Our team
Kim A. Medley, PhD
Principal Investigator
Director, Tyson Research Centere-mail: kim.medley@wustl.eduphone: 314-935-8448Google Citations
Tyson Research Center
Katie Westby, PhD
Disease and Vector Ecologist, Tyson Research Centere-mail: kwestby@wustl.edu
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Website
Tom Radomski, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Project: Potential for adaptation and range expansion following introduction of a widespread vector
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Offical greeter and protector
Project: Where are my people and how are they doing?
Lauren Johnson
PhD candidate, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Project: Effects of light pollution on the ecology and evolution of container mosquitoes
Merlin Uder
Undergraduate Fellow ‘23, TERA ‘22, lead lab tech ‘24
Project: The mosquitoes of Tyson
Kathleen Dobbs
Undergraduate Fellow, ‘23, ‘24 + Senior thesis
Project: The effect of population of origin and microclimate on survival of adult Ae. albopictus
Wissal Boudaoud
Undergraduate Fellow ‘24
Project: How does water chemistry affect container mosquito abundance across levels of urbanization?
Elena Powell
Undergraduate Fellow ‘24, TERA ‘23
Project: Changes in Sugar Feeding Frequency and Time of Day with Simulated Artificial Light at Night in Aedes albopictus
Charlie Rosser
Project: How does humidity affect survival in Aedes Albopictus mosquitoes during heatwaves?
Yuena Zhang
Project: The oviposition preferences of mosquitoes within different microclimates
Kari Koerner
TERA ‘24
Project: The Effect of Color Temperature of Light on the Quantity and Viability of Wild Mosquito Eggs
Hope Jett
Project: The effect of tire leachate and a heatwave on the development rates of Aedes albopictus
Yoshihiro Yajima
Undergraduate Fellow ‘23
Project: Predicting habitat suitability for the endangered Indiana bat at Tyson Research Center
Ben Orlinick
Undergraduate Fellow ‘22, Senior Thesis ‘22-’23
Project: Genetically based variation in heat tolerance covaries with climate in a globally important disease vector
Laura Tayon
Lab Manager ‘23, Undergraduate Fellow ‘22
Projects: ALL OF THEM
Amani Griffin
Project: Measuring the structural complexity of prairies using LiDAR
Aiden Warner
Project: Survival rates of Aedes albopictus diapause eggs versus normal eggs in heatwave conditions
Ally Moonier
TERA ‘23
Project: How do Tyson mosquito larvae react to tannin solutions made from leaves of common tree species?
Gabriel Bernstein
Project: The effect of various animal blood on fecundity and egg viability for Aedes albopictus
Hannah Gurholt
Rotating PhD student, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Project: Mosquito wing morphometrics across an urban landscape
Mike Moore, PhD
Living Earth Collaborative postdoctoral fellow ‘19-’22
Michel Ohmer, PhDLiving Earth Collaborative postdoctoral fellow ‘22e-mail: @wustl.edu
Bryce Moulton
Undergraduate Fellow ‘22
Angela Smith
Crew Lead ‘22
Danielle Perkins
TERA ‘22
Maura Collins
Lexie BeckermannLead research technician ‘18,‘19,‘21Undergraduate Fellow ‘17, TERA ‘15-’16
Nathaniel Doty
TERA ‘21
Delilah SayerUndergraduate Fellow ‘19,‘21TERA ‘16-’17
Riley WeberUndergraduate Fellow ‘21
Project: Temperature variation across urban St. Louis
Anahi GamboaResearch technician
Project: Anahi worked with Katie on her artificial light at night experiment.
Lois MackUndergraduate Fellow ‘19
Project: essential oils and mosquito ecology
Annabelle WhiteUndergraduate Fellow ‘19
Project: Treehole ecology and priority effects
Tejiri AgigbeUndergraduate Fellow ‘18
Project: Temperature effects on gregarine infection in larval mosquitoes
Tullaia PowellTERA ‘18-’19
Project: Bush honeysuckle, warming, and gregarine infection
Adnan ShaikTERA ‘19
Project: Temperature effects on larval mosquitoes
Sabreena LeachUndergraduate Fellow ‘18
Project: Urban ecology
Hanna PetermanUndergraduate Fellow ‘17Project: Deer use and meningeal worm prevalence in burned and unburned forest plots
Aaron HeiseyUndegraduate Fellow ‘17
Project: Effects of prescribed fire on Lone Star tick questing behavior
Leslie SterlingUndegraduate Fellow ‘17
Project: Bird-tick abundance in burned and unburned forest plots
Brendan SweetmanUndergraduate Fellow ‘15-’16
Project: Effects of food quality on parasite infection in container mosquitoes
Thomas VanHornUndergraduate Fellow ‘15-’16 TERA ‘13-’14
Project: Environmental drivers of abundance and spatial structure for the Lone star tick
Bailey SaylorTERA ‘16Project: Land-use effects on earthworm abundance
Omair HabibTERA ‘16
Project: Land-use effects on earthworm abundance
Amanda KalupaUndegraduate Fellow ‘14
Project: Urban mosquito ecology
Jolena PangTERA ‘15
Project: Effects of resources and invasion on mosquito abundance
Anna DarlingUndegraduate Fellow ‘14
Project: Urban ecology and design
Ellie MoenUndegraduate Fellow ‘14