Jessica Ding

2025-26 Global One Health Fellow

About Jessica

Jessica is a PhD student in the Entomology program, where she studies insecticide resistance and vector-borne disease at the intersection of ecology, public health, and genetics & genomics. Her current research focuses on the spatiotemporal dynamics of pyrethroid resistance in Aedes albopictus, an invasive mosquito species and a major vector of human disease. Drawing from her background in health & medical geography, Jessica hopes to study how social, economic, and environmental factors shape disease risk and mosquito population dynamics across heterogeneous landscapes.

Before starting her PhD, Jessica earned her bachelor’s degree in Integrative Biology and Environmental Studies from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and completed a master’s degree in Geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied the socio-ecological drivers of swine flu evolution in the U.S. Her work bridges genetic and ecological methods with place-based inquiry, and she is particularly interested in how disease emergence and environmental health intersect in rapidly changing environments. As a Global One Health Fellow, Jessica looks forward to connecting with an interdisciplinary community committed to tackling health challenges across scales.

Contact Information

Email: jyding@ncsu.edu

Faculty Advisor

Michael Reiskind | Entomology and Plant Pathology