Kirsten Pelz-Stelinski Kirsten Pelz-Stelinski, Ph.D., is an associate professor in in the University of Florida’s Department of Entomology and Nematology, specializing in vector biology and insect microbial community ecology. She is the associate center director of UF/IFAS Citrus Research and Education Center. She earned her dual degree Ph.D. in entomology and ecology, evolutionary biology, and behavior from Michigan State University in 2008. Her research interests include biology and microbial ecology of insect vectors of plant diseases. Technologies Genetically Modified Wolbachia for Biocontrol of Insect Bacterial Disease Vectors
