Megan Fritz

Portrait of Megan Fritz

Megan Fritz

Entomology Associate Professor

Teaching

BSCI483: Insects, Pathogens, and Public Health
BSCI484: Insects, Pathogens, and Public Health: Laboratory
ENTM699M: Genmcs Rsrch App Bio-I
ENTM699N: Genmcs Rsrch App Bio-II
ENTM788C: Colloquium

Graduate Program Affiliations

Biological Sciences (BISI): Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and Genomics (CBBG)
Biological Sciences (BISI): Molecular and Cell Biology (MOCB)
Entomology

Research

The Fritz lab focuses on the study of insect evolution in response to a constantly changing environment. The lab uses molecular, genomic, and computational tools to shed light on the genomic variants that facilitate adaptation.

Education

Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2011
B.S., Michigan State University, 2005

Latest Papers

Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito

| Science
UMD Author(s): Megan Fritz


Genetic and behavioral differences between above and below ground Culex pipiens bioforms

| Heredity
Author(s): Katherine L. Bell, Anna Noreuil, Erin K. Molloy, et. al
UMD Author(s): Megan Fritz, Erin Molloy


Spatiotemporal organization of cryptic North American Culex species along an urbanization gradient

| Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Author(s): Arielle Arsenault‐Benoit, Megan L. Fritz
UMD Author(s): Megan Fritz