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Our Faculty Mentors

Vector ecology, vector surveillance, vector control, clinical studies / trials

Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec (PD)

Emory University

Vector ecology, vector surveillance, vector control, clinical studies / trials

Research Interests:

Disease ecology, vector biology, medical entomology, evolutionary biology, mathematical modeling, malaria, arboviruses

Courtney Murdock (PI)

Cornell University

Disease ecology, vector biology, medical entomology, evolutionary biology, mathematical modeling, malaria, arboviruses

Research Interests:

Medical entomology, parasitology, malaria vector control

Solomon Yared

Jigjiga University

Medical entomology, parasitology, malaria vector control

Research Interests:

Migration, health and society, pastoralism, and gender dynamics

Biniyam Bogale

Jigjiga University

Migration, health and society, pastoralism, and gender dynamics

Research Interests:

One health, indigenous knowledge, climate change, surveillance

Seid Mohammed

Jigjiga University

One health, indigenous knowledge, climate change, surveillance

Research Interests:

Bionomics, behaviors, and the ecology of vectors

Esayas Aklilu

Addis Ababa University

Bionomics, behaviors, and the ecology of vectors

Research Interests:

Biology, ecology, behavior, distribution, insecticide resistance, seasonality, and control of major insect vectors, particularly mosquitoes and sand flies

Araya Gebresilassie

Addis Ababa University

Biology, ecology, behavior, distribution, insecticide resistance, seasonality, and control of major insect vectors, particularly mosquitoes and sand flies

Research Interests:

Vector biology, parasitology, epidemiology, molecular
genetics

Yaw Afrane

University of Ghana

Vector biology, parasitology, epidemiology, molecular
genetics

Research Interests:

Vector biology, insecticide resistance, malaria epidemiology

Praveen Bharti

NIMR-Delhi

Vector biology, insecticide resistance, malaria epidemiology

Research Interests:

Epidemiology, vector biology and control, molecular biology,vector-parasite interactions

Rajendra Baharia

NIMR-Nadiad

Epidemiology, vector biology and control, molecular biology,vector-parasite interactions

Research Interests:

Epidemiology, vector biology and control, molecular biology,vector-parasite interactions

Ajeet Mohanty

NIMR-Goa

Epidemiology, vector biology and control, molecular biology,vector-parasite interactions

Research Interests:

Development economics, health economics, and the economics of gender

Deepshikha Batheja

Indian School of Business

Development economics, health economics, and the economics of gender

Research Interests:

Medical entomology, vector biology

Laura Harrington

Cornell University

Medical entomology, vector biology

Research Interests:

Vector biology, molecular biology

Nicolas Buchon

Cornell University

Vector biology, molecular biology

Research Interests:

Disease ecology and evolution, population genetics

Brian Lazzaro

Cornell University

Disease ecology and evolution, population genetics

Research Interests:

Landscape ecology, disease ecology, geography

Michael Wimberly

University of Oklahoma

Landscape ecology, disease ecology, geography

Research Interests:

Health, schooling, cognitive development

Arindam Nandi

The Population Council, One Health Trust

Health, schooling, cognitive development

Research Interests:

Molecular genetics, insecticide resistance, population genetics

Martin Donnelly

LSTM

Molecular genetics, insecticide resistance, population genetics

Research Interests:

Anopheles whole genome sequencing, bioinformatics

Eric Lucas

LSTM

Anopheles whole genome sequencing, bioinformatics

Research Interests:

Population genetics, genomic surveillance

Tristan Dennis

LSTM

Population genetics, genomic surveillance

Research Interests:

Human–environment interactions, computational social science, urban informatics, GeoAI, and disaster mapping and remote sensing

Xiao Huang

Emory University

Human–environment interactions, computational social science, urban informatics, GeoAI, and disaster mapping and remote sensing

Research Interests:

Vector control, malaria, infectious disease ecology, vector competence,

Dorian Jackson

Emory University

Vector control, malaria, infectious disease ecology, vector competence,

Research Interests:

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