lindera   melissifolia, Lauraceae) seed and seedling dispersers and predators.
• Baietto, Manuela; Aquaro, Sofia; Wilson, Dan; Pozzi, Letizia; Bassi, Danieli. 2015. The use of gas-sensor arrays in the detection of bole and root decays in living trees: development of a new non-invasive method of sampling and analysis.
• Wilson, Alphus D. 2014. Detection and diagnosis of bacterial wetwood in Tilia americana and Ulmus americana sapwood using a CP electronic-nose.
• Wilson, AD. 2014. Electronic-nose applications in forensic science and for analysis of volatile biomarkers in the human breath.
• Wilson, A.D. 2014. Identification of insecticide residues with a conducting-polymer electronic nose.
• Connor, K.F.; Schaefer, G.M.; Donahoo, J.B.; Devall, M.S.; Gardiner, E.S.; Leininger, T.D.; Wilson, A.D.; Schiff, N.M.; Hamel, P.B.; Zarnoch, S.J. 2013. Lindera melissifolia seed bank study in a lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley bottomland forest.
• Lockhart, Brian Roy; Gardiner, Emile S.; Leininger, Theodor D.; Hamel, Paul B.; Connor, Kristina F.; Devall, Margaret S.; Schiff, Nathan M.; Wilson, A. Dan. 2013. Lindera melissifolia responses to flood durations and light regimes suggest strategies for recovery and conservation.
• Wilson, Alphus D; Oberle, Charisse; Oberle, Daniel F. 2013. Detection of off-flavor in catfish using a conducting polymer electronic-nose technology.
• Baietto, Manuela; Pozzi, Letizia; Wilson, Alphus Dan; Bassi, Daniele. 2013. Evaluation of a portable MOS electronic nose to detect root rots in shade tree species.
• Wilson, Alphus D. 2013. Fungicide residue identification and discrimination using a conducting polymer electronic-nose.
• Wilson, Alphus D. 2012. Advanced methods for teaching electronic-nose technologies to diagnosticians and clinical laboratory technicians.
• Wilson, Alphus D. 2012. Application of a conductive polymer electronic-nose device to identify aged woody samples.
• Herath, H. M. T.Bandara; Jacob, Melissa; Wilson, A. Alpus; Abbas, Hamed K.; Nanayakkara, N.P. Dhammika Nanayakkara. 2012. New secondary metabolites from bioactive extracts of the fungus Armillaria tabescens.
• Wilson, Alphus D. 2012. Review of electronic-nose technologies and algorithms to detect hazardous chemicals in the environment.
• Wilson, Alphus D. 2012. Theoretical and practical considerations for teaching diagnostic electronic-nose technologies to clinical laboratory technicians.
• Wilson, Alphus D. 2011. Future applications of electronic-nose technologies in healthcare and biomedicine.
• Baietto, Manuela; Wilson, Alphus D.; Bassi, Daniele; Ferrini, Francesco . 2010. Evaluation of three electronic noses for detecting incipient wood decay.
• Wilson, A. D.; Schiff, N.M.; Haugen, D. A. ; Hoebeke, E. R. . 2009. First report of Amylostereum areolatum in pines in the United States.
• Hawkins, Tracy S.; Schiff, Nathan M.; Leininger, Theodor D.; Gardiner, Emile S; Devall, Margaret S.; Hamel, Paul B.; Wilson, A. Dan; Connor, Kristina F. 2009. Growth and intraspecific competitive abilities of the dioecious Lindera melissifolia (Lauraceae) in varied flooding regimes.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, Donald G.; Luckenbill, Brian K. 2008. Control of clavicipitaceous anamorphic endophytes with fungicides, aerated steam and supercritical fluid CO₂-seed extraction.
• Baietto, Manuela; Wilson, A. Dan; Bassi, Daniele; Ferrini, Francesco. 2008. Evaluation of the diagnostic feasibility of the electronic nose in detecting incipient decay of artificially inoculated wood.
• Appel, D.N.; Cameron, R.S.; Wilson, A.D.; Johnson, J.D. 2008. How to identify and manage oak wilt in Texas.
• Appel, D. N.; Cameron, R. S. ; Wilson, A. D. ; Johnson., J. D. . 2008. How to identify and manage oak wilt in Texas.
