Matthew Wolkoff
Contact Information
Job Title
Postdoctoral researcher
- wolkoff.13@osu.edu
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Areas of Expertise
- Entomology
- Invertebrate physiology
- Molecular biology
- Evolution
Education
- Bachelor of the Arts, Psychology (Biology Minor), American University
- Master of Science, Biology, The University of Texas at Tyler
- Doctor of Philosophy, Entomology, The Ohio State University
| Dr. Wolkoff is an insect molecular physiologist who studies mosquitoes, sand flies, and other arthropod vectors of vertebrate disease. He is particularly interested in using interdisciplinary approaches -- from the molecular to the behavioral -- to identify key interactions between hematophagous arthropod, pathogen, host, and environment that drive disease transmission. His previous work includes describing the phylogeographic and demographic structure of sand flies in the Americas; the circadian and seasonal timekeeping mechanisms of West Nile virus-spreading mosquitoes; and currently, how sand flies modulate their host's immune response during blood-feeding, and thereby enhance the infectiousness of Leishmania parasites. |