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Dina Fonseca
PeerJ Editor & Author
735 Points

Contributions by role

Author 135
Editor 600

Contributions by subject area

Entomology
Evolutionary Studies
Genomics
Taxonomy
Animal Behavior
Biogeography
Conservation Biology
Ecology
Virology
Developmental Biology
Mathematical Biology
Genetics
Microbiology
Agricultural Science
Toxicology

Dina M Fonseca

PeerJ Editor & Author

Summary

Professor in the department of Entomology at Rutgers University and also a member of the graduate programs in Ecology and Evolution and Microbiology and Biochemistry. I am primarily a molecular ecologist examining how populations of invasive species change upon arrival and expansion and, in the case of disease vectors, how they affect epidemiological landscapes and risk estimates. From 2008-2013 I was the lead PI at Rutgers on a cooperative agreement funded by USDA-ARS to develop and test Area-wide Integrated Mosquito Management strategies to control Aedes albopictus, the Asian tiger mosquito. In July 2017 I became the Director of the Center for Vector Biology, a program that provides accreditation, continuing education and broadly supports the extended NJ Mosquito Control community. I have developed a strong extension program working with professional mosquito control programs using vector biology, ecology and evolution to develop effective and efficient strategies for control. I have also spearheaded urban mosquito control by residents through Citizen Action Through Science (Citizen AcTS): http://vectorbio.rutgers.edu/CitizenAcTS.htm. Founding member of the Worldwide Insecticide resistance Network (WIN): https://win-network.ird.fr/ and founding member of InSITe (Innovative Strategies for Invasives Team) using environmental DNA (eDNA) and risk analysis to detect and contain invasive species https://www.insiteru.org.

Ecology Entomology Environmental Sciences Epidemiology Evolutionary Studies Genomics Global Health

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Work details

Director

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
July 2018
Center for Vector Biology

Professor

Rutgers University
Entomology

Research Associate

Smithsonian Institution

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PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 1
  • Edited 2
February 26, 2015
Genetic divergence between populations of feral and domestic forms of a mosquito disease vector assessed by transcriptomics
Dana C. Price, Dina M. Fonseca
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.807 PubMed 25755934

Academic Editor on

August 11, 2016
Bunyaviruses are common in male and female Ixodes scapularis ticks in central Pennsylvania
Joyce M. Sakamoto, Terry Fei Fan Ng, Yasutsugu Suzuki, Hitoshi Tsujimoto, Xutao Deng, Eric Delwart, Jason L. Rasgon
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2324 PubMed 27602290
July 21, 2015
From promise to practice: pairing non-invasive sampling with genomics in conservation
Michael A. Russello, Matthew D. Waterhouse, Paul D. Etter, Eric A. Johnson
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1106 PubMed 26244114