Background
John E. Casida was born in 1929 in the United States.
John E. Casida was born in 1929 in the United States.
He completed this Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1951. He completed his Mississippi in 1951 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1954 from the same university.
Casida is known for his research on the toxicology and mode of action of most major insecticides, herbicides and fungicides, and their synergists. Additional areas of study include research on the synthesis, metabolism, toxicokinetics and mechanisms of toxicity of the organophosphates, pyrethroids and neonicotinoids. In addition, he is described as being a "Highly Cited" researcher by Inter-Services Intelligence Web of Knowledge, and currently has in excess of 850 scientific publications.
He has synthesized compounds that are more active and less persistent than insecticides currently used in agricultural practice and his contributions have provided a rational basis for the evaluation of the risks and benefits of pesticides and toxicants.
He was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1991 and to the Royal Society (United Kingdom) in 1998. In 1993, he was awarded the Wolf Prize in Agriculture "for his pioneering studies on the mode of action of insecticides, design of safer pesticides and contributions to the understanding of nerve and muscle function in insects".
He is currently the William Muriece Hoskins Chair in Chemical and Molecular Entomology at the University of California, Berkeley.
Royal Society; National Academy of Sciences.