Kelsey investigates the impact of insecticide resistance on the Anopheles mosquito mating behavior and malaria vectorial capacity.
Emre Aksoy
Emre investigates the role of Juvenile Hormone in mediating mosquito tissue development during the adult post-eclosion phase. He is interested in understanding how the mosquito maturation process impacts reproduction, immunity and behavioral processes for the advancement of a novel mosquito control tool.
Federico Appetecchia
Federico’s research focuses on the discovery of new anti-malarial drugs and new malaria transmission blocking interventions.
Elaine Cheung
Elaine is interested in studying how the mosquito microbiome can affect Anopheles vector competence and fecundity.
Laura de Vries
Laura studies the interactions of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and its Anopheles mosquito host regarding nutrient uptake and metabolism.
Esrah Du
Esrah is interested in studying the basic biology of mosquito stage Plasmodium falciparum in order to identify novel targets that inhibit parasite development.
Oleksandr Hulai
Oleksandr holds positions at the Volodymyr Vynnychenko Central Ukrainian State Pedagogical University and the Institute of Veterinary Medicine of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine. He has extensive teaching and research experience in the ecology of infectious pathogens, and will apply his expertise to the study of human malaria parasites while in the Catteruccia Laboratory.
Maurice Itoe
Maurice researches the impact of the nutrient metabolism of Anopheles mosquitoes on the epidemiology of malaria transmission.
BlakeLee Kaiser
BlakeLee provides administrative assistance and support to Prof. Catteruccia and her lab. She also acts as a liaison between Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Harvard T.H. Chan School.
Jamie Kauffman
Jamie provides experimental assistance to different research projects taking place in the laboratory.
Malhar Khushu
Malhar is interested in studying the transition of Plasmodium falciparum parasites from the mosquito to the human host and investigating the liver stage biology of the parasite in vitro.
Emily Lund
Emily provides managerial support to the research performed in the laboratory.
Yulian Mercado
ulian is particularly interested in the role of nutrients in mosquitos that favor the growth of Plasmodium falciparum. He is also interested in novel vector-parasite interactions occurring between Rhodnius prolixus and Trypanosoma spp.
Alexandra Probst
Alli is interested in identifying and characterizing mosquito stage Plasmodium targets that are particularly vulnerable to transmission blocking strategies.
Tasneem Rinvee
Tasneem provides experimental assistance to different research projects taking place in the laboratory.
Robert Shaw
Rob is investigating physiological interactions between reproduction in Anopheles mosquitoes and the survival and development of Plasmodium parasites.
Naresh Singh
Naresh applies his expertise in Plasmodium falciparum culturing and infection of mosquitoes to the benefit of the different research projects taking place in the laboratory.
Aaron Stanton
Aaron works for the Harvard Chan Arthropod Containment Facility, while also providing experimental assistance to different research projects taking place in the laboratory.
Kate Thornburg
Kate works for the Harvard Chan Arthropod Containment Facility and maintains core mosquito colonies for research purposes. She also provides experimental assistance to different research projects taking place in the laboratory.
Lisa Verzier
Lisa is interested in Plasmodium sporozoites biology, in particular their interaction with both mosquito and human hosts as well as the determinants in human infection.
Shifan Wang
Shifan investigates the signaling transduction of mosquito steroid hormones and the mechanism for tolerating malaria parasites.
Bailey Willett
Bailey is interested in mosquito sensory systems and their role in reproduction and vectorial capacity. She is also interested in how insect repellents impact mosquito biology.
Yan Yan
Yan investigates the mechanism regulating the trade-offs between mosquito reproduction and immunity. She is interested in how these trade-offs affect malaria parasite development and transmission.