Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Union College
Schenectady, NY 12308
Research Interests
My research is focused on various aspects of disease ecology and wildlife conservation. This has been embodied in two long term research projects:
- Tick borne diseases: Understanding the roles that various host species play in determining disease risks to humans;
- Conservation of the Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister) by studying the causes of its decline, with special focus on raccoon roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis).
More recent interests, in collaboration with my students:
- Effects of various soil conditions on the survival of engorged black-legged ticks
- Stable Isotope Analysis of tick feeding associations
I have also studied:
- Seed predation and other small mammal effects on plant community composition and structure.
Courses:
- Heredity, Evolution and Ecology (BIO-110)
- Ecology (BIO-320)
- Vertebrate Natural History (BIO-250)
- Disease Ecology (Senior Writing Seminar)