Dr. Saber Miresmailli
Publications
Writing is one of my greatest hobbies. In the age of twitter, ChatGPT and short attention spans, writing might be considered overrated yet I believe it is one of the best ways humans can express themselves beyond the boundaries of time and geography and disseminate knowledge and wisdom.
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In addition to my academic and professional publications, I recently delve into educational story telling and novels. My first book, The Adventures of Invernaderoville, was recently published and is available on Amazon. I am currently working on a series that is inspired by the Magical Realism style of Gabriel García Márquez.
Publications
Peer Reviewed Papers
Miresmailli, S., Bello Bravo, J., and Pittendrigh, B., 2015. Scientific Animations Without Boarders and Crowd-sourced Emergency Relief Knowledge in Local Languages. A Case Study of the Iranian Earthquake. International Journal of Science in Society, 6: 1-10.
Miresmailli, S., and Isman, M.B. 2014 Botanical insecticides inspired by herbivore-plant interactions. Trends in Plant Science, (Invited review paper, impact factor: 11.047), 19: 29-35. (Featured on the journal cover).
Miresmailli, S., Zeri, M., Bernacchi, C., Zangerl, A., Berenbaum, M.R. and DeLucia, E.H. 2012. Impacts of herbaceous bioenergy crops on atmospheric volatile organic composition and potential consequences for global climate change. Global Change Biology Bioenergy , (impact factor: 3.617), 5: 375-383.
Zangerl, A., Miresmailli, S., Nabity, P., Lawrance, A., Yanahan, A., Mitchell, C., Anderson-Teixeira, K., David, M., Berenbaum, M. R. And DeLucia, E.H. 2012. Role of arthropod communities in bioenergy crop litter decomposition. Insect Science, (impact factor: 1.103), 20: 671-678.
Nabity, P., Orpet, R., Miresmailli, S., Beranbaum, M.R., and DeLucia, E.H. 2012. Silica and nitrogen modulate physical defense against herbivores in bioenergy crops Miscanthus x giganteus and Panicum virgatum. Journal of Economic Entomology. (impact factor: 1.489), 105: 878-883.
Miresmailli, S., Gries, R., Gries, G., Zamar, R.H. and Isman, M.B. 2012. Population density and feeding duration of cabbage looper larvae on tomato plants alter levels of plant volatile emission. Pest Management Science, (impact factor: 2.251), 68: 101-107.
Isman, M.B., Miresmailli, S. and Machial, C. 2011. Commercial opportunities for pesticides based on plant essential oils in agriculture, industry and consumer products. Phytochemistry Reviews, (impact factor: 4.333), 10: 197-204.
Miresmailli, S., Gries, R., Gries, G., Zamar, R.H. and Isman, M.B. 2010. Herbivore-induced plant volatiles allow detection of Trichoplusia ni (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) infestation on greenhouse tomato plants. Pest Management Science, (impact factor: 2.251) 66: 916-924.
Miresmailli, S., Bradbury, R. and Isman, M.B. 2010.Qualitative assessment of an ultra-fast portable gas chromatograph (zNoseô) for analyzing volatile organic chemicals in the laboratory and greenhouses. Arthopod-Plant Interactions, (impact factor: 1.309), 4: 175-180.
Noshad, D., Miresmailli, S., Riseman, A. and Ekramoddoullah, A. 2009. In vitro propagation of seven Daphne L. species. Plant cell, tissue and organ culture, (impact factor: 3.090), 96: 201-209.
Miresmailli, S., Bradbury, R. and Isman. M.B. 2006. Comparative toxicity of Rosmarinus officinalis L. essential oil and blends of its major constituents against Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae) on two different host plants. Pest Management Science, (impact factor: 2.251), 62: 366-71.
Miresmailli, S. and Isman, M.B. 2006. Efficacy and persistence of rosemary oil as an acaricide against two-spotted spider mite on greenhouse tomato (Acari: Tetranychidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, (impact factor: 1.489) , 99: 2015-2033.
Book Chapters
Miresmailli, S. 2013 Personalized pesticides – a new paradigm; Case Study: Volatilization of individual components of botanical insect repellents from human skin. Invited book chapter, ACS publishing. 10: 145-153
Isman, M.B. and Miresmailli, S. 2011. Plant essential oils as repellents and deterrents to agricultural pests. In: Paluch, G. And Coats, J.R. (Eds) Recent developments in invertebrate repellents. American Chemical Society. Washington, DC. pp. 67-79.
