Kim A. Medley, PhD
Principal Investigator
Director, Tyson Research Center
e-mail: kim.medley@wustl.edu
phone: 314-935-8448
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Katie Westby, PhD
Principal Investigator
Disease and Vector Ecologist, Tyson Research Center
e-mail: kwestby@wustl.edu
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
Elena Powell
Undergraduate Fellow ‘24, TERA ‘23
Project: The effect of citronella in the air or on skin on blood feeding female Aedes albopictus
Wissal Boudaoud
Undergraduate Fellow ‘24
Charlie Rosser
Undergraduate Fellow ‘24
Yuena Zhang
Undergraduate Fellow ‘24
Hope Jett
TERA ‘24
Kari Koerner
TERA 24
Lab alumni
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
Undergraduate Fellow ‘23
Project: Measuring the structural complexity of prairies using LiDAR
Aiden Warner
Undergraduate Fellow ‘23
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
TERA ‘23
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, PhD
Living Earth Collaborative postdoctoral fellow ‘22
e-mail: @wustl.edu
Bryce Moulton
Undergraduate Fellow ‘22
Angela Smith
Crew Lead ‘22
Danielle Perkins
TERA ‘22
Maura Collins
TERA ‘22
Lexie Beckermann
Lead research technician ‘18,‘19,‘21
Undergraduate Fellow ‘17, TERA ‘15-’16
Projects: ALL OF THEM
Nathaniel Doty
TERA ‘21
Delilah Sayer
Undergraduate Fellow ‘19,‘21
TERA ‘16-’17
Projects: ALL OF THEM
Riley Weber
Undergraduate Fellow ‘21
Project: Temperature variation across urban St. Louis
Anahi Gamboa
Research technician
Project: Anahi worked with Katie on her artificial light at night experiment.
Lois Mack
Undergraduate Fellow ‘19
Project: essential oils and mosquito ecology
Annabelle White
Undergraduate Fellow ‘19
Project: Treehole ecology and priority effects
Tejiri Agigbe
Undergraduate Fellow ‘18
Project: Temperature effects on gregarine infection in larval mosquitoes
Tullaia Powell
TERA ‘18-’19
Project: Bush honeysuckle, warming, and gregarine infection
Adnan Shaik
TERA ‘19
Project: Temperature effects on larval mosquitoes
Sabreena Leach
Undergraduate Fellow ‘18
Project: Urban ecology
Hanna Peterman
Undergraduate Fellow ‘17
Project: Deer use and meningeal worm prevalence in burned and unburned forest plots
Aaron Heisey
Undegraduate Fellow ‘17
Project: Effects of prescribed fire on Lone Star tick questing behavior
Leslie Sterling
Undegraduate Fellow ‘17
Project: Bird-tick abundance in burned and unburned forest plots
Brendan Sweetman
Undergraduate Fellow ‘15-’16
Project: Effects of food quality on parasite infection in container mosquitoes
Thomas VanHorn
Undergraduate Fellow ‘15-’16 TERA ‘13-’14
Project: Environmental drivers of abundance and spatial structure for the Lone star tick
Bailey Saylor
TERA ‘16
Project: Land-use effects on earthworm abundance
Omair Habib
TERA ‘16
Project: Land-use effects on earthworm abundance
Amanda Kalupa
Undegraduate Fellow ‘14
Project: Urban mosquito ecology
Jolena Pang
TERA ‘15
Project: Effects of resources and invasion on mosquito abundance
Anna Darling
Undegraduate Fellow ‘14
Project: Urban ecology and design
Ellie Moen
Undegraduate Fellow ‘14
Project: Urban mosquito ecology