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

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

ALEXA FRITZSCHE
Graduate Student - Doctoral
University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology

Research interests: animal behavior and infectious disease processes; investment in behavioral and immune defenses

Contact: afritzsche"at"gmail.com

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

Research interests: spatial patterns and processes of mammalian phylogenetic diversity; infectious diseases in threatened mammals

Contact: shuang"at"uga.edu

MIKE MAUDSLEY
Research Professional I
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; social and mating behavior, sexually transmitted diseases

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; cross-species transmission; 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
Adam Haviland - Undergraduate assistant
Malavika Rajeev - Undergraduate assistant and CURO fellow
Ashton Griffin - Graduate Assistant
Malvika Duphare - Undergraduate assistant
Meagan Weathers - Undergraduate Assistant
Amy Wright - Undergraduate volunteer
 
BOWLING FOR PARASITES - MAY 2010
Back row from L: Andrew Park (Ecology faculty), Jamie 'kingpin' Winternitz, Daniel Streicker, Ashton Griffin, Barbara Han, Sarah Sander. Front row from L: Sonia Altizer, Shan Huang, Patrick 'the tapeworm' Stephens
 
LAB BBQ - 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
 
FOR A LIST OF LAB ALUMNI - CLICK HERE
 
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