Jai Krishen Nayar

Background

Nayar, Jai Krishen was born on January 3, 1933 in Kisumu, Kenya, East Africa. Son of Kishen Parshad and Harbans Kaur (Khosla) Nayar. came to the United States, 1958.

Education

Bachelor of Science with honors in Zoology/Chemistry, U. Delhi, India, 1954; Master of Science in Zoology and Entomology, U. Delhi, India, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy in Entomology and Physiology, University of Illinois, 1962.

Career

Research assistant department entomology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1958-1961; National Research Council postdoctoral research fellow department entomology, U. Manitoba, Winnipeg, 1962-1963; entomologist III and IV, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Florida Department Health/Rehabilitation Superior vena cava syndrome, Vero Beach, 1963-1979; adjunct associate professor entomology and veterinary medicine, U. Florida, Vero Beach, 1975-1985; medical entomologist IV, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, IFAS, U. Florida, Vero Beach, 1979-1983; professor, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, IFAS, U. Florida, Vero Beach, since 1983.

Achievements

• Jai Krishen Nayar has been listed as a noteworthy Entomologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, traveling.

Connections

Married Gisela Käthe Hoelscher, October 30, 1964. Children: Veena R., Karen U., Gisela Katherine.

Father:

Kishen Parshad Nayar

Mother:

Harbans Kaur (Khosla) Nayar

Spouse:

Gisela Käthe Hoelscher

child:

Gisela Katherine Nayar

child:

Karen U. Nayar

child:

Veena R. Nayar