Honors & Awards


  • NASA Early Career Public Achievement Medal, NASA (2019)
  • NASA Group Achievement Award, NASA (2017)

All Publications


  • Gas-surface interactions in lightweight fibrous carbon materials COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE Gopalan, K., Borner, A., Ferguson, J. C., Panerai, F., Mansour, N. N., Stephani, K. A. 2022; 205
  • Continuum to rarefied diffusive tortuosity factors in porous media from X-ray microtomography COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE Ferguson, J. C., Borner, A., Panerai, F., Close, S., Mansour, N. N. 2022; 203
  • Update 3.0 to "PuMA: The Porous Microstructure Analysis software", (PII:S2352711018300281) SOFTWAREX Ferguson, J. C., Semeraro, F., Thornton, J. M., Panerai, F., Borner, A., Mansour, N. N. 2021; 15
  • Anisotropic analysis of fibrous and woven materials part 2: Computation of effective conductivity COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE Semeraro, F., Ferguson, J. C., Acin, M., Panerai, F., Mansour, N. N. 2021; 186
  • Pore-resolved simulations of porous media combustion with conjugate heat transfer PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE Ferguson, J. C., Sobhani, S., Ihme, M. 2021; 38 (2): 2127-2134
  • Anisotropic analysis of fibrous and woven materials part 1: Estimation of local orientation COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE Semeraro, F., Ferguson, J. C., Panerai, F., King, R. J., Mansour, N. N. 2020; 178
  • Prediction of gas transport properties through fibrous carbon preform microstructures using Direct Simulation Monte Carlo INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER Jambunathan, R., Levin, D. A., Borner, A., Ferguson, J. C., Panerai, F. 2019; 130: 923-937
  • PuMA: the Porous Microstructure Analysis software SOFTWAREX Ferguson, J. C., Panerai, F., Borner, A., Mansour, N. N. 2018; 7: 81-87
  • Theoretical study on the micro-scale oxidation of resin-infused carbon ablators CARBON Ferguson, J. C., Panerai, F., Lachaud, J., Mansour, N. N. 2017; 121: 552-562
  • Micro-tomography based analysis of thermal conductivity, diffusivity and oxidation behavior of rigid and flexible fibrous insulators INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER Panerai, F., Ferguson, J. C., Lachaud, J., Martin, A., Gasch, M. J., Mansour, N. N. 2017; 108: 801-811
  • Modeling the oxidation of low-density carbon fiber material based on micro-tomography CARBON Ferguson, J. C., Panerai, F., Lachaud, J., Martin, A., Bailey, S. C., Mansour, N. N. 2016; 96: 57-65
  • Ingested RNA interference for managing the populations of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE Zhu, F., Xu, J., Palli, R., Ferguson, J., Palli, S. R. 2011; 67 (2): 175-182

    Abstract

    RNA interference (RNAi) is a breakthrough technology for conducting functional genomics studies and also as a potential tool for crop protection against insect pests. The major challenge for efficient pest control using RNAi in the field is the development of efficient and reliable methods for production and delivery of double-stranded RNA (dsRNA). In this paper, the potential of feeding dsRNA expressed in bacteria or synthesized in vitro to manage populations of Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) (CPB), was investigated.Feeding RNAi successfully triggered the silencing of all five target genes tested and caused significant mortality and reduced body weight gain in the treated beetles. This study provides the first example of an effective RNAi response in insects after feeding dsRNA produced in bacteria.These results suggest that the efficient induction of RNAi using bacteria to deliver dsRNA is a possible method for management of CPB. This could be also a promising bioassay approach for genome-wide screens to identify effective target genes for use as novel RNAi-based insecticides.

    View details for DOI 10.1002/ps.2048

    View details for Web of Science ID 000286071200007

    View details for PubMedID 21061270