William K. Reisen, PhD, retired University of California, Davis, professor and researcher who spent more than four decades studying mosquitoes around the world, initially as a US Air Force captain and entomologist. The author of 297 peer-reviewed research publications, Reisen has been honored with numerous awards including the John N. Belkin Award for Excellence in Vector Ecology and the Harry Hoogstraal Medal.
For human beings, mosquitoes are the most dangerous animals in the world. The microbes they transmit kill millions of people…
