Profile TabsProfileErick Martinez RodriguezGraduate Student, Piermarini Labmartinezrodriguez.2@osu.edu Office: 240 Wooster Science Building1680 Madison Ave, Wooster OH 44691Professional InformationResearch Area(s): natural plant extracts as insecticides and repellents against the yellow fever mosquitoBiography: Erick is a second-year master's student in the Entomology department at Ohio State University's Wooster Campus, who hails from Honduras where he earned a degree in Agricultural Science from the Pan-American Agricultural School of El Zamorano. Following his graduation, he pursued research at the Entomology department in Wooster campus as a visiting scholar, focusing on greenhouse and field pest management, as well as mosquito toxicity. Currently, as a master's student, he is investigating the efficacy of natural plant extracts as insecticides and repellents against the yellow fever mosquito. Piermarini lab research is highlighted in Ohio State News APR 19, 2022 Nanoparticles prove effective against the yellow fever mosquito. Carbon black is fatal for its larvae in standing water, by Tatyana Woodall, Ohio State News, woodall.52@osu.edu. Recently published in the journal Insects, this new paper describes how mosquitoes have evolved a natural resistance to some chemical insecticides. Works - Any -Journal articleBook/book chapterReportWorking paperPolicy briefPresentationData
