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Omar Akbari is a Chancellor's Endowed Professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of California, San Diego. His research focuses on the genetics and physiology of mosquitoes with the goal of developing innovative genetic control technologies to reduce the burden of mosquito-borne diseases affecting humans. Akbari's work centers on the use of genetic engineering and synthetic biology to create mosquitoes that are resistant to various pathogens and to develop methods to introduce these modified mosquitoes into wild populations. He received his B.S. and M.S. in Biotechnology from the University of Nevada, Reno, followed by a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology, where he studied the role of cis-regulatory modules in defining cell identities during embryo development in Drosophila melanogaster. After completing his postdoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology, he joined the University of California, Riverside as an Assistant Professor in Entomology and was later appointed to his current position at UC San Diego.
University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA
Joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology.
University of California, Riverside • Riverside, CA
Conducted research in the Department of Entomology and Center for Infectious Disease Vector Research.
California Institute of Technology • Pasadena, CA
Worked in the laboratory of Professor Bruce Hay developing innovative synthetic biology techniques for disease vectors.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).