THE MURDOCK LAB
Halloween 2016
Halloween 2018
Lab Head: Courtney C. Murdock
Associate Professor
6136 Comstock Hall
Department of Entomology College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Cornell University, Ithaca NY 14853
Contact: ccm256@cornell.edu
607-255-0904
Graduate Students:
Nicole Solano (IDEAS NSF Fellow)
PhD student (Aug 2017 - present)
136 Ecology Building
Odum School of Ecology
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
Contact: nsolano@uga.edu
I am interested in exploring the effect of larval interspecific competition on adult mosquito community dynamics and fitness with regards to disease transmission, how the outcome of competition is mediated by variation in microclimate due to land use change, and how mathematical models could use these data for broad-scale predictions about human disease transmission.
Mike Newberry (IDEAS NSF Fellow / NSF GRFP Scholar)
PhD student (Aug 2017 - present)
136 Ecology Building
Odum School of Ecology
University of Georgia
Athens GA 30602
Contact: PMnewberry@uga.edu
I am investigating the interaction of the microbiome, the mosquito vector, and environmental factors. This includes examining within host and outside host microbial communities and observing how they vary across land use and season. I also intend to empirically determine the impacts of the microbiome on the vectorial capacity and life history traits of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. My overall goal is to utilize a line of questioning that spans multiple scales of ecology to better understand abiotic and biotic drivers of vector-borne disease transmission.
Research Staff:
Sarita Charap (Research technician)
Official Title: The Mosquito Whisperer
6138 Comstock Hall
Department of Entomology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Contact: sc3254@cornell.edu
Alumni:
Research Scientists and Post-doctoral Researchers
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Ashutosh Pathak (Fall 2015 - Fall 2019)
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Christine Reitmayer (Fall 2016 - Summer 2018)
Graduate Students
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Blanka Tesla (Fall 2015 - Winter 2019)
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Michelle Evans (Fall 2015 - Fall 2020)
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Kerri Miazgowicz (Fall 2015 - Winter 2020)
Undergraduate Researchers
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Lilith South (Spring 2018, REU student 2018, Aug 2018 - Spring 2019)
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Sydney Habegger (Summer 2018 - Spring 2019)
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Alyssa Slicko (REU student, 2018)
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Carl Hintz (REU student, 2017)
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Lindsey Jones (REU student, 2017)
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Emily Cook (Georgia Veterinay Scholar, 2017)
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Justine Shiau (Fall 2016 - July 2018)
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Jack Owen (Spring 2016 - Spring 2017)
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Diana Diaz (Summer 2016 - Fall 2016)
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Kavya Balaji (Fall 2016 - Spring 2018)
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Nicole Solano (REU student, 2016)
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Temitayo Andanlawo (REU student, 2016)
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Taylor McClanahan (REU student, 2015)