Postdoc Research Overview:
German cockroach:
1) Baits: Effects of aging and humidity on bait attraction and performance.
2) Behavior: Understanding cockroach foraging behavior, how this influence by sanitation and ultimately how sanitation impacts bait attraction.
3) Insecticide Resistance: a) Stability of fipronil resistance through ingestion.
4. Repellency: Repellency of pyrethroids on German cockroaches using advance video tracking tools.
5. Allergens: Quantifying the histamine productions on bed bugs.
1) Baits: Effects of aging and humidity on bait attraction and performance.
2) Behavior: Understanding cockroach foraging behavior, how this influence by sanitation and ultimately how sanitation impacts bait attraction.
3) Insecticide Resistance: a) Stability of fipronil resistance through ingestion.
4. Repellency: Repellency of pyrethroids on German cockroaches using advance video tracking tools.
5. Allergens: Quantifying the histamine productions on bed bugs.
Bed bug:
1) Allergens: Histamine in homes: Exposure risks and health effects.
2) Behavior: Understanding foraging behavior of bed bugs using video tracking software.
3) Host cues: Role of bed bug antennae in heat detection and feeding.
PHD Research Overview:
Bed bug:
1) Plant essential oils: Toxicity (topical and fumigant) of plant essential oils and their constituents in lab and field collected bed bug populations.
2) Plant essential oils plus deltamethrin mixtures: Overcoming the deltamethrin resistance on bed bugs using plant essential oils and their constituents.
3) Nano-formulated essential oils: Efficacy of nano-formulated essential oils in bed bugs.
1) Plant essential oils: Toxicity (topical and fumigant) of plant essential oils and their constituents in lab and field collected bed bug populations.
2) Plant essential oils plus deltamethrin mixtures: Overcoming the deltamethrin resistance on bed bugs using plant essential oils and their constituents.
3) Nano-formulated essential oils: Efficacy of nano-formulated essential oils in bed bugs.
4) Ozone: Baseline toxicity of ozone and its efficacy comparison to the dichlorvos insecticide in lab strain of bed bugs.
5) Bed bugs in poultry houses: Population dynamics of bed bugs in cage free poultry houses.
6) Bed bugs impacts on poultry birds: Bed bugs effects on hen welfare and productivity in cage free housing systems.
5) Bed bugs in poultry houses: Population dynamics of bed bugs in cage free poultry houses.
6) Bed bugs impacts on poultry birds: Bed bugs effects on hen welfare and productivity in cage free housing systems.
7) Neurophysiology: Neurophysiological impacts of plant essential oil constituents and their mixtures in bed bug nervous system.
8) Insecticides resistance and mechanisms: a) Deltamethrin and plant essential oils resistance in bed bugs b) Enzymatic (CYP 450, esterase, glutathione transferase) resistance mechanism c) target sites resistance (kdr mutation) in bed bugs.
9) Enzymes Inhibition: Role of plant essential oil constituents on detoxification enzymes inhibition.
8) Insecticides resistance and mechanisms: a) Deltamethrin and plant essential oils resistance in bed bugs b) Enzymatic (CYP 450, esterase, glutathione transferase) resistance mechanism c) target sites resistance (kdr mutation) in bed bugs.
9) Enzymes Inhibition: Role of plant essential oil constituents on detoxification enzymes inhibition.
MS Research OVERVIEW:
Turkestan cockroach:
1) Plant essential oils: Toxicity and repellency of plant essential oils and their constituents in Turkestan cockroach.
2) Residual insecticides: Efficacy of residual insecticides in Turkestan cockroaches.
3) Sex pheromone: Preliminary work on sex pheromone of Turkestan cockroaches.
1) Plant essential oils: Toxicity and repellency of plant essential oils and their constituents in Turkestan cockroach.
2) Residual insecticides: Efficacy of residual insecticides in Turkestan cockroaches.
3) Sex pheromone: Preliminary work on sex pheromone of Turkestan cockroaches.