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Personnel: Mosquito Ecology and Surveillance Laboratory (MESL)

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Current

Principal Investigator: Douglas M. Watts.

Douglas Watts

Dr. Watts is Executive Director of Veterinary Services and Institutional Biosafety and Co-"Director of Infectious Disease and Immunology at the Border Biomedical Research Center, University of Texas at El Paso.

Laboratory Director: Celinda R. Crews.

Celinda R. Crews

Ms. Crews has a Master of Science degree in biology from the University of Texas at El Paso. She has been active in mosquito research for several years as a volunteer and as a consultant. Cindy retired from a UTEP staff position in 2012 and then began pursuing a mosquito adventure.

Entomology Resource: Shawn Dash

Shawn Dash

Dr. Dash received his PhD from the University of Texas at El Paso and currently is an Assistant Professor at Hampton University, Virginia.

Staff

Marcela Diaz

Marcela Diaz - Undergraduate student at UTEP and works at MESL as a research technician. She helps coordinate "Fight the Bite" community outreach events. Joined in summer 2014 as a researcher in the Bridges to the Baccalaureate program and continued in the Bridges year-long program until 2015.


Esmeralda Duenez

Esmeralda Duenez-Undergraduate student at UTEP and works at MESL as a research technician. Joined in summer 2016 as a researcher in the Bridges to the Baccalaureate program and is currently in the Bridges Year-long Program.


Oscar Ortega

Oscar J. Ortega - Undergraduate student at UTEP and works at MESL as a technician. Joined in summer 2015 as researcher in the Bridges to the Baccalaureate program.


Bert Soliz

Albert Soliz - Field and lab technician. Joined MESL as a researcher in the Bridges to the Baccalaureate program in 2013.



Graduate Researchers


Andrea Carzoli-

Pursuing a Master of Public Health. Currently a high school science teacher. Graduated from UTEP with Bachelors of Science in Biology.


Evan Kipp

Evan Kipp - Graduate student pursuing a Master In Public Health at UTEP. Completed practicum in arbovirus surveillance at the El Paso Department of Public Health. Holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Texas A&M University. Interests in zoonotic, vector-borne, and parasitic disease epidemiology.


Adam Vera

Adam Vera - Graduated from UTEP with Bachelor of Science in Biology. Pursuing a Master of Science in Biology.

Undergraduate Researchers

Guadalupe Bugarin

Guadalupe Bugarin - Undergraduate student. Volunteer/intern/RSRC4033. Joined lab fall 2015.

Albien Paul B. Estavas

Albien Paul B. Estavas - Undergraduate student. Joined lab fall 2015.

Zachary G. Jennins

Zachary G. Jennings. Undergraduate student. Volunteer/intern/RSRC4033. Joined lab fall 2014.

Clarissa Palacios

Clarissa Palacios - Undergraduate student. Volunteer/intern/RSRC4033. Joined lab fall 2015.

Victoria Van Camp

Victoria Van Camp - Undergraduate student at El Paso Community College. Started volunteering fall 2016.

Former Staff and Researchers

Grace Chavez

Grace Chavez - Undergraduate student. Special Problems course. Joined lab fall 2015.

Stephanie Coronado

Stephanie Coronado - Joined MESL as a researcher in the Bridges to the Baccalaureate program in 2010. Graduated fro UTEP with a Bachelor of Science in Biology.

Alyssa Downey

Alyssa Downey - Undergraduate student. Volunteer/intern/RSRC4033. Joined lab spring 2015.

Angela Ellis

Angela Ellis - CDB-REU student, summer 2016. Currently a Biomedical student at Xavier University.

Marianne Fortaleza

Marianne Fortaleza - Undergraduate student. Volunteer/intern/RSRC4033. Joined lab spring 2015.

Isabela Gonzalez

Isabela Gonzalez - Interned at the El Paso Department of Public Health. Graduated from UTEP with Bachelor of Science in Biology. Currently pursuing a Master in Public Health.

Kenneth Ike

Kenneth Ike. Undergraduate student, Special Problems course. Joined lab summer 2014.

Michael Kartj

Michael Kartje. CDB-REU student, summer 2014. Currently a Graduate teaching assistant at Mississippi State University. Studied Biological Sciences at Mississippi State University.

Natalie Maring

Natalie Marin - Undergraduate student. Volunteer/intern/RSRC4033. Joined lab summer 2014.

Leonela Morales

Leonela Morales - Undergraduate student. Special Problems course. Joined lab fall 2015. Major: Bio-Medical.


Jenny Moya

Jenny Moya - Graduated from UTEP with Bachelor of Science in Biology. Pursuing a Master of Science in Biology.

Josh H. Perez

Josh H. Perez - Undergraduate student. Volunteer/intern/RSRC4033. Joined lab summer 2014.


Annette Sanchez

Annette Sanchez - Undergraduate student. Volunteer/intern/RSRC4 003. Joined lab summer 2016.

Rafael Sanchez

Rafael Sanchez - Undergraduate student. Volunteer/intern/RSRC4033. Joined lab fall 2015.

Lee Sewell

Mr. Sewell worked for a number of years in the public health sector and worked at MESL as a research technician.

Veronica Suarez

Veronica Suarez - Undergraduate student. Volunteer/intern/RSRC4033. Joined lab fall 2015.

Luis Trujano

Luis Trujano - Undergraduate student. Volunteer/intern/RSRC4033. Joined lab summer 2014.

Nadine Valles

Nadine Valles - Undergraduate student. Volunteer/intern/RSRC 003. Joined lab summer 2016.

Jocelyn Navarro Zavaleta

Jocelyn Navarro Zavaleta - Undergraduate student. Volunteer/intern/RSRC4033. Joined lab fall 2014.

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