Project Description
I am interested in disease ecology and the interplay between immunity evolution and other life-history traits.
My past research explored how the population structure of hosts and parasites, along with their varying strategies for infection and defense, influences the evolution of virulence and transmission dynamics.
Currently, I am focused on understanding the mechanistic basis of host heterogeneity in parasite transmission, such as superspreading events, and how this variability impacts the long-term evolution of parasites and virulence.
Research Classification
- Life histories
- Biological evolution, n.e.c.
Research Interests
- Disease Ecology
- Evolutionary Ecology
- Parasitology
- Microbiology and Immunology
- host-parasite interactions
- Ecological immunology
- Virulence evolution
- Tolerance evolution
Research Methodology
- OMICs (e.g., RNAseq, genomics, proteomics)
- (Fluorescence) Microscopy
- Cell culture
- Experimental evolution
- Insect and parasite handling
- Functional genetics (e.g., RNAseq)
- Phase to phase extractions
- Energy, resources and oxidative stress quantification
- Aedes, Anopheles, Drosophila, Tribolium
- Plasmodium, bacteria, microsporidia, fungi
Faculty
Faculty of Science