Abadi Mashlawi is a MS student in the FLIES Facility and is advised by Dr. Tomberlin. He received his BS in Biology from Jazan University- Saudi Arabia in 2012, and he was chosen to be a lab assistant in his university.
He then taught general entomology and biology for one year to freshmen students and received a fellowship. His MS research will explore interkingdom messaging between mosquitoes and the pathogen responsible for Buruli Ulcer.