Meet the Leadership Team
Erika Machtinger
Project Director
Associate Professor of Entomology
Pennsylvania State University
Vincenzo Ellis
Assistant Professor of Wildlife Disease
University of Delaware
Risa Pesapane
Associate Professor
The Ohio State University
Rebecca Trout Fryxell
Professor of Medical and Veterinary Entomology
University of Tennessee
Professor
Melanie Sal
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Professor
Kim Bjorgo-Thorne
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, and Immunology
Danielle Tufts
University of Pittsburgh
Program Manager
Olivia Bognanni
Pennsylvania State University
Meet the Education and Evaluation Team
Emily Struckhoff
Education Program Specialist
Pennsylvania State University
Assistant Research Professor of Arthropod Identification
Michael Skvarla
Pennsylvania State University
Lidia Azurdia Sierra
Extension Educator
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University
Education Program Specialist
Drew Lysaker
Assistant Teaching Professor of Forestry
Calvin Norman
Pennsylvania State University
University of Tennessee
Medical Entomology Education Specialist
Angela Tucker
Extension Educator
Jamie Kopco
Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University
Evaluation Specialist
Indira Chakravarti
Meet the VectorED Network Education and Evaluation Collaborators
Shannon Cruz
Assistant Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
Pennsylvania State University
Kara Fikrig
Assistant Professor of Entomology
Pennsylvania State University