Angie began her career in Vector control as a seasonal
laboratory assistant with the District back 2005. From
2006-2012 she was a vector ecologist in the SMCMVCD
laboratory. She was the vector ecologist for Santa Clara
County, performing all in-house PCR testing for Lyme disease in
ticks and WNV in birds and mosquitoes for three years, then moved
up to supervise all aspects of the Marin/Sonoma MVCD laboratory
as the Scientific Programs Manager in 2015. In 2017,
she left that position to come back to the
District.
Tara Roth has a B.S. in Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity from
the University of California Davis, an M.S. in Ecology and
Systematics from San Francisco State University, and a PhD from
the University of California Davis in Integrative Pathobiology
with a designated emphasis in the Biology of Vector Borne
Diseases. Before joining the San Mateo Vector Control District
her research focused on the ecology and epidemiology of tularemia
in the California Central Valley.
Tina has worked in vector control for 15 years, starting as a
seasonal employee at Contra Costa and Northwest Mosquito and
Vector Control Districts before transitioning to permanent
positions at San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control
District and Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District. She has
worked at San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control
District for more than a decade, first as a Vector Control
Technician and then in the District laboratory as a Vector
Ecologist.
Theresa has been with the District since 2008. She works
with the laboratory on surveillance of invasive Aedes
aegypti mosquitoes, West Nile Virus surveillance, mosquito
population monitoring and identification, general arthropod
identification, surveillance of tick-borne diseases, and data
analysis.
Elizabeth joined the District as a seasonal Vector Control Aide
in June, 2018, and has returned for the 2019 season as a Seasonal
Laboratory Assistant.
