The Entomology department has over 30 Faculty including adjunct and joint members from other Cornell Departments.
Faculty Spotlight
Patrick O'Grady
Expertise: Phylogeny and taxonomy of Diptera, particularly Drosophilidae; Insect evolution.
O'Grady Lab
Drosophila Stock Center
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O'Grady Lab
Drosophila Stock Center
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Grad Student Spotlight
Antonio Alvarado
Research Interest: My undergraduate studies largely focused on how human behavior and cultural differences affect infectious disease transmission, illuminating how anthropology can explain the context for certain health behaviors. It wasn’t until interning at the NYC Department of Health, while studying how Culex pipiens mosquitoes evolved to inhabit in specific NYC sewers, that I discovered the complex connection between vector-borne diseases, insect vectors, and human behavior. I am now pursuing an MS in Vector-Borne Disease Biology and working in the Harrington Lab to understand the ecology of disease vectors. I am interested in how humans shape pathogen behavior/evolution and how our behavior has contributed to the rise of emerging and re-emerging vector-borne diseases like Zika virus, Dengue virus, or even bubonic plague.