
Urban microclimate and mosquito-borne disease
How does microclimate across an urban gradient alter disease dynamics of dengue in Aedes albopictus?
PhD Student, University of Georgia
I'm a PhD student in the Integrative Conservation
and Ecology program at the University of Georgia,
advised by Dr. John Drake and Dr. Courtney Murdock.
I am interested in the effects of urbanization on vector-borne disease dynamics and ecology. Specifically, my research is focused on how mosquito community ecology scales-up across a landscape to influence human risk of mosquito-borne disease. I approach this problem from an interdisciplinary perspective, incorporating the social, ecological, and political complexities characteristic of urban systems.
How does microclimate across an urban gradient alter disease dynamics of dengue in Aedes albopictus?
Are the effects of interspecific competition between Aedes aegypti and Anopheles stephensi dependent on temperature?
How do microclimate and habitat availability impact mosquito community dynamics across a landscape?
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