Heidi Knecht is a Master of Science in Environmental Health (MSEH) student in the ECU Environmental Health Sciences Program.  For her thesis, she is currently studying how a sublethal dose of an insecticide (i.e., bifenthrin) can impact a mosquito’s vector competence, which is the mosquito’s ability to transmit a virus.  Her study investigates the interaction between mosquitoes, insecticide and Zika virus transmission.  Dr. Stephanie Richards is her thesis director.

Check out the YouTube video below that features Heidi and her research: