C.V.
2011-present Post Doctoral Researcher, Departments of Entomology and Biology, Penn State
2006-2011, Ph.D. in Entomology, Cornell University with Dr. Laura Harrington
Dissertation: "Mate Choice and Bioacoustics in Medically Important Mosquitoes"
2002-2006, B.A. in Biology, The Colorado College Thesis: "Testing affinity for sebaceous and apocrine derived human chemosensory stimuli in Glossinia swynnertoni in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania"
2011-present Post Doctoral Researcher, Departments of Entomology and Biology, Penn State
2006-2011, Ph.D. in Entomology, Cornell University with Dr. Laura Harrington
Dissertation: "Mate Choice and Bioacoustics in Medically Important Mosquitoes"
2002-2006, B.A. in Biology, The Colorado College Thesis: "Testing affinity for sebaceous and apocrine derived human chemosensory stimuli in Glossinia swynnertoni in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania"
Research interests
The evolutionary and behavioral ecology of mosquitoes, their relationship to transmission and how we can use our knowledge of these to control vector-borne diseases. For more see my website!
The evolutionary and behavioral ecology of mosquitoes, their relationship to transmission and how we can use our knowledge of these to control vector-borne diseases. For more see my website!
Publications
- Cator, L.J., George, J., Blanford, S., Murdock, C.C., Baker, T.C., Read, A.F. & Thomas, M.B. (accepted). ‘Manipulation’ without the parasite: altered feeding behaviour of mosquitoes is not dependent on infection with malaria parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B.
- Paaijmans KP, Cator LJ & Thomas MB 2013. Temperature-dependent pre-bloodmeal period and temperature-driven asynchrony between parasite development and mosquito biting rate reduce malaria transmission intensity. PLoS One: 8(1): e55777.
- Cator LJ, Thomas S, Paaijmans KP, Sangamithra R, Justin NAJA, Mathai MT, Read AF, Thomas MB, Eapen A. 2013. Characterizing the thermal environment in malaria transmission settings in urban Chennai, India. Malaria Journal 12: 84.
- Cator, LJ, PA Lynch, AF Read, MB Thomas. 2012. Do malaria parasites manipulate mosquitoes? Trends in Parasitology. 28: 466-470.
- Das, A, AR Anvikar, LJ Cator, RC Dihman, A Eapen, N Mishra, BN Nagpal, N Nanda, K Raghavendra , AF Read , SK Sharma, OP Singh, V Singh, P Sinnis, HC Srivastava, SA Sullivan, PL Sutton, MB Thomas, JM Carlton and N Valecha. 2012 Malaria in India: The Center for the Study of Complex Malaria in India.. Acta Tropica. 121 (3): 267-273.
- Cator, LJ and LC Harrington. 2011. Harmonic Convergence and Sexy Sons: Indirect Benefits Associated with Acoustic Signals in the Dengue Vector. Animal Behaviour. 82(4): 627-633.
- Cator, LJ, BJ Arthur, A Ponlawat, and LC Harrington, 2011. Behavioral observations and sound recordings of free-flight mating swarms of Ae. aegypti in Thailand. Journal of Medical Entomology. 48(4):941-946
- Cator, LJ, KR Ng'Habi, RR Hoy, and LC Harrington. 2010. Sizing up a mate: variation in production and response to acoustic signals in Anopheles gambiae. Behavioral Ecology. 21 (5): 1033-1039.
- Cator, LJ, BJ Arthur, LC Harrington, and RR Hoy. 2009. Harmonic convergence in the love songs of the dengue vector mosquito. Science. 323: pg 1077-1079.
Miscellaneous
I enjoy the great outdoors, music, culinary adventures involving farmshare, and spending time with my husband and our dog.
I enjoy the great outdoors, music, culinary adventures involving farmshare, and spending time with my husband and our dog.