Nelson G. Hairston Collegiate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
About
Research interests
Research in my lab is focused on the dynamics of ecological, epidemiological, and evolutionary systems. We develop and use sophisticated, model-based methods to understand biological systems, analyze data, and make predictions. Our research foci include:
- the dynamics of host-pathogen systems including pertussis, dengue, cholera, measles, malaria, and trematodes,
- the dynamics of parasite infections within individual hosts,
- methods for assimilating genomic and epidemiologic data with models of pathogen transmission,
- the transmission and evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in hospitals, and
- statistical inference methods for ecological, epidemiological, and immunological systems.
Publications
See my website for an up-to-date list of my publications.
Teaching
See the list of courses and syllabi on my website.
Honors
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Biological Sciences Scholar, University of Michigan.
Research Areas(s)
- Theoretical ecology, epidemiology, mathematical ecology, statistical inference in ecology and evolution, population dynamics
Affiliation(s)
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- Department of Mathematics
- Center for the Study of Complex Systems
- Center for Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics
Graduate students
- Jess Millar, Bioinformatics
Postdoctoral fellows
