Speaker:          Robert M. Corrigan, Ph.D.

Program: Biology and Control of Insects – Biology and Control of Rodents

Bobby Corrigan has been active in urban and industrial pest management for over 25 years, and is the owner of RMC Pest Management Consulting, a company that currently provides consulting services to a wide variety of industrial clients and city governments including The City of New York, and Washington D.C.

Prior to staring his own consulting firm, Bobby was a staff member of Purdue’s Entomology Department for 15 years as a extension specialist, teacher and researcher in urban and industrial pest management.  His industry experience includes 3 years full time as a pest control technician in the New York City/ Long Island area, and one year as a technical specialist for Terminix International.

As a consultant, Dr. Corrigan designs urban IPM and Green Pest Management programs for metropolises and large corporations on a global scale.  Bobby has conducted pest management training and consulting services in over 45 states as well as in Europe, Asia, South America and Canada.

Over the past 15 years, Bobby has published over 125 technical publications in pest control, and is a regular contributor and columnist for Pest Control Technology Magazine.  His book: Rodent Pest Management: A Practical Guide For Pest Management Professionals was published by GIE Media in 2001.  For the past three editions Dr. Corrigan has co-authored the popular industry textbook, The Scientific Guide to Pest Control Operations, and has been the Rats and Mice chapter author for the 8^th and 9^th editions of the Mallis Handbook of Pest Control.

Bobby holds an A.A.S degree in pest control from State University of NY; a B.S degree in urban and industrial entomology from Purdue, and his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in rodent and vertebrate pest management also from Purdue.