Current Research

​Host-parasite-poison interactions in toxic and toxin feeding rodents

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​Research on toxin feeding North American woodrats (Neotoma spp.) and toxin sequestering  African crested rat (Lophiomys imhausi) to examine how animal behavior, parasite infection, and the microbiome influence toxin tolerance and metabolism.

​​Infection dynamics in a changing world

​Research in North America and East Africa to examine how factors such as invasive species, large mammal loss and climate change impact parasite communities