John Edward Casida was born Dec. 22, 1929, in Phoenix, Arizona and died June 30 2018 in Berkeley, He earned a Ph.D. in entomology, biochemistry and plant physiology in 1954 at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. In 1964, Casida joined UC Berkeleys entomology department. He was one of the worlds leading authorities on how pesticides work and how they can potentially harm humans
University of California at Berkeley; Nutritional Science and Toxicology and Environmental Science; Policy and Management; 114 Wellman Hall; Berkeley; 94702