Miresmailli, S., Badulescu, D., Mahdaviani, M., Zamar, R. H. and Isman, M.B. 2010. Integrating plant chemical ecology, sensors and artificial intelligence for accurate pest monitoring. In: Aube, E.D and Poole, F.H (Eds). Tomatoes: Agricultural procedures, pathogen interaction and health effects. Nova Science Publishers, NY, pp. 129-146.
Isman, M.B., Machial, C.M., Miresmailli, S. and Bainard, L.D. 2007. Essential oil-based pesticides: new insights from old chemistry. In: H. Ohkawa, H. Miyagawa and P. Lee (Eds). Pesticide Chemistry, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, pp. 201-209.
Contributed Papers
Miresmailli, S., Bello-Bravo, J., Pittendrigh, B., Scientific Animations without Borders and Crowd-sourced Emergency Relief Knowledge in Local Languages, International Conference of Science in Society, Vancouver, BC, October 2014
Noweder, A., Platt, F., Elseth, K., Onul, A., Bassiony, M., Vesper, B.J., Miresmailli, S. and Radosevich, J.A. 2012. Cytotoxicity of cinnamon oil on human cancer cells. Annual clinic and research day, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, March 2012
Miresmailli, S., Zangerl, A., Nabity, P., Lawrence, A., Yanahan, A., Mitchell, C., David, M., Berenbaum, M., Delucia, E. 2011. Biofuel litter decomposition: Effect of arthropod community on litter decomposition in biofuel crops. Energy Biosciences Institute, Research Symposium, UC Berkeley, August 2011
Miresmailli, S., Zeri, M., Zangerl, A., Bernacchi, C., Berenbaum, M., Delucia, E. 2011. Impacts of biofuel crops on atmospheric volatile organic composition and potential consequences for global climate change. Energy Biosciences Institute, Research Symposium, UC Berkeley, August 2011
Miresmailli, S. 2011. Personalized pesticides-a new paradigm: volatilization of individual components of botanical insect repellents from human skin, Entomological Society of America, Reno, NV, November 2011
Miresmailli, S. 2011. It is a smelly world! Three tales of using chemical ecology in action. Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL September 2011
Miresmailli, S., Zeri, M., Bernacchi, C., Zangerl, A., Berenbaum, M.R. and DeLucia, E.H. 2011. Impacts of biofuel crops on atmospheric volatile organic composition and potential consequences for global climate change, Ecological Society of America, Austin, TX, August 2011
Miresmailli, S., Zeri, M., Bernacchi, C., Zangerl, A., Berenbaum, M.R. and DeLucia, E.H. 2011. Impacts of biofuel crops on atmospheric volatile organic composition and potential consequences for global climate change, International Society of Chemical Ecology, Vancouver, BC August 2011
Miresmailli, S. 2011. Personalized pesticides-a new paradigm: volatilization of individual components of botanical insect repellents from human skin, International Society of Chemical Ecology, Vancouver, BC August 2011
Miresmailli, S., Gries, R., Gries, G., Zamar, R.H. and Isman, M.B. 2010. Herbivore-induced plant volatiles allow detection of Trichoplusia ni (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) infestation on greenhouse tomato plants. Entomological Society of America, December 2010
Miresmailli, S. 2010. Info-chemicals in agriculture: two case studies in greenhouse tomato and biofuel energy farms. Entomological Society of Canada, November 2010
Badulescu, D., Isman, M., Zhilli, J., Miresmailli, S. 2009. Innovative governance for sustainable transitions to novel IPM and GM technologies: from authority to legitimacy. Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America, March 2009
Miresmailli, S. 2008. Intelligent pest monitoring; a new paradigm for crop protection. Entomological Society of America, Reno, Nevada, November 2008
Miresmailli, S. 2008. Intelligent pest monitoring, International Society of Chemical Ecology, PSU, PA, August 2008
Miresmailli, S. 2006. Efficacy and persistence of rosemary oil-based acaricide against two spotted spider mite on greenhouse tomato, Professional Pest Management Association of BC, October 2006
Miresmailli, S. 2005. Persia: older than history, PSGSS cultural talk series, Center for Plant Research, Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, March 2005
