教育

• Cornell University; Ph.D. in Entomology; 2019
• Gustavus Adolphus College; B.A. in 生物学; 2012

Background

I began at WLC in the fall of 2019 as an Assistant Professor of 生物学 and as the head of the Marine 生物学 Department. One of my favorite things about being a professor at WLC is the opportunity to work closely with passionate students; thus far, I’ve been able to guide students through environmental consulting projects, reSearch projects studying mosquitoes, and independent studies on marine and freshwater natural resources (to name a few). In the different roles in which I now serve, I’ve been able to draw on experiences going back to my undergraduate days, including: internships with the Minnesota DNR and the US EPA; my undergraduate honors thesis on minnow development; a reSearch internship in Panama studying leaf cutter ants; and my graduate work with mosquitoes. If I’m not spouting weird animal facts, zapping accidentally liberated mosquitoes in my lab, or dissecting (dead) animals, you might find me canoeing, 酒吧琐事, or worshiping at St. Marcus Lutheran Church.  

教学

• Principles of 生物学 I
• 生态
• Introduction to Marine Science
• Vertebrate Zoology
• Invertebrate Zoology
• Stream 生态
• 昆虫帝国

ReSearch Interests

It doesn’t take much to get me interested in a reSearch topic. Pitch something to me with a good story, and we’ll run with it. ReSearch questions/topics that integrate disparate scientific fields particularly intrigue me. Some of my interests include: 

• Marine biology
• Vector-borne disease (think mosquitoes, ticks, et al)
• Sperm biology (primarily in insects)
• Fisheries biology

Scholarly Works

The majority of the following published work is freely available; check out the links 在这里. 

2019     
高贵的JM, Degner EC, 哈林顿LC, Kourkoutis LF. Sci Rep 9(1):1-11. Modification of mosquito sperm surface morphology and motility coincides with the capacity to fertilize eggs. 

2018     
Degner EC, Ahmed-Braimah YH, Borziak K, Wolfner MF, 哈林顿LC, Dorus S. Proteins, transcripts, and genetic architecture of seminal fluid and sperm in the mosquito 埃及伊蚊. Mol Cell Proteomics 18(S1):S6-S22.

Hatala AJ, 哈林顿LC, Degner EC. Age and body size predict sperm quantity in Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) male mosquitoes. J Med Entomol 55(4):1051-1054.

2016
Degner EC, LC哈林顿. A mosquito sperm’s journey from male ejaculate to egg: mechanisms, molecules and methods for exploration. Mol Reprod Dev 83(10):897-911.

Degner EC, LC哈林顿. Polyandry depends on post-mating time interval in the dengue vector 埃及伊蚊. Am J Trop Med Hyg 94(4): 780-785.

Alfonso-Parra C, Ahmed-Braimah YH, Degner EC, Wolfner MF, 哈林顿LC. Mating-induced transcriptome changes in the reproductive tract of female 埃及伊蚊. PLoS Neg Trop Dis 10(2): e0004451.  

Degner EC, 哈林顿LC. Sperm storage in a menacing mosquito. Mol Reprod Dev 83(6): 469. Featured micrograph.

2015     
埃斯特拉达C, Degner EC, Rojas EI, Wcislo WT, Van Bael SA. The role of endophyte diversity in protecting plants from defoliation by leaf-cutting ants. Curr Sci India 109(1):55-61.

服务 

• Marine 生物学 Department Head