OSU Faculty: M.E. Clay

Mary Ellen Clay

s-mail: Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, 1735 Neil Ave., Columbus OH 43210
phone: (614) 292-6028
fax: (614) 292-2180

Associate Professor

My research interests are in the physiology of insects of medical importance. Studies of overwintering mechanisms in mosquitoes include neuroendocrine control of diapause and effect of diet and temperature on photoperiodic induction. Other studies include the structure and function of the sensilium of fleas and the biology of psychodids.

Key Citations:

Clay, M.E. and C.E. Venard. 1972. Larval diapause in the mosquito Aedes triseriatus (Say): Effects of diet and temperature on photoperiodic induction. J. Insect Physiol. 18:1441-1446.

Smith, S.A. and M.E. Clay. 1988. Studies of the morphology and biology of the bat flea, Myodopsylla insignis. J. Med. Entomol. 25:413-424.

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