Adjunct Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine - South Bend, Indiana 2008-Present Professor 2001-Present Associate Professor 1997-2001 Senior Scientist, University of Wisconsin 1994-1997 Associate Scientist, University of Wisconsin 1992-1994 Assistant Scientist, University of Wisconsin 1986-1992 Research Associate, University of Wisconsin 1983-1986 Ph.D., University of Wisconsin 1983 M.Sc., University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse 1978 B.A., Winona State University 1975

Entomology Evolutionary Biology Genetics & Genomics Infectious & Vector-Born Diseases

Hickner, P.V., A. Mori, E. Zeng, J.C. Tan and D.W. Severson. 2015. Whole transcriptome responses among females of the filariasis and arbovirus vector mosquito Culex pipiens implicate TGF-B signaling and chromatin modification as key drivers of diapause induction. Functional & Integrative Genomics Epub Jan 30, PMID: 25634120. Timoshevskiy, V.A., N.A. Kinney, B.S. deBruyn, C. Mao, Z. Tu, D.W. Severson, I.V. Sharakhov and M.V. Sharakhova. 2014. Genomic composition and evolution of Aedes aegypti chromosomes revealed by the analysis of physically mapped supercontigs. BMC Biology 12:27. Harker, B.W., S.K. Behura, B.S. deBruyn, D.D. Lovin, A. Mori, J. Romero-Severson and D.W. Severson. 2013. Highly compartmentalized and stage-specific transcription during development of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. BMC Developmental Biology 13:19. Behura, S.K., C. Gomez-Machorro, B.W. Harker, B. deBruyn, D.D. Lovin, R.R. Hemme, A. Mori, J. Romero-Severson and D.W. Severson. 2011. Global cross-talk of genes of the mosquito Aedes aegypti in response to dengue virus infection. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 5:e1385. Schneider, J.R., D.D. Chadee, A. Mori, J. Romero-Severson and D.W. Severson. 2011. Heritability and adaptive phenotypic plasticity of adult body size in the mosquito Aedes aegypti with implications for dengue vector competence. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 11:11-16. Mori, A., J. Romero-Severson, W.C. Black and D.W. Severson. 2008. Quantitative trait loci determining autogeny and body size in the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus). Heredity 101:75-82. Mori, A., J. Romero-Severson and D.W. Severson. 2007. Genetic basis for reproductive diapause is correlated with life history traits within the Culex pipiens complex. Insect Molecular Biology 16:515-524. Nene, V, Wortman, J.R., Lawson, D., Haas, B., (+89 co-authors) and D.W. Severson. 2007. Genome sequence of Aedes aegypti, a major arbovirus vector. Science 316:1718-1722.