L. Philip Lounibos

E-mail: lpl@ifas.ufl.edu

(95% Research, 5% Teaching)

1. Education:

• B.S., University of Notre Dame (Biology), 1969
• M.S., Harvard University (Biology), 1970
• Ph.D., Harvard University (Biology), 1974

2. Employment:

• Professor (1993 - present) U. Florida
• Associate Professor (1983-1993) U. Florida
• Entomologist III (1977-1983) Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Vero Beach
• Head (1974-1977) Coastal Research Station, ICIPE, Kenya

3. Responsibilities and Research Interests:

• Research and teaching in medical entomology, particularly on the ecology and behavior of mosquitoes, vector invasions, and biological control.

4.   Current Grants:

• Invasion Biology of Aedes albopictus. (NIH, 1999-2010; PI).
• DISSERTATION RESEARCH: Effects of Larval Competition on Vector Competence of Container Mosquitoes Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti (NSF, 2004-2006; PI)
• Malaria Vector Heterogeneity in Brazil (NIH, 2001-2006; co-PI).
• Effects of Neotropical Deforestation on Arbovirus Ecology (NIH/NSF, 2000-2005; co-investigator)

5. Career Publications:

• Books (edited): 2
• Refereed papers: 82
• Chapters in books: 7
• Miscellaneous papers: 12

6.   Refereed Publications Last Six Years:

• Griswold MW & Lounibos LP. 2005. Does differential predation permit invasive and native mosquito larvae to coexist in Florida? Ecological Entomology 30: 122-127.
• Juliano SA & Lounibos LP. 2005. Ecology of invasive mosquitoes: effects on resident species and on human health. Ecology Letters (in press).
• Yanoviak SP, Aguilar PV, Lounibos LP & Weaver SC. 2005. Transmission of a Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) complex alphavirus by Culex ( Melanoconion ) gnomatus (Diptera: Culicidae) in northeastern Peru. Journal of Medical Entomology (in press).
• Braks MAH, Honório NA, Lounibos LP, Lourenço-de-Oliveira R, & Juliano SA. 2004 Interspecific competition between two invasive species of container mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti and A. albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Brazil.   Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97:130-139.
• Juliano SA, Lounibos LP & O'Meara GF. 2004. A field test for competitive effects of Aedes albopictus on Aedes aegypti in south Florida: Differences between sites of coexistence and exclusion? Oecologia 139: 583-593.
• Lourenço-de-Oliveira R, Castro MG, Braks MAH & Lounibos LP. 2004. The invasion of urban forest by dengue vectors in Rio de Janeiro . Journal of Vector Ecology 29:94-100.
• Rey JR, O'Connell S, Suarez S, Menendez Z, Lounibos LP & Byer G. 2004. Laboratory and field studies of Macrocyclops albidus (Crustacea: Copepoda) for biological control of mosquitoes in artificial containers in a subtropical environment. Journal of Vector Ecology 29: 124-134.
• Alto BW, Lounibos LP & Juliano SA.   2003.   Age-dependent blood-feeding of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus on artificial and living hosts. Journal of the American Mosquito Control   Association 19: 347-352.
• Braks MAH, Honório NA, Lourenço-de-Oliveira R, Juliano SA & Lounibos LP. 2003. Convergent habitat segregation of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in southeastern Brazil and Florida , USA . Journal of Medical Entomology 40: 785-794.
• Honório NA, Silva WC, Leite PJ, Gonçalves JM, Lounibos LP & Lourenço-de-Oliveira R. 2003. Dispersal of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in an urban endemic dengue area in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 98: 191-198.
• Lounibos LP. 2003. Genetic control trials and the ecology of Aedes aegypti at the Kenya coast. Pp. 33-43 in: (W. Takken & T.W. Scott, eds.) Ecological Aspects for Application of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes . Frontis, Wageningen, The Netherlands .
• Lounibos LP, Escher RL & Lourenço-de-Oliveira R. 2003a. Asymmetric evolution of photoperiodic diapause in temperate and tropical invasive populations of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 96: 512-518.
• Lounibos LP, O'Meara GF, Nishimura N & Escher RL. 2003b. Interactions with native mosquito larvae regulate the production of Aedes albopictus from bromeliads in Florida . Ecological Entomology 28: 551-558.
• Lounibos LP. 2002. Invasions by insect vectors of human disease. Annual Review of Entomology 47: 233-266.
• Lounibos LP, Suárez S, Menéndez Z, Nishimura N, Escher RL, O'Connell SM & Rey JR. 2002. Does temperature affect the outcome of larval competition between Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus ? Journal of Vector Ecology 27: 86-95.
• Lounibos LP & Campos RE. 2002. Investigaciones recientes sobre Toxorhynchites rutilus (Diptera: Culicidae) con referencia al control biológico de mosquitos habitantes en recipientes. Entomotropica 17: 145-156.
• Schneider D, Wink M, Sporer F & Lounibos LP. 2002. Cycads: their evolution, toxins, herbivores and insect pollinators. Naturwissenschaften 89: 281-294.
• Lounibos LP. 2001.Boom-or-bust development of a predatory mosquito in temporary aquatic habitats of Florida , USA . Israel Journal of Zoology 47: 433-444.
• Lounibos LP, O'Meara GF, Escher RL, Nishimura N, Cutwa MM, Nelson T, Campos RE & Juliano SA. 2001. Testing predictions of displacement of native Aedes by the invasive Asian Tiger Mosquito Aedes albopictus in Florida , USA . Biological Invasions 3: 151-166.
• Campos RE & Lounibos LP. 2000a. Life tables of Toxorhynchites rutilus (Diptera: Culicidae) in nature in southern Florida . Journal of Medical Entomology 37: 385-392.
• Campos RE & Lounibos LP. 2000b. Natural prey and digestion times of Toxorhynchites rutilus (Diptera: Culicidae) in southern Florida . Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93:1280-1287.
• Lounibos LP   & Conn JE. 2000. Malaria vector heterogeneity in South America . American Entomologist 46: 238-249.
• Campos RE &   Lounibos LP. 1999. Eryngium spp. (Umbelliferae) as phytotelmata and their Culex (Culex) inhabitants in temperate Argentina . Journal of the American   Mosquito Control Association 15:493-499.
• Lounibos LP, Coetzee M, Duzak D, Nishimura N, Linley JR, Service MW, Cornel AJ,   Fontenille D &   Mukwaya LG. 1999. A description and morphometric comparison of eggs of species of the   Anopheles gambiae complex. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 15: 157-185.

updated January 2005