Barry Alto Curriculum Vitae (abridged)


Education:

  • Ph.D., Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, 2006
  • M.S., Biology, Illinois State University, 2000
  • B.A., cum laude, Biology, University of St. Thomas, 1997

Employment

  • 2010 Assistant Professor (arbovirology), University of Florida
  • 2008 - 2010 Director: Medical Entomology Program, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois
  • 2006 - 2008 Postdoctoral Fellow: Yale University

Other Appointments

  • 2010-present Affiliate, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois
  • 2011-present Editorial Board, Entomological Society of America (Journal of Medical Entomology)

Teaching

  • Advanced Mosquito Biology (Fall 2011)

Representative Publications

     († denotes former postdoctoral research associate)
  • †Muturi E.J., & Alto B.W. 2011. Larval environmental temperature and insecticide exposure alters Aedes aegypti competence for arboviruses. J. Vector-borne Zoonotic Dis. (in press).
  • †Muturi E.J., Kim C-H, Alto B.W., Schuler M., & Berenbaum, M. 2011. Larval environmental stress alters adult mosquito fitness and competence for arboviruses. Trop Med Int Health. (in press).
  • †Costanzo K.S., †Muturi E.J., & Alto B.W. Trait-mediated effects of predation on native and invasive container mosquitoes. Ecol. Entomol. (provisionally accepted). Alto B.W. 2011. Interspecific larval competition between invasive Aedes japonicus and native A. triseriatus (Diptera: Culicidae) and adult longevity. J. Med. Entomol. 48:232-242.
  • †Muturi E.J., †Costanzo K.S., Kesavaraju B., Lampman R., & Alto B.W. 2011. Effect of temperature and insecticide stress on life-history traits of Culex restuans and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae). J. Med. Entomol. 48: 243-250.
  • †Muturi E.J., †Costanzo K.S., Kesavaraju B., & Alto B.W. 2011. Can pesticides and larval competition alter susceptibility of Aedes mosquitoes to arbovirus infection? J. Med. Entomol. 48: 429-436.
  • †Costanzo K.S., †Muturi E.J, Lampman R., & Alto B.W. 2011. The effects of resource type and ratio on competition with Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae). J. Med. Entomol. 48: 29-38.
  • Alto B.W. & Turner P.E. 2010. Consequences of host adaptation for performance of vesicular stomatitis virus in novel thermal environments. Evol. Ecol. 24: 299-315.
  • Kesavaraju, B., Alto B.W., Afify A., & Gaugler R. 2010. Malathion influences competition between Aedes albopictus and Aedes japonicus. J. Med. Entomol. 47:1011-1018.
  • †Muturi E.J., †Costanzo K.S., Kesavaraju B., Lampman R., & Alto B.W. 2010. Interactions of a pesticide and larval competition on life history traits of Culex pipiens. Acta Tropica 116:141-146.
  • Turner, P.E., Morales N., Alto B.W., & Remold S.K. 2010. Role of evolved host breadth in the initial emergence of an RNA virus. Evolution 64: 3273-3286.
  • Alto B.W., Kesavaraju B., Juliano S.A. & Lounibos L.P. 2009. Stage-dependent predation on competitors: consequences for the outcome of a mosquito invasion. J. Anim. Ecol. 78: 928-936.
  • Alto B.W., Reiskind M.H. & Lounibos L.P. 2008. Size alters susceptibility of vectors to dengue virus infection and dissemination. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 79: 688-695.
  • Alto B.W., Lounibos L.P., Mores C.N. & Reiskind M.H. 2008. Larval competition alters susceptibility of adult Aedes mosquitoes to dengue infection. Proc. Roy. Soc. B 275: 463-471.
  • Lounibos L.P., Makhni S., Alto B.W. & Kesavaraju B. 2008. Surplus killing by predatory larvae of Corethrella appendiculata: Prepupal timing and site-specific attack on mosquito prey. J. Insect Behav. 21: 47-54.
  • Richards S.L., Pesko K.N., Alto B.W. & Mores C.N. 2007. Reduced infection in mosquitoes exposed to blood meals containing previously frozen Flaviviruses. Virus Res. 129: 224-227.
  • Kesavaraju B., Alto B.W., Juliano S.A. & Lounibos L.P. 2007. Behavioral responses of larval container mosquitoes to a size-selective predator. Ecol. Entomol. 32: 262-272.
  • Alto B.W., Griswold M.W. & Lounibos L.P. 2005. Habitat and sex-dependent predation of mosquito larvae in containers. Oecologia 146: 300-310.
  • Alto B.W., Lounibos L.P., Higgs S. & Juliano S.A. 2005. Larval competition differentially affects arbovirus infection in Aedes mosquitoes. Ecology 86: 3279-3288.