Entomology professor Susan Paskewitz is an expert on the biology and control of insects that transmit human and animal diseases, including the mosquitoes that cause malaria and West Nile virus and the ticks that transmit Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and ehrlichiosis.

Paskewitz recently talked about ticks on the April 18 episode of podCALS, describing how the cold winter we just experienced may not impact tick populations, as well as a new research project her lab is working on to control ticks by providing insecticide-impregnated cotton to mice.

For more information about Paskewitz, visit her profile in the UW’s Experts Guide and her lab website.