Goudarz Molaei
Goudarz Molaei, Ph.D., director of the Tick-Testing Laboratory at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, reports that deer-tick numbers have been rising, and a higher proportion of the ticks are infected with the bacterium that causes Lyme disease in humans. Molaei is also associate research scientist at CAES and associate clinical professor at the Yale School of Public Health. (Photo credit: Molaei research group)