Former PhD Students:
Dr. Aditi Pai
PhD: 1998-2001; Postdoc: 2001-2005
Current position: Associate Professor, Spelman College
Dr. Thomas Gilbreath
PhD: 2008-2013
Current position: Captain, US Army Medical Research Directorate
Dr. Amy Dixit
PhD: 2012-2016
Current position: Epidemiologist, Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center
Dr. Elizabeth Hemming-Schroeder
PhD: 2013-2018
Current position: Assistant Professor, Colorado State University
Dr. Brook Jeang
PhD: 2018-2024
Current position:
Former Postdocs/Research Scientists
Dr. Noboru Minakawa
Postdoc: 2000-2002; Research Scientist: 2002-2004
Current position: Professor, Nagasaki University
Dr. Igor Sharakhov
Postdoc: 2000-2002
Current position: Professor, Virginia Tech
Dr. Emmanuel Temu
Postdoc: 2001-2003
Current position: Technical Officer, World Health Organization
Dr. Laith Yakob
Postdoc: 2007-2009
Current position: Associate Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Dr. Frederick N. Baliraine
Postdoc: 2007-2010
Current position: Associate Professor, Letoumeau University
Dr. Mariangela Bonizzoni
Postdoc: 2008-2011; Research Scientist: 2011-2015
Current position: Professor, University of Pavia
Dr. Ann M. Vardo-Zalik
Postdoc: 2008-2010
Current position: Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University, York
Dr. Eugenia Lo
Postdoc: 2011-2014; Research Scientist: 2014-2017
Current position: Associate Professor, Drexel University
Dr. Cristian Koepfli
Research Scientist: 2016-2018
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame
Dr. Solomon Kibret
Postdoc: 2016-2020
Current position: Scientific Operations Director, West Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District
Dr. Randy E. David
Postdoc: 2019-2021
Current position: Public Health Administrator-Chief of Epidemiology, City of Detroit, Michigan
Dr. John B. Keven
Postdoc: 2021-2023
Current position: Assistant Professor, Rutgers University
Former Staff
Grace Choi
Lab Manager: 2018-2020
Current position: DPT Candidate, Azusa Pacific University
Lab Manager: 2020-2023
Current position: MD/OD Candidate, Touro University
Former Visiting Scientists/Professors
Dr. Yiji Eugene Li
Visiting Professor: 2019-2021
Current position: Associate Professor, Hainan Medical University
Nobuko Tuno
Visiting Professor: April-June, 2022
Current position: Associate Professor, Kanazawa University
Kassahun Habtamu
Visiting PhD Student: September-November 2023
Current position: Addis Ababa University
Former Undergraduates and Interns:
Class 2024
Class 2023
Kevin Chun-Kai Shih & Gabriella Djuarna & Tazmeen Rashid
Class 2022
Class 2021
Class 2020
Class 2019
Class 2016
Volunteers