• Wilson, A. Dan. 2007. Clavicipitaceous anamorphic endophytes in Hordeum germplasm.
• Connor, Kristina; Schaefer, Gretchen; Donahoo, Jillian; Devall, Margaret; Gardiner, Emile; Hawkins, Tracy; Wilson, A. Dan; Schiff, Nathan; Hamel, Paul; Leininger, Ted. 2007. Development, fatty acid composition, and storage of drupes and seeds from the endangered pondberry (Lindera melissifolia).
• Hawkins, Tracy S.; Schiff, Nathan M.; Gardiner, Emile s.; Leininger, Theodore; Devall, Margaret S.; Wilson, A. Dan; Hamel, Paul; McCown, Deborah D.; Connor, Kristina. 2007. Micropropagation of the endangered shrub pondberry (Lindera melissifolia [Walt.] Blume).
• Lockhart, Brian Roy; Gardiner, Emile S.; Stautz, Theran P.; Leininger, Theodore D.; Hamel, Paul B.; Connor, Kristina F.; Schiff, Nathan M.; Wilson, A. Dan; Devall, Margaret S. 2007. Nondestructive estimation of leaf area for pondberry.
• Connor, Kristina; Schafer, G.M.; Donahoo, J.; Devall, Margaret; Gardiner, Emile S.; Leininger, Theodor D.; Wilson, A. Dan; Schiff, Nathan; Hamel, Paul B.; Echt, Craig. 2006. A study of the early fruit characteristics of pondberry.
• Lockhart, Brian R.; Gardiner, Emile S.; Leininger, Theodore D.; Connor, Kristina F.; Hamel, Paul B.; Schiff, Nathan M.; Wilson, A. Dan; Devall, Margaret S. 2006. Flooding facility helps scientists examine the ecophysiology of floodplain species used in bottomland hardwood restorations.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, D.G.; Oberle, Charisse S. 2005. Application of conductive polymer analysis for wood and woody plant identifications.
• Wilson, Dan A. 2005. Recent advances in the control of oak wilt in the United States.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, D.G.; Oberle, C.S. 2004. Development of Conductive Polymer Analysis for the Rapid Detection and Identification of Phytopathogenic Microbes.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Leininger, Theodor D.; Otrosina, William J.; Dwinell, L. David; Schiff, Nathan M. 2004. The impact and control of major southern forest diseases.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, D.G. 2002. Trench Inserts as Long-term Barriers to Root Transmission for Control of Oak Wilt.
• Wilson, A. Dan. 2001. Oak wilt: a potential threat to southern and western oak forests.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, D.G.; Edmonson, R.E. 2000. Live Oaks, New Hosts for Odontocynips Nebulosa Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in North America.
• Wilson, A. Dan. 2000. New methods, algorithms, and software for rapid mapping of tree positions in coordinate forest plots.
• Solomon, J.D.; Wilson, A. Dan; Schiff, N.M. 1999. A Guide to Major Insects, Diseases, Air Pollution, Injury, and Chemical Injury of Sycamore.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, D.G. 1999. Incidence of Trench Breakouts Following Applications of Trench Insert Barriers to Control Root Transmission of Ceratocytis Fagacearum in Texas Live Oaks, 1998.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, D.G. 1998. Clavicipitaceous Endophytes Image Library.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, D.G. 1998. Cottonwood Pests Image Library.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, D.G. 1998. Indian Paint Fungus Image Library.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, D.G. 1998. North American Hardwood Borers.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, D.G. 1998. Oak Pests Image Library.
• Clement, S.L.; Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, D.G.; Davitt, C.M. 1997. Fungal Endophytes of Wild Barley and their Effects on Diuraphis noxia Population Development.
• Leininger, Theodor D.; Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, Donald G. 1997. Hurricane Andrew Damage in Relation to Wood Decay Fungi and Insects in Bottomland Hardwoods of the Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana.
• Wilson, A. D. 1997. Rust-red stringy white rot: The Indian paint fungus, Echinodontium tinctorium.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Forse, L.B. 1997. Sensitivity of Texas strains of Ceratocystis fagacearum to triazole fungicides.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, D.G. 1997. Subsequent Tests of Trench Inserts as Barriers to Root Transmission for Control of Oak Wilt in Texas Live Oaks.
• Solomon, J.D.; Wilson, A. Dan; Leininger, Theodor D.; Lester, D.G.; McCasland, C.S.; Clarke, S.; Affeltranger, C. 1997. Sugarberry Dieback and Mortality in Southern Louisiana: Cause, Impact, and Prognosis.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, D.G. 1997. Use of an electronic-nose device for profiling headspace volatile metabolites to rapidly identify phytopathogenic microbes [Abstract].
• Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, D.G. 1996. Ash Pests Image Library.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, D.G. 1996. Assessment of Trench Inserts as Barriers to Root Transmission for Control of Oak Wilt in Texas Live Oaks.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, D.G. 1996. Evaluation of Propiconazole Application Methods for Control of Oak Wilt in Texas Live Oaks.
• Clement, S.L.; Lester, D.G.; Wilson, A. Dan; Johnson, R.C.; Bouton, J.H. 1996. Expression of Russian Wheat Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) Resistance in Genotypes of Tall Fescue Harboring Different Isolates of Acremonium Endophyte.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, D.G. 1996. Oak Wilt Image Library.
• Wilson, A. D. 1996. Resources and testing of endophyte-infected germplasm in national grass repository collections.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Lester, D.G. 1995. Application of Propiconazole and Pseudomonas Cichorii for Control of Oak Wilt in Texas Live Oaks.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Kaiser, W.J. 1995. Cytology and Genetics of Sexual Incompatibility in Didymella rabiei.
• Wilson, A. Dan. 1995. Future Direction of USDA Forest Service Research.
• Solomon, J.D.; Leininger, T.D.; Wilson, A.D.; Anderson, R.L.; Thompson, L.C.; McCracken, F.I. 1993. Ash pests: a guide to major insects, diseases, air pollution injury, and chemical injury.
• Wilson, A. Dan. 1992. A Versatile Giemsa Protocol for Permanent Nuclear Staining of Fungi.
• Wilson, A. D.; Gay, C.C.; and Fransen, S.C. 1992. An Acremonium endophyte of Lolium perenne associated with hyperthermia of cattle in Pacific County, Washington.
• Clement, S.L.; Lester, D.G.; Wilson, A. Dan; Pike, K.S. 1992. Behavior Performance of Diuraphis noxia (Homoptera: Aphididae) on Fungal Endophyte-Infected and Uninfected Perennial Ryegrass.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Clement, S.L.; Kaiser, W.J. 1991. Endophytic Fungi in a Hordeum Germplasm Collection.
• Wilson, A.D.; Clement, S.L.; Kaiser, W.J.; Lester, D.G. 1991. First report of clavicipitaceous anamorphic endophytes in hordeum species.
• Clement, S.L.; Pike, K.S.; Kaiser, W.J.; Wilson, A. Dan. 1991. Resistance of Endophyte-Infected Plants of Tall Fescue and Perennial Ryegrass to the Russian Wheat Aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae).
• Wilson, A. Dan. 1991. Somatic Incompatibility in Diakaryotic-monokaryotic and Dikaryotic Pairings of Echinodontium tinctorium.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Clement, Stephen L.; Kaiser, Walter J. 1991. Survey and Detection of Endophytic Fungi in Lolium Germ Plasm by Direct Staining and Aphid Assays.
• Wilson, A. Dan. 1990. The Genetics of Sexual Incompatibility in the Indian Paint Fungus, Echinodontium Tinctorium.
• Wilson, A. Dan; Halliwell, R.S. 1985. Characterization and Field Studies of a Cucumber Mosaic Virus Isolate from Spinach in the Winter Garden Area of Texas.

Research Highlights

White Oak Reproduction Under Fire: Thinning and Prescribed Fire to Benefit Species in Demand (2020)

White oak commodity production has seen an uptick due to increased demand for spirits distilled in white oak barrels. To maintain white oak primacy, which supports ecosystems as well as industry, managers must ensure that white oak saplings survive and grow into the canopy. USDA Forest Service researchers are partnering wtih partners across the U.S. to provide managers with wills and knowledge to maintain this vital component of U.S. Forests.

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