Contact Information: Lab Phone (706) 542-9251; Fax (706) 542-4819

Sonia Altizer
Assistant 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

Jaap de Roode
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ph.D. University of Edinburgh, 2004

Research interests: evolutionary biology; host-parasite interactions; evolution of parasite virulence

Contact: jaapderoode"at"hotmail.com

 

Charles DeCurtis
Research Professional

Ph.D. University of Georgia, 2002

Contact: cdecurtis"at"gmail.com

Elizabeth Lindsey
Graduate Student

Emory University, Program in Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution

Research interests: host-parasite interactions; environmental and genetic determinants of host resistance; insect immunity

Contact: efriedl"at"emory.edu

Kristen Harper
Graduate Student

Emory University, Program in Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution

Contact: knharpe"at"emory.edu

Catherine Bradley
Graduate Student

University of Georgia, Institute of Ecology

Research interests: avian ecology; urban ecology; spread of infectious diseases in widlife populations

Contact: cbradl"at"uga.edu

Jamie Winternitz
Grauate Student

University of Georgia, Institute of Ecology

Research interests: sociality and pathogen transmission; host-pathogen coevolution; animal behavior; feral pigs

Contact: jwintern"at"uga.edu

Daniel Streicker
Graduate Student

University of Georgia, Institute of Ecology

Research interests: bats and their associated rabies viruses; behavioral determinants of pathogen spread; anthropogenic impacts on wildlife diseases

Contact: dstrike"at"uga.edu

Julie Rushmore
Research Technician

University of Georgia, Institute of Ecology

Contact: julierushmore"at"gmail.com

Undergraduate researchers
Byron Ledbetter - Undergraduate assistant/dBA
JR McMillan - Undergraduate assistant
Rachel Rarick - Graduate assistant
Samantha Burton - Undergraduate Assistant
Jean Chi - Research credits
Altizer and Rohani lab group Feb 06

Everyone in the Rohani-Altizer Labs - February 2006
From left: Dan Vasco, Hanh Nguyen, Marc Choisy, Jaap de Roode, Amy Pedersen, Matt Bonds, Helen Wearing, Star Scott, Elizabeth Lindsey, Steven White, Cat Bradley, Sonia Altizer, Pej Rohani

 

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