Background
Tabachnick, Walter Jay was born on June 14, 1947 in Brooklyn. Son of Jack and Sylvia (Breidbart) Tabachnick.
Tabachnick, Walter Jay was born on June 14, 1947 in Brooklyn. Son of Jack and Sylvia (Breidbart) Tabachnick.
Bachelor of Science, City University of New York Brooklyn College, 1968. Master of Science, Rutgers University, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, Rutgers University, 1974.
Assistant professor life science University Wisconsin, Parkside, 1973-1975. Postdoctoral fellow Yale University, New Haven, 1975-1978, research associate, 1979-1982. Lecturer University of California at Los Angeles, 1978-1979.
Assistant professor biology Loyola University, Chicago, 1982-1987. Research entomologist Anthropod-borne Animal Diseases Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, Laramie, Wyoming, 1987-1999. Research leader United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, 1992-1998.
Director, professor Florida medical entomology laboratory University Florida, since 1999. Consultant Anthrpod and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Fort Collins, Colorado, since 1988. Member executive committee MacArthur Foundation vector biology program Colorado State University, Fort Collins, since 1988.
Member American Genetics Association, American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, American Mosquito Control Association, Genetics Society of America, Entomological Society of America, Society for the Study Evolution, Sigma Xi.
Married Darlene K. Virchow.