Human and veterinary health
Improving health. Mosquitos transmit malaria, West Nile Virus, dengue and other serious human diseases. MSU entomologists are exploring multiple approaches to addressing these global problems including determining how mosquitos behave when confronted with different insecticides and repellents; understanding environmental factors associated with mosquito populations; and how bacteria affect mosquito development and survival. View a gallery of images.
Faculty working with human and veterinary health
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- M. Eric Benbow
- Associate Professor
- Insect-microbe interactions in aquatic, disease and forensic ecological systems
- 517-410-9247
- benbow@msu.edu
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- Ke Dong
- Professor
- Mechanisms of action of neuroactive insecticides and insecticide resistance
- 517-899-6171
- dongk@msu.edu
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- Wayne Jiang
- Associate Professor and Associate Director of IR-4 Laboratory
- Analytical chemistry, pesticide residue study, laboratory GLP training
- 517-336-4672
- jiangwa@msu.edu
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- Jennifer Pechal
- Assistant Professor
- Host-microbiome interactions and decomposition ecology
- 517-355-6514
- pechalje@msu.edu
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- Barry Pittendrigh
- Director of Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Legume Systems Research, MSU Foundation Professor
- Evolution and functional genomics of insecticide resistance
- 517-432-6109
- pittendr@msu.edu
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- Edward Walker
- Professor
- Vector-borne diseases
- 517-884-5389
- walker@msu.edu
