- Phone:
- (812) 855-5249
- Email:
- mlame@indiana.edu
- Research areas:
- Ecology and Conservation
- Environmental and Energy Policy
- Areas of Interest:
- Medical entomology
- Bedbugs, lice, and ticks
- School insecticide programs
- EPA management
SPEA 341B
Education
- Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1992
- M.S., Auburn University, 1981
- B.A., The Ohio State University, 1975
Courses
- Environmental Management
- Insects and the Environment
- Management Communication
- Natural Resource Management and Policy
- Public Management
Biography
Dr. Marc L. Lame is a nearly 30-year faculty member with O'Neill, now serving as clinical professor emeritus . Lame holds degrees in agriculture, entomology, and public administration. He was an extension integrated pest management (IPM) specialist at the University of Arizona for 10 years and an administrator for Arizona Department of Environmental Quality before joining Indiana University.
By personally inspecting, assessing, and making recommendations, Lame has implemented school IPM programs to reduce the risks from pests and pesticides in 23 states over the past two decades. He was recognized for his extensive work in this area in 2006 at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Agriculture's National IPM Symposium. The "Monroe IPM Model" that he developed with 20 other nationally recognized IPM implementers is now considered a standard for IPM programs in schools.
Lame serves as a subject matter expert regarding vector borne disease for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He assisted in the development of the joint EPA/CDC 2010 statement on bed bugs as a national health concern. In 2021, he was appointed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Ageny's Pesticide Program Dialogue Committe which advises the EPA on issues involving the implementation of pesticide policies, regulations, and programs.
Highlights
- Inaugural Recipient of (2015) Beyond SPEA Award, O'Neill Student Choice Awards
- Nationally known Integrated Pest Management specialist
- Agency appointed advisor, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Pesticide Program
- Consultant to the National School IPM Steering Committees
- O'Neill Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2006
- Recognition Award, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Children's Health Protection
In the News
- "Exterminators make a killing in schools" - South Bend Tribune, September 20, 2015
- "Mutated head lice already may have arrived in Missouri and Kansas" - Kansas City Star, August 19, 2015
- "No Bugs About It, Sheridan Schools Earns Killer Award" - The Times of Noblesville, IN, August 13, 2014
- "Schools Earn Killer Award!" - Sheridan News, August 13, 2014
- "'Monroe Model' Bad for Bugs, Good for Kids" - Herald-Times, July 25, 2014
- "Mooresville Schools Earn EPA Award" - The Mooresville-Decatur Times, May 17, 2014
Selected Works
- "IPM Adoption Process," SCHOOL IPM 2015: Reducing Pest Problems and Pesticide Hazards in Our Nation's Schools. (D. Gouge & T. Green, eds.). (USDA, Strategic Plan). 2008
- "Use of an implementation model and diffusion process for establishing integrated pest management in Arizona schools," (with D. H. Gouge and J. L. Snyder). American Entomologist, 52:3. (2006). (Refereed)
- A Worm in the Teacher's Apple: Protecting America's School Children from Pests and Pesticides, Bloomington, IN: Authorhouse (2005)