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PacVec Fall Seminar Series 2021
Join us via Zoom for our THIRD SEMINAR on October 26, 2021 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM PDT!
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“Orientation behavior of western tree hole mosquitoes, Aedes sierrensis (Ludlow)"
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 Kirsten Meredith, B.S., Trainee
University of Utah
Kirsten Meredith is a Ph.D. student in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Utah with an interest in host discrimination and other odor-mediated behaviors of mosquitoes as well as their flight dynamics. Kirsten has a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Utah. Since insect vector biology intersects with many aspects of society, Kirsten’s main goal is to take what she learns from her Ph.D. and apply it to the interface between science and politics, education, business as well as outreach to the general public.
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"Pyrethroid contamination in California underground storm drain systems"
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 Nathan Sy, Ph.D., Student
University of California, Riverside
Nathan Sy is an environmental sciences graduate student at the University of California, Riverside with an interest in contaminant fate and transport, contaminant degradation pathways, bio- and phytoremediation, and environmental waste monitoring and management. His current work sought to characterize the occurrence and distribution of pyrethroids across catch basins in California and in numerous USDS structures in Los Angeles County. In urban settings, underground storm drain systems (USDSs), consisting of catch basins, channels, outfalls, and many miles of connecting pipelines, are a significant source of mosquitoes. Many of these structures are likely to retain pyrethroid insecticides, which may lead to inadvertent exposure to larval mosquitoes.
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Every second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 12:00 - 1:00 PM PDT/PST:
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Gale Disler (University of Alaska Anchorage) & Renate Schlaht (University of Alaska Fairbanks)
"Understanding the role of veterinary personnel in regards to ticks and tick-borne disease in Alaska"
Erin “Taylor” Kelly (University of California, Davis)
"Identifying biomarkers of pyrethroid resistance in wild Aedes aegypti from California"
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Molly Bechtel (Northern Arizona University)
"Ticks, tick-borne pathogens, and tortoises in the Mojave Desert"
Whitney Holeva-Eklund (Northern Arizona University)
"The association between socioeconomic and weather variables and Aedes aegypti abundance in Maricopa County, Arizona"
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Kirsten Meredith (University of Utah)
"Orientation behavior of the western treehole mosquito"
Nathan Sy (University of California, Riverside)
"Pyrethroid contamination in California underground storm drain systems"
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Matthew Ward (USRA at NASA Ames Research Center)
"Using space based high resolution remote sensing data to forecast WNV in the Coachella Valley, CA"
Chandler Roe (Northern Arizona University)
"Improving public health surveillance of Onchocerca lupi through increased host and vector screening"
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Vincent Mai (San Francisco State University)
“Identifying potential amplifying hosts for Rickettsia 364D, an emerging tick-borne pathogen in California”
Jeremiah Reyes (University of Nevada, Reno)
"Population genetic structure of the western blacklegged tick, Ixodes pacificus, throughout the state of California"
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Adam Vorsino (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
"Comparative genomics of Aedes albopictus in Kwajalein Atoll for developing arbovirus vector dispersal models"
Kyle Yomogida (University of California, Davis)
"Surveillance of human flea-borne typhus cases in California, 2011-2019"
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