Senior Field Biologist
Clarke, California, United States
Andrew Rivera serves as Clarke's Senior Field Biologist, backed by past field experience with the County of San Diego as a Vector Control and Surveillance Technician. Within the Field Science team, Andrew conducts field and laboratory experiments, coordinates adulticide and larvicide field trials for customers and researches and reports on these findings. In addition, he specializes in optimizing product dispersal equipment on customer helicopters, fixed-wing airplanes, trucks and manual backpacks.
Andrew brings a valuable perspective to any mosquito program due to his interest in using technology and equipment within entomology and mosquito control.
He contributes to ongoing mosquito control research, with talks on Uses of the Buffalo Turbine in Mosquito Control, Making the Most of Your Bioassay, Efficacy of the Organic Adulticide, Merus 3.0, When Applied Aerially, and Sandular: Natular SC Mixed onto Sand as a Single-Brood. In addition to holding certifications in Adult and Larval Mosquito Identification, pesticide regulation, application and control, Andrew is a member of the American Mosquito Control Association, the Entomological Society of America, and the Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California. Andrew earned a BS in Biology with an emphasis in Ecology from San Diego State University, where he now guest lectures within their biology department.
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