People in the Lab
CURRENT LAB MEMBERS
SONIA ALTIZER
Associate Professor
Ph.D. University of Minnesota, 1998

Research interests: ecology of infectious diseases in natural populations; evolution of host resistance and parasite virulence; insect ecology and evolution; role of infectious diseases in wildlife conservation

Contact: saltizer"at"uga.edu

BECKY BARTEL
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. North Carolina State University, 2008

Research interests: species responses to changing landscapes; habitat dynamics and metapopulation ecology of rare species; linking infectious disease dynamics to seasonal animal movements

Contact: bbartel"at"uga.edu

CATHERINE BRADLEY
Graduate Student - Doctoral
University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology

Research interests: avian ecology; urban ecology; spread of infectious diseases in widlife populations

Contact: cbradl"at"uga.edu

CHRISTINA FAUST
Graduate Student - MS
University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology

Research interests: avian influenza, environmental factors influencing transmission of AIV, ecology of infectious diseases and impacts on wildlife conservation

Contact: faust"at"uga.edu

BARBARA HAN
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. Oregon State University 2008

Research interests: behavioral and environmental determinants of host susceptibility; amphibian-chytrid interactions; allometric scaling and infectious disease dynamics; role of parasites in wildlife conservation

Contact: han"at"uga.edu

SHAN HUANG
Graduate Student - Doctoral
University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology

Research interests: spatial patterns and processes of mammalian phylogenetic diversity and infectious diseases; role of parasites in wildlife conservation

Contact: shuang"at"uga.edu

BYRON LEDBETTER
Graduate Student - Doctoral
University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology

Research interests: parasite community composition in wildlife populations; co-infection, competition and immune regulation of parasite interactions; ecoinformatics and computationally intensive approaches

Contact: byronled"at"uga.edu

MIKE MAUDSLEY
Research Technician III
University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology

Contact: mikem"at"uga.edu

JULIE RUSHMORE
Graduate Student - DVM/PhD Program
University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology and School of Veterinary Medicine

Research interests: behavioral ecology and infectious diseases in wild primate populations; mating behavior, stress and immunity

Contact: julierushmore"at"gmail.com

DANIEL STREICKER
Graduate Student - Doctoral
University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology

Research interests: bats and their associated rabies viruses; behavioral determinants of pathogen spread; anthropogenic impacts on wildlife diseases

Contact: dstrike"at"uga.edu

JAMIE WINTERNITZ
Graduate Student - Doctoral
University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology

Research interests: sexual selection and pathogen transmission; host-pathogen coevolution; animal behavior; montane voles

Contact: jwintern"at"uga.edu

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS
Melissa Brody - Undergraduate assistant
Samantha Burton - Undergraduate Assistant
Jeff Shapiro - Undergraduate Assistant
Ernie Osburn - Undergraduate Assistant
Cecilia Nix - Undergraduate Assistant
Margeaux Maerz - Undergraduate Assistant
 
ENTIRE LAB GROUP - MAY 2008
Back row from L: Shan Huang, Daniel Streicker, Christina Faust, Byron Ledbetter, Ernie Osburn, Mike Maudsley, JR McMillan. Front row from L: Jean Chi, Julie Rushmore, Sonia Altizer, Jamie Winternitz
 
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