Courtesy Faculty
Research Interests
- infectious disease dynamics, viral host jumps, quantitative ecology, epidemiology of viral encephalitides, epidemiology of viral zoonoses, theory and practice of epidemiology in resource-limited settings
Education
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Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, 2007
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M.A. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, 2004
- A.B. Biology, Duke University, 2002
Professional Experience
2001 to present – Assistant Professor, Department of Biology and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
2012 to present — Research Associate, Division of International Epidemiology and Population Studies, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
2008 to 2011 — RAPIDD Program Fellow, Focus on Modeling Zoonoses and Pathogen Emergence, Research and Policy for Infectious Disease Dynamics Program, Bethesda, MD & Los Angeles, CA
2008 — Program evaluation and statistical consultant, Everyone for Conservation Project, International Conservation and Education Fund, Washington, DC USA & Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
2007 to 2008 — Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Biology & Center for Disease Ecology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia