Paul Appleton Email & Phone Number

Bangkok, Thailand

Provide Integrated Pest Management and Sustainable Agriculture solutions and advice.

Roi Et, Thailand

Co-owner, Co-operator of 101 Pub and Restaurant, Roi Et, Thailand.Manage stock purchasing and recycling.Source local, sustainably produced crops and meats.Manage hiring of Thai kitchen and service staff. Customer service and customer relations.

Chalok Ban Kao, Ko Tao, Surat Thani, Thailand

PADI Divemaster Trainee/Divemaster.

Roi Et And Ubol Ratchathani, Thailand

Project management, especially of field trials of new or biologically based CPA’s (Crop Protection Agents) and fertilizers.Research and implement Integrated Pest Management systems for oriental tobacco – rice with contracted farmers.Research for improvement opportunities in the rice-tobacco agriculture value chain.Document and and monitor farmer profitability through increased yield, improved quality and cost-benefit calculations.Engage with stakeholders to evaluate key performance indicators (KPI’s) and areas for improvement throughout year.Participate in Board of Director (BOD) meetings as an advisor.Engage in customer service and customer retention activities during field visits and third-party audits.Cooperate with agronomy team in production of GAP Farmer Handbook for oriental tobacco production in the Thai language.Conduct staff and farmer training for Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), IPM, and Worker Protection Standards (WPS) in the Thai and/or Lao languages using the Farmer Field School method.Conduct crop production volume estimates, variance analyses on purchase price variance, and report to management.Conduct water and soil quality surveys for agricultural use in rice and tobacco.Project management of crop variety trials and trial variety seed production.Project management for seedling production/distribution projects to contracted farmers.Develop weather and insect pest infestation forecasts.Identify and promote use of beneficial plants and insects in the rice-tobacco growing system.Experience with implementation of FAO International Code of Conduct for Pesticides. Experience with ISO 9001: 2008 compliance.

Bangkok Metropolitan Area, Thailand

ESL teacher for primary school students, Prathom 3 and 4. Write lesson plans and maintain grade records.

Amherst, Ma

Assist with project management of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) research trials in fruit tree orchards in Western New England.Engage with growers, extension researchers, and other stakeholders to prepare weekly reports for IPM decision making and value chain improvement.Support Graduate student research and data collection.Maintain vehicles and insect trapping equipment.All other aspects of orchard work at the Horticulture Research Center including tree pruning, planting, harvesting, tractor driving, field crops, etc.

Raleigh, Nc

Install, maintain, and collect data for field trial plots studying the chemical ecology and feeding behavior of Heliothis virescens (tobacco budworm) and H. subflexa.Apply certified organic insecticides for comparison trials.Support graduate student field research.Maintain vehicles and inset trapping equipment.

Bachelor'S Degree, Plant And Soil Science Entomology Plant Pathology, 3.41

Activities and Societies: Outing ClubDegree in Plant and Soil Science Minor in Entomology Minor in Plant Pathology Coursework in Spanish.

Sociology And Anthropology

Graduate coursework at the Research Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD).

Sustainable Agriculture And Integrated Watershed Management

Graduate coursework at the Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Integrated Watershed Management (SAIWAM).

Psychology, Ab

Coursework in Psychology and Expository Writing at Harvard University Extension School (28 Credits).

Outdoor Education

Fall Semester in the Rockies (FSR 5). Mountianeering, Orienteering, climbing, caving, canyoneering, backcountry ski trekking, wilderness.

Divemaster, Divemaster

PADI Divemaster program. Dive safety, environmental awareness, dive leading, diver course instruction assistance, underwater photograpghy.