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Professor of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech

My 20+ year research program investigates the interaction between infectious disease and animal behavior, why some pathogens evolve to become more harmful than others, and how human factors such as supplemental feeding of wildlife can alter disease dynamics in wild animals.

Experience

  • –present
    Professor, Virginia Tech

Education

  • 2005 
    Cornell University, Ph.D. / Ecology and Evolutionary Biology