Zach Popkin-Hall

I am thrilled to announce that in spite of the absolutely dire academic landscape, I have finally escaped trainee limbo! Starting in August, I will be the newest Assistant Professor of Biology at Western Connecticut State University. I can't wait to start this next stage of my career!

20.06.2025 20:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Mosquitoes’ Hothouse Potential A warmer climate may not limit the habitat range of these disease vectors.

Apparently this article in American Scientist that I was interviewed for came out two months ago! I only found out today. Anyway, cool study that was fun to be asked about.

www.americanscientist.org/article/mosq...

02.04.2025 18:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Molecular evolution of gustatory receptors in the Anopheles gambiae complex - BMC Ecology and Evolution Background Mosquitoes in the Anopheles (An.) gambiae species complex are major vectors of Plasmodium falciparum malaria. One reason for this is the high anthropophily of the constituent species An. co...

Almost five years after I graduated, the second paper from my dissertation has just been published in @biomedcentral.bsky.social Ecology and Evolution! More data points on the potential genetic drivers of vertebrate host preference in the Anopheles gambiae complex 🦟 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

17.03.2025 13:02 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

PubMed and the whole NCBI infrastructure are still down as of this morning. Not great to say the least

02.03.2025 15:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A pink heart with an Anopheles mosquito on top of it. There are also a male gametocyte, a female gametocyte, and a malaria-infected red blood cell present within the outline of the heart. The text below says "Happy Valentine's Day!"

Graphic design is my passion. If you happen to be at ICPvR in Puducherry, you can see this charming graphic on the final slide of my talk.

31.01.2025 19:57 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Here is an email I sent to my university office of postdoctoral affairs if this is useful for anybody.

31.01.2025 17:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@uncchapelhill.bsky.social what do you plan to do about this?

30.01.2025 21:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is outrageous. Would strongly encourage all of us to ask our universities how they plan to protect our salaries (already for those on NSF fellowships, preemptively for those of us with NIH funding).

30.01.2025 21:49 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0