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My research combines infectious disease ecology and wildlife forensics to support evidence-based conservation and protect wildlife populations under rapid environmