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Olivia Winokur: Newly Selected Fellow of Professors for the Future

She's an doctoral student in entomology now, but look for Olivia Winokur to be a professor...
Olivia Winokur, who researches Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, is the co-author of research published in several journals, including PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. Her first first-author paper, “Impact of Temperature on the Extrinsic Incubation Period of Zika Virus in Aedes aegypti” was just published in March. (CDC Photo of Aedes aegypti)
Temperature Fluctuations Affect Population Growth Rate of Dengue Mosquito

Exciting research today out of the University of California, Davis. The PLOS ONE journal...
Dengue mosquito, Aedes aegypti. (Photo courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)