Posts Tagged: Bruce Eldridge

New Breed of Scientists

William C. Reeves (1916-2004) would have been proud. Remember William "Bill" Reeves? A renowned entomologist, professor and dean at UC Berkeley, he was widely regarded as the world's foremost authority on the spread and control of mosquito-borne diseases. His legendary work continues in the form...

Tara Thiemann

MOSQUITO RESEARCHER Tara Thiemann, a doctoral candidate, UC Davis Department of Entomology, is the recipient of the William C. Reeves New Investigator Award. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

In the Lab

IN THE LAB--Mosquito researcher Tara Thiemann sorts through her collection of mosquitoes that she had earlier trapped in the field. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bill Reeves

AT WORK--William C. Reeves collecting mosquitoes in Baker County, Ore., in 1993. (Photo by Bruce Eldridge)

Trio of Winners

TARA THIEMANN (far right) is the winner of the William C. Reeves New Investigator Award for her Culex mosquito research. With her are second-place winner, Veronica Armijos; third-place winner, Christy Andrade (center); and awards presenter Bruce Eldridge of the Center for Vectorborne Diseases. Eldridge is an emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis and former director of the UC Mosquito Research Program.

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