Stormwater and Mosquito Control Project

Cameron Schwing: What’s the Buzz

Apr 15, 2020 | iSEE Research, RESEARCH PROFILES, Stormwater and Mosquito Control Project

Commonly written off as mere nuisances, mosquitoes actually pose a significant threat to human health, as they are vectors for dangerous diseases such as Zika virus, West Nile virus, and malaria. According to National Geographic, mosquito-borne diseases are...

Meet Allison Parker — Taking the Battle to the Mosquitoes

Nov 30, 2017 | iSEE Research, RESEARCH PROFILES, Stormwater and Mosquito Control Project

Meet Allison Parker — Taking the Battle to the Mosquitoes The saying goes that in war you must “know your enemy” to defeat it, and that’s exactly the aim of Allison Parker’s research. She’s a fifth-year Ph.D. Candidate in Entomology at the University of Illinois, and...

Leave it to Her to Help Control Mosquito Populations: Meet Allison Gardner

Dec 21, 2016 | iSEE Research, RESEARCH PROFILES, Stormwater and Mosquito Control Project

Allison Gardner is a Ph.D. Candidate in Entomology researching the effects of habitat quality on the reproduction of mosquitoes. In particular, she studies how different species of leaves caught in a storm drain — a favorite breeding place for mosquitoes — can help or...

Andrew Mackay: Draining Work Helps Eliminate Mosquito Habitats

Dec 21, 2016 | iSEE Research, RESEARCH PROFILES, Stormwater and Mosquito Control Project

Andrew Mackay is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Entomology with a broad interest in arthropods and public health. He joined Associate Professor Brian Allan’s lab in 2012, just as Allan was starting to turn his mind toward human-made stormwater...

Elijah Juma: More than a Gut Feeling on Mosquitoes and their Habitats

Dec 21, 2016 | iSEE Research, RESEARCH PROFILES, Stormwater and Mosquito Control Project

As part of the iSEE-funded Stormwater and Mosquito Control Project, Medical Entomology Ph.D. student Elijah Juma is examining how decaying leaves in stormwater affect the habitats — and the life cycles — of mosquitoes. In Summer 2016, Elijah undertook his first field...