Emily McDermott

Assistant Professor of Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Emily McDermott, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology in Fayetteville, AR. Her research interests are on the ecology of arthropod vectors of animal diseases, focusing on understanding vector-borne disease epidemiology, and developing novel control tools. She previously served as the Senior Scientist of the Vector Control Department at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, where she evaluated chemical control methods for mosquitoes and sandflies. Current research priorities in the McDermott Lab include the spatial ecology of Culicoides biting midges at the livestock-wildlife interface, and the epidemiology of emerging tick-borne diseases of cattle in Arkansas.