Principal Investigator
Luciano V. Cosme, PhD
Assistant Professor
July 2024 - Present
Population genomics of disease vectors, insecticide resistance evolution, vector competence, and sustainable protein production through robotic mealworm farming
Lab Members
Research Staff
Andre Torres, PhD
Project Scientist
October 2024 - Present
Mosquito population genomics and bioinformatics
Gustavo Lopes
Laboratory Assistant
March 2025 - Present
Mosquito colony maintenance, molecular techniques, and 3D printed cage design
Undergraduate Researchers
Dylan Moc
Undergraduate Researcher
February 2025 - Present
PacVec Training Fellow - Pyrethroid resistance genomics using linked-read technology
Bryan Nguyen
Honors Capstone Student
February 2025 - Present
PacVec Training Fellow - Resistance genomics & Capstone Honors Project to correlate dengue outbreaks with natural genetic variation of candidate genes from GWAS
Laksh Athappan
Honors Capstone Student
April 2025 - Present
Genomic variation and dengue outbreak correlations
