Microbiologist
Education:
Ph.D., Microbiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
M.S., Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
B.S., Biology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Biography
I am studying the correlation of morphometrics of the tick vector, Ixodes scapularis, with blood feeding and transmission of the Lyme disease agent, Borrelia burgdorferi. My main interests are in vector-borne disease transmission, vector ecology, and population genetics. Past postdoctoral research experience includes the population genetics and vector competence of the mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti, for dengue virus in Thailand and Senegal and the transmission of Yersinia pestis by its flea vector, Xenopsylla cheopis.