Megan Fritz

Portrait of Megan Fritz

Megan Fritz

Associate Professor

Teaching

BSCI483: Insects, Pathogens, and Public Health
BSCI484: Insects, Pathogens, and Public Health: Laboratory
ENTM699M: Genmcs Rsrch App Bio-I
ENTM699N: Genmcs Rsrch App Bio-II
ENTM788C: Colloquium

Graduate Program Affiliations

Biological Sciences (BISI): Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Genomics (CBBG)
Biological Sciences (BISI): Molecular and Cell Biology (MOCB)
Entomology

Research

The Fritz lab focuses on the study of insect evolution in response to a constantly changing environment. The lab uses molecular, genomic, and computational tools to shed light on the genomic variants that facilitate adaptation.

Education

Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2011
B.S., Michigan State University, 2005

Latest Papers

A mathematical model of Culex population abundance and the impact of vector control interventions in a patchy environment

| Ecological Modelling
Author(s): Suman Bhowmick, Patrick Irwin, Kristina Lopez, Megan Lindsay Fritz, Rebecca Lee Smith


Stage-specific divergence in larval thermal tolerance among populations of the
Culex pipiens
Assemblage

| Journal of medical entomology
Author(s): Benjamin P Gregory, Helle Aronson, Clément Vinauger, Chloé Lahondère, Megan L Fritz


Manual curation of chemosensory genes and antennal RNAseq reveals candidate genes associated with host preference in Culex pipiens assemblage members

| Genomics
Author(s): Theresa N. Menna, Sara Parker, Lauren Black, Joel Haftel, Katherine Bell, Anna Noreuil, Megan L. Fritz


Stage-specific divergence in larval thermal tolerance among populations of the
Culex pipiens
Assemblage

| Journal of medical entomology
Author(s): Benjamin P Gregory, Helle Aronson, Clément Vinauger, Chloé Lahondère, Megan L Fritz


Are we asking the right questions? A dive into the knowledge, attitudes, and practices literature on behavior change in tick bite prevention

| BMC Public Health
Author(s): Emily M. Mader, Joellen Lampman, Hopper Kendregan, Maria A. Diuk-Wasser, Megan L. Fritz, Laura C. Harrington, Amelia Greiner Safi


Molecular surveillance supports differing roles for
Culex pipiens
and
Culex restuans
(Diptera: Culicidae) in West Nile virus transmission in Chicago, Illinois

| Journal of medical entomology
Author(s): Benjamin Burgunder, Jian Yang, Johnny Uelmen, Rebecca Lee Smith, Jordan Palmer, Patrick Irwin, Megan L Fritz


A weather-driven mathematical model of Culex population abundance and the impact of vector control interventions

| Ecological Informatics
Author(s): Suman Bhowmick, Patrick Irwin, Kristina Lopez, Megan Lindsay Fritz, Rebecca Lee Smith


Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito

| Science
Author(s): Yuki Haba, PipPop Consortium‡, Petra Korlević, Erica McAlister, Mara K. N. Lawniczak, Molly Schumer, Noah H. Rose, Carolyn S. McBride, Matthew L. Aardema, Maria O. Afonso, et. al


Polygenic response to selection by transgenic Bt-expressing crops in wild Helicoverpa zea and characterization of a major effect locus

| BMC Genomics
Author(s): Katherine L. Taylor, Jane Quackenbush, Cara Lamberty, Kelly A. Hamby, Megan L. Fritz