Education:

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

Employment History:

1971-74 Teaching Fellow in Biology and General Education, Harvard University
1974-77 Head, ICIPE Coastal Research Station, Mombasa, Kenya
1977-     Entomologist III to Professor (1993), Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, University of Florida, Vero Beach

Recent Appointments and Professional Service:

1997-2000, 2005-2008 University of Florida Research Foundation Professor
1998-2000, 2006-08 National Institutes of Health study sections on malaria, vector biology and international research in infectious disease
2000 Entomologist of the Year, Florida Entomological Society
2001, 2003, 2004 NSF/NIH Ecology of Infectious Diseases review panels
2003 Visiting Scholar, Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis

Teaching:

Biology and Control of Mosquitoes (international course in Spanish at FMEL); Guest lectures in Entomology departmental courses in Gainesville: Medical Entomology, Tropical Entomology, Biological Control, Advanced Mosquito Biology, Advanced Mosquito Identification.

Refereed Publications and Book Chapters Since 1997:

Lounibos LP, D Duzak & JR Linley. 1997. Comparative egg morphology of six species of the Albimanus section of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 34: 136-155.

Lounibos LP, D Duzak, JR Linley & R. Lourenço-de-Oliveira. 1997. Egg structures of Anopheles fluminensis and Anopheles shannoni. Memorias de Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 92: 221-232.

Lounibos LP, RL Escher, N Nishimura & SA Juliano. 1997. Long-term dynamics of a predator used for biological control and decoupling from mosquito prey in a subtropical treehole ecosystem. Oecologia 111: 189-200.

Lounibos LP, D Couto Lima & R Lourenço-de-Oliveira. 1998. Prompt mating of released Anopheles darlingi in Western Amazonian Brazil. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 14: 210-213.

Lounibos LP, D Couto Lima, R Lourenço-de-Oliveira, RL Escher & N Nishimura. 1998. Egg maturation in Neotropical malaria vectors: one blood meal is usually enough. Journal of Vector Ecology 23: 195-201.

Lounibos, LP, EA Martin, D Duzak & RL Escher. 1998. Daylength and temperature control of predation, body size, and rate of increase in Toxorhynchites rutilus (Diptera: Culicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 91: 308-314.

Lounibos LP, RC Wilkerson, JE Conn, LJ Hribar, GN Frtiz & JA Danoff-Burg. 1998. Morphological, molecular, and chromosomal discrimination of cryptic Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) (Diptera: Culicidae) from South America. Journal of Medical Entomology 35: 830-838.

Campos RE & LP Lounibos. 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, M Coetzee, D Duzak, N Nishimura, JR Linley, MW Service, AJ Cornel, D Fontenille & LG Mukwaya. 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.

Campos RE & LP Lounibos. 2000. Natural prey and digestion times of Toxorhynchites rutilus (Diptera: Culicidae) in southern Florida. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 93:1280-1287.

Campos RE & LP Lounibos. 2000. Life tables of Toxorhynchites rutilus (Diptera: Culicidae) in nature in southern Florida. Journal of Medical Entomology 37: 385-392.

Lounibos LP & JE Conn. 2000. Malaria vector heterogeneity in South America. American Entomologist 46: 238-249.

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, GF O'Meara, RL Escher, N Nishimura, MM Cutwa, T Nelson, RE Campos & SA Juliano 2001. Testing predictions of displacement of native Aedes by the invasive Asian Tiger Mosquito Aedes albopictus in Florida, USA. Biological Invasions 3: 151-166.

Lounibos LP. 2002. Invasions by insect vectors of human disease. Annual Review of Entomology 47: 233-266.

Lounibos LP & RE Campos. 2002. Investigaciones recientes sobre Toxorhynchites rutilus (Diptera: Culicidae) con referencia al control biologico de mosquitos habitantes en recipientes. Entomotropica 17: 145-156.

Lounibos LP, S Suárez, Z Menéndez, N Nishimura, RL Escher, SM O’Connell & JR Rey. 2002. Does temperature affect the outcome of larval competition between Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus? Journal of Vector Ecology 27: 86-95

Schneider D, M Wink, F Sporer and P Lounibos. 2002. Cycads: their evolution, toxins, herbivores, and insect pollinators. Naturwissenschaften 89: 281-294.

Alto BW, LP Lounibos & SA Juliano. 2003. Age-dependent bloodfeeding of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus on artificial and living hosts. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 19: 347-352.

Braks MAH, NA Honório, R Lourenço-de-Oliveira, SA Juliano & LP Lounibos. 2003. Convergent habitat segregation of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in southeastern Brazil and Florida, USA. Journal of Medical Entomology 785-794.

Honório NA, WC Silva, PJ Leite, JM Goncalves, LP Lounibos & R. Lourenço-de-Oliveira. 2003. Dispersal of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in an urban endemic dengue area in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Memorias de 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 and TW Scott, eds.) Ecological Aspects for Application of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes. Frontis, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Lounibos LP, RL Escher & R Lourenço-de-Oliveira. 2003. 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, GF O'Meara, N Nishimura & RL Escher. 2003. Interactions with native mosquito larvae regulate the production of Aedes albopictus from bromeliads in Florida. Ecological Entomology 28: 551-558.

Braks MAH, NA Honório, LP Lounibos, R Lourenço-de-Oliveira & SA Juliano. 2004. Interspecific competition between two invasive species of container mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera:Culicidae), in Brazil. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97: 130-139.

Juliano SA, LP Lounibos & GF O'Meara. 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, MG Castro, MAH Braks & LP Lounibos. 2004. The invasion of urban forest by dengue vectors in Rio de Janeiro. Journal of Vector Ecology 29: 94-100.

Rey JR, S O'Connell, S Suarez, Z Menendez, LP Lounibos & G Byer. 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, MW Griswold & LP Lounibos. 2005. Habitat and sex-dependent predation of mosquito larvae in containers. Oecologica 14: 300-310.

Alto BW, LP Lounibos, S Higgs & SA Juliano. 2005. Larval competition differentially affects arbovirus infection in Aedes mosquitoes. Ecology 86: 3279-3288.

Alto BW, SP Yanoviak, LP Lounibos & BG Drake. 2005. Effects of elevated CO₂ on water chemistry and mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) growth under competitive conditions in container habitats. Florida Entomologist 88: 372-382.

Griswold MW & LP Lounibos. 2005. Does differential predation permit invasive and native mosquito larvae to coexist in Florida? Ecological Entomology 30: 122-127.

Griswold MW & LP Lounibos. 2005. Competitive outcomes among aquatic container Diptera depend on predation and resource levels. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98: 673-681.

Juliano SA & LP Lounibos. 2005. Ecology of invasive mosquitoes: effects on resident species and on human health. Ecology Letters 8: 558-574.

Yanoviak SP, PV Aguilar, LP Lounibos & SC Weaver. 2005. Transmission of a Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) complex alphavirus by Culex (Melanoconion) gnomatus (Diptera: Culicidae) in northeastern Peru. Journal of Medical Entomology 42: 404-408.

Braks MAH, LP Lounibos & SA Juliano. 2006. Superior reproductive success on human blood is not limited to anthropophilic mosquito species. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 20: 53-59.

Ellis AM, LP Lounibos & M Holyoak. 2006. Examining the long-term metacommunity dynamics of treehole mosquitoes. Ecology 87: 2582-2590.

Griswold MW & LP Lounibos. 2006. Predator identity and additive effects in a treehole community. Ecology 84: 987-995.

Rey JR, N Nishimura, B Wagner, MAH Braks, SM O'Connell & LP Lounibos. 2006. Habitat segregation of mosquito arbovirus vectors in South Florida. Journal of Medical Entomology 43: 1134-1141.

Yanoviak SP, LP Lounibos & SC Weaver. 2006. Land use affects macroinvertebrate community composition in phytotelmata in the Peruvian Amazon. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99: 1172-1181.

 Yanoviak SP, JER Paredes LP Lounibos & SC Weaver. 2006. Deforestation alters mosquito habitat availability and production in the Peruvian Amazon. Ecological Applications 16: 1859-1864.

Zimmerman RH, AKR Galardo, LP Lounibos, M. Arruda & R Wirtz. 2006. Bloodmeal hosts of Anopheles species (Diptera: Culicidae) in a malaria-endemic area of the Brazilian Amazon. Journal of Medical Entomology 43: 947-956.

Benedict MQ, RS Levine, WA Hawley & LP Lounibos. 2007. Spread of the tiger: global risk of invasion by the mosquito Aedes albopictus. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 7: 76-85.

Kesavaraju B, BW Alto, LP Lounibos & SA Juliano. 2007. Behavioural responses of larval container mosquitoes to a size-selective predator. Ecological Entomology 32: 262-272.

Lounibos LP. 2007. Competitive displacement and reduction. Pp 276-282. In (TE Floore and J Becnel, eds.) Biorational Control of Mosquitoes. Bulletin No.7 of the American Mosquito Control Association 23 (Suppl. No 2).

Galardo A, M Arruda, A D'Almeida Cuoto, R Wirtz, LP Lounibos & RH Zimmerman. 2007. Malaria vector incrinination in three riverine villages in the Brazilian Amazon. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 76:461-469.

Marti GA, MV Micieli, A Macia, LP Lounibos & JJ Garcia. 2007. Seasonality and abundance of the mosquito Isostomyia paraensis from phytotelmata in temerate Argentina. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 23: 252-258.

Ramirez JE, SP Yanoviak, LP Lounibos & SC Weaver. 2007. Distribucion vertical del mosquito Haemagogus janthinomys (Dyar) (Diptera:Culicidae) en bosques de la Amazonia Peruana. Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica 24: 40-45.

Alto BW, LP Lounibos, CN Mores & MH Reiskind. 2008. Larval competition alters susceptibility of adult Aedes mosquitoes to dengue infection. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 275: 463-471.

Armistead JS, JR Arias & LP Lounibos. 2008. Interspecific larval competition between Aedes albopictus and Aedes japonicus (Diptera:Culicidae) in northern Virginia. Journal of Medical Entomology (in press).

Armistead JS, N Nishimura, RL Escher & LP Lounibos. 2008. Larval competition between Aedes japonicus and Aedes albopictus (Diptera:Culicidae) in simulated rock pools. Journal of Vector Ecology (in press).

Lounibos LP & RL Escher. 2008. Sex ratios of mosquitoes from long-term censuses of Florida tree holes. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 24:(in press).

Lounibos LP, S. Makhni, BW Alto & B Kesavaraju. 2008. Surplus killing by predatory larvae of Corethella appendiculata: prepupal timing and site-specific attack on mosquito prey. Journal of Insect Behavior 21: 47-54.