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Jan E. Conn

Jan E. Conn

Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center, Zoonotic Diseases
Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences

Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1987
Postdoctoral training, Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1988-1990
and Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, 1990-1994
Assistant Professor then Associate Professor with Tenure, Department of Biology, University of Vermont, 1994-2002

E-mail: jconn@wadsworth.org

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  • Conn JE and Mirabello L. 2007. Population genetics and biogeography of neotropical vector species. Heredity 99: 245-256.
  • Joy DA, Craig, DA, Conn, JE. 2007. Genetic variation tracks ecological segregation in Pacific Island black flies. Heredity. Advance online publication, 4 July, doi;10.1038/sj.hdy.6801023.
  • Scarpassa VM, Conn JE. 2007. Population genetic structure of the major malaria vector Anopheles darlingi (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Brazilian Amazon, using microsatellite markers. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz. 102: 319-28.
  • Armbruster P, Conn JE. 2006. Geographic variation of larval growth in North American Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 99:1234-1243.
  • Conn JE, Vineis JH, Bollbeck J, Onyabe DY, Wilkerson RC, Póvoa MM. 2006. Population structure of the malaria vector Anopheles darlingi in an endemic region of eastern Amazonian Brazil. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 74: 798-806.
  • MM Póvoa, RTL de Souza, RNL Lacerda, E Santa Rosa, D Galiza, J R de Souza, RA. Wirtz, CD Schlichting, JE Conn. 2006. The importance of Anopheles albitarsis E and An. darlingi in human malaria transmission in Boa Vista, state of Roraima, Amazonian Brazil Mem Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 101: 163-168.
  • Mirabello L, Conn JE. 2006. Molecular Population Genetics of the Malaria Vector Anopheles darlingi in Central and South America. Heredity. 96: 311-321.
  • Lehr MA, CW Kilpatrick, RC Wilkerson, JE Conn. 2005. Cryptic Species in the Anopheles albitarsis (Diptera: Culicidae) Complex: incongruence between RAPD-PCR identification and analysis of mtDNA COI sequences. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 98:908-917.
  • Póvoa MM, JE Conn, CD Schlichting, JCOF Amaral, MNO Segura, ANM Da Silva, CCB Dos Santos, RNL Lacerda, RTL De Souza, D Galiza, EP Santa Rosa, RA Wirtz. 2003. Malaria vectors, epidemiology and the re-emergence of Anopheles darlingi in Belém, Pará, Brazil. J. Med. Entomol. 40:379-386.
  • Fairley TL MM Póvoa, JE Conn. 2002. Evaluation of the Amazon River delta as a barrier to gene flow for the regional malaria vector, Anopheles aquasalis (Diptera: Culicidae) in northeastern Brazil. J. Med. Entomol. 39:861-869.
  • Conn JE, RC Wilkerson, MNO Segura, RTL de Sousa, CD Schlichting, RA Wirtz, MM Póvoa. 2002. Emergence of a new neotropical malaria vector facilitated by changes in land use and human migration. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 66:18-22.
  • Conn JE, Bollbeck J, Robinson TN, Onyabe DY, Wilkerson RC, Póvoa MM. 2001. Microsatellite Markers for the Neotropical Malaria Vector Anopheles darlingi. Mol. Ecol. Notes 1:223-25.
  • Onyabe DY , JE Conn. 2001. Genetic differentiation of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae across Nigeria suggests that selection limits gene flow. Heredity 87:1-12.
  • Onyabe DY, JE Conn. 2001. Population structure of the malaria mosquito Anopheles arabiensis across Nigeria suggests range expansion. Mol. Ecol. 10(11):2577-2592.
  • Joy DA , JE Conn. 2001. Molecular and morphological phylogenetic analysis of an insular radiation in Pacific black flies (Simulium). Syst. Biol. 50:18-38.
  • Lounibos LP, JE Conn. 2000. Malaria vector heterogeneity in South America. Amer. Entomol. 46:238-249.

Contact Information

E-mail: jconn@wadsworth.org
Office Phone: (518) 869-4575
Lab Phone: (518) 869-4549
Fax: (518) 869-6487