Jennifer Breaux

Experienced interdisciplinary scientist and public health program manager with expertise in developing and executing operational strategies, managing budgets and resources, and leading cross-functional teams. Significant skills in technical project management with a focus on environmental and public health. Committed to leveraging these qualities to tackle new challenges and advance organizational objectives with dedication and enthusiasm.

• American Mosquito Control Association (2018-2024)
• Louisiana Mosquito Control Association (2018-2024)
• Entomological Society of America (2010 – 2013; 2018 - 2024)

Biological Monitoring for Green Infrastructure Sites 

American Mosquito Control Association Annual Meeting

Reno, Nevada, 2023

Know Your Enemy: Targeted Approaches to Mosquito Control

New Orleans Urban Pest Management Symposium

New Orleans, LA, 2022 *invited talk*

Programmatic Advances for Mosquito Control in New Orleans

National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Vector Summit

Pittsburgh, PA, 2019 *invited talk*

Overcoming Challenges of Insecticide Resistance - Symposium Organizer and Speaker 

49th Annual Conference of the Society of Vector Ecology

San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2019

Ecological and Geospatial Dynamics of Mosquito Populations in Waste Tires in New Orleans

First Joint Meeting of the Entomological Societies of America and British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, 2018

Mosquito Control Public Webinar Series

City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite, and Rodent Control Board

New Orleans, LA, 2023

Mosquito Academy: Annual Training Workshop for Public Health and Pest Control Professionals

City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite, and Rodent Control Board

New Orleans, LA, 2019-2023

Community Conversation: Plants, Bugs, and Ecology 

Water Leaders Institute "Seeds and Beats" Community Event Series 

New Orleans, LA, 2021

Master Training Course in Vector-Borne Disease Management

Western Gulf Coast Center for Excellence in Vector-borne Diseases (CDC)

Jackson, MS, 2019

Tulane University Pre-College Summer Program in Infectious Diseases

City of New Orleans Mosquito, Termite, and Rodent Control Board

New Orleans, LA, 2019

Member, Gulf South VECTOR Collaborative 

CDC National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases

"Strengthening Training, Evaluation, and Partnerships in the Prevention and Control of Vector-Borne Diseases" 

Awarded 06/2023

Project Roles: Consultant, Technical Writing Committee, Program Evaluation Committee

• de Jesús Crespo, R., Pavlakis, A., Breaux, J., & Riegel, C. (2024). Discarded vehicle tires and their association with mosquito vector abundance across socioenvironmental gradients in New Orleans, LA. Journal of Medical Entomology, tjae092.
• Rezende, R.D.S., Kroth, N., Capitanio, B.M., Lima-Rezende, C.A., Cassol, A.S., Cozzer, G.D., Baldissera, R., Breaux, J.A. and Albeny-Simoes, D., 2020. Abiotic factors and trophic interactions affect the macroinvertebrate community of bromeliad tanks in a Neotropical Restinga. Limnology, 21(3).
• Albeny-Simões, D., da Silva, P. G., Breaux, J. A., & Hernández, M. I. M. (2019). Inside-container effects drive mosquito community structure in Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 167(6), 566-576.
• Kroth, N., Cozzer, G. D., de Carvalho, G., Cassol, A. S., Breaux, J., Lutinski, J. A., ... & Albeny-Simões, D. (2019). Oviposition preferences of the mosquito Aedes aegypti Linnaeus, 1762 (Culicidae): an urban environment bioassay. Bulletin of Entomological researchEntomological R, 109(6), 762770.
• Busato, M. A.; Seibel, A.M.; Baldissera, R.; Lutinski, J.; Breaux, J.A.; Albeny-Simões, D. (2019). Environmental factors associated with the occurrence of dengue in southern Brazil. Semina: Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde.
• Santos, J.J., Kroth, N., Breaux, J., Albeny-Simões, D. (2017). Do container size and predator presence affect Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) oviposition preferences? Revista Brasileria de Entomologia 62(1), 42-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbe.2017.11.002
• De Farias-Martins F, Sperber CF, Albeny-Simões D, Breaux JA, Fianco M, Szinwelski N. (2017). Forest litter crickets prefer higher substrate moisture for oviposition: Evidence from field and lab experiments. PloS One 12(10):e0185800.
• Andrade, M. R., Albeny-Simões, Breaux, J.A., Juliano, S.A., Lima, E. (2016). Are behavioral responses to predation cues linked across life cycle stages? Ecological Entomology 42(1), 77-85. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.12358
• Albeny-Simões, D., Cassol, A. S., Breaux, J.A., Andrade, M. R., Lima, E., & Vilela, E. (2015). Efficiency of the induced mating technique for Toxorhynchites theobaldi (Diptera, Culicidae). Revista Brasileria de Entomologia 59(1), 65-67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rbe.2015.02.009.
• Breaux, J.A., Schumacher, M. K., & Juliano, S. A. (2014). What does not kill them makes them stronger: larval environment and infectious dose alter mosquito potential to transmit filarial worms. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 281(1786), 20140459.

Commercial Pesticide Applicator License - Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (Category 8D)

Commercial Pesticide Applicator License - Ohio Department of Agriculture (Category 10D)