Courtney Murdock (PI)

Dr. Murdock is a leader in disease ecology and vector-borne diseases with over nine years of faculty experience and extensive national and international collaborations. She is currently PI on an NIAID R01 focused on data-driven forecasting of urban malaria transmission by Anopheles stephensi in Indian cities and on a USDA/NIFA Federal Capacity grant examining Aedes albopictus invasion biology, population genetics, and movement. She also serves as co-investigator on multiple NIH R01s addressing temperature effects on West Nile virus dynamics and novel mosquito age-grading methods. Her prior funding includes an NSF RAPID award on Zika virus transmission, an industry-sponsored project on heartworm intervention modeling, and multiple NIH R01 and R21 and DoD grants focused on mosquito-borne disease transmission and control. Dr. Murdock has published 62 peer-reviewed manuscripts, the majority produced during her faculty tenure and largely co-authored with trainees, and has an extensive mentoring record, having supervised 8 PhD students, 9 postdoctoral scholars, and 31 undergraduates, many of whom have advanced to academic, government, or research positions, while also contributing to graduate admissions and formal mentorship training initiatives.