Jessica (Jessi) Waite, PhD

Grant Proposal Developer – RSENR

PRONUNCIATION JEH-sih-kuh WAYT

PRONOUNS She/Her

Jessica.Waite@uvm.edu

Pronunciation JEH-sih-kuh WAYT

Pronouns She/Her

Alma mater(s)

Penn State, Postdoctoral Research
University of Utah, PhD
University of Vermont, BS

Affiliated Department(s)

Research Development

Office of the Vice President for Research

Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources

BIO

Grant proposal developer in Research Development. Previous experience as a project manager, writer, scientific careers mentor, and educator with two decades of research experience. Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution with postdoctoral and biotech industry experience, having worked as a vector biologist and ecologist with a broad background in evolution of vectors and infectious disease.

Previous research topics include innovative arthropod control to reduce vector-borne pathogen transmission, especially malaria, effects of temperature on transmission and parasite development, and additional work on molecular phylogenetics of vertebrates and of parasites, as well as in commercial antibody development.

Publications

Area(s) of expertise

National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Agriculture, Spencer Foundation

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