Biography & Scholarship

My work for the past 29 years has focused on malaria. In particular, we have studied malaria parasite development and transmission in laboratory models and transmission of human malaria parasites in the lab and under field conditions in endemic countries.

Currently, half of our work is focused on transmission biology in the mosquito host with the other half focused on host immunity and pathogenesis of malaria in model systems.

My lab is recognized internationally for expertise in the biology of the blood feeding interface – that is, how factors in mammalian host blood (drugs, cytokines, parasite factors) influence parasite development and transmission to the mosquito host.

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Organizational Affiliations

Professor, Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Nematology, College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, University of Idaho

Co-Director, Institute for Health in the Human Ecosystem, Office of Research and Economic Development, University of Idaho

Professor, Biological Sciences, College of Science, University of Idaho

Participating Faculty, Institute for Modeling Collaboration and Innovation, Office of Research and Economic Development, University of Idaho

Participating Faculty, Institute for Interdisciplinary Data Sciences, Office of Research and Economic Development, University of Idaho

Education

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
1995, PhD
Auburn University
1990, MS
University of Florida
1986, BS