Peter Atkinson 

Insect Genetics & Transposable Elements
Tel: (951) 827-4782
E-mail: peter.atkinson@ucr.edu

Office Information
2234A Genomics Building (Faculty Office)
2258 Genomics Building (Deans Office)

Link to CNAS Dean's Office

Education

• B. Sc. (Honors)   University of Melbourne, Australia
• Ph. D. University of Melbourne, Australia

Departments / Programs

• Department of Entomology
• CNAS Deans Office
• Institute for Integrative Genome Biology
• Center for Infectious and Disease Vector Research
• Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics
• Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology
• Entomology Graduate Program
• Pacific Southwest Center of Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases

Research Areas

• Insect genetic control
• Genetics of medical and agricultural important insects
• Development of transposable elements as gene vectors in insects
• Transposable elements and DNA recombination
• Mosquito Genomics
• Agricultural Pest Control
• Transposons in Human Gene Therapy

​Inaiara de Souza Pacheco

Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D.
Lab Location: Entomology
Tel: (951) 827-4782
E-mail: inaiara.desouzapacheco@ucr.edu

Sally Ireri

Graduate Student, Entomology
Cell, Molecular and Developmental Interdepartmental Graduate Program
Program: Ph.D.
Lab Location: Genomics
Tel: (951) 827-4782
E-mail: sally.ireri@email.ucr.edu

Alexander Valenzuela

Graduate Student, Plant Sciences
Plant Biology Graduate Program (with Prof. Walling)
Program: Ph.D.
Lab Location: Botany & Plant Sciences
Tel: (951) 827-4782
E-mail: alex.valenzuela@email.ucr.edu

Michelle Algier

Eric Cheang

Cynthia De León

Shiraz Mogul

Russell Woo

Alyssa Abuda (with Prof Walling)

Timothy Roose (with Prof’s Walling and Redak)

Valerie Baule (with Prof Walling)