Kara Fikrig

Assistant Professor of Vector Ecology

Huck Co-hire with College of Agricultural Sciences

W209 Millennium Science Complex
University Park, PA
She/Her/Hers
karafikrig@psu.edu

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Research Summary

The intersection of entomology and public health, with a focus on understanding the drivers and barriers of mosquito invasions and a particular interest in the spread of Aedes aegypti in the Peruvian Amazon and Ae. albopictus in Pennsylvania

Huck Graduate Students

Ann Safo

Huck Affiliations

Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics

Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences

Ecology

Center for Malaria Research

News Articles Featuring Kara Fikrig

Apr 13, 2026

Communication, Science & Society Initiative awards four interdisciplinary grants

The Communication, Science & Society Initiative (CSSI), a research partnership between Penn State’s Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences in the College of the Liberal Arts, has announced the grant recipients from its 2025 request for proposals. The initiative has awarded $52,000 to four projects that bring together teams of life scientists, humanists and social scientists who aim to address multi-dimensional societal problems.

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