2020 Virginia Tech Science Festival!
The 2020 Virginia Tech Science Festival was held virtually this year but it did not prevent us from participating! Joanna, Karthikeyan...
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Congrats to Joanna!
Congratulations to Joanna for winning the 1st place for her presentation on the interactions between mosquitoes and amphibians at the...
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Outreach: Kids' Tech
We are really excited to have had the opportunity to participate in the Kids' Tech University event last month! I gave a talk to 120 kids...
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2019 Hokie BugFest
Our lab had a great time at the 2019 Hokie BugFest!! This outreach event is a fantastic way for kids, their parents and other visitors...
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2019 MLBS open house!
We had a great time participating in the Mountain lake Biological Station open house!! We set up several working stations where kids,...
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Interview with Science News for Students
Check out this really nice article by Bethany Brookshire. She interviewed me and 3 other scientists to talk about our jobs and...
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Zeste de Science!
So excited to see you our work with Dr. Claudio Lazzari explained and highlighted by Zeste de Science, CNRS!
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Outreach: Scarabs, The Bug Society - Talk on mosquitoes at the Burke Museum
Clement Vinauger and I will give a talk on the 27th of March at the monthly meeting of the Scarabs Society at the Burke Museum. We will...
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Outreach: TriBeta quarterly seminar
Clement Vinauger and I have been invited by the TriBeta UW Honor Society to give a seminar on mosquitoes! We will talk about the...
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The Stranger Magazine on Aedes mosquitoes and the Zika virus
Sydney Brownstone, a journalist for The Stranger magazine recently came to the lab to have a look at the research we are conducting on...
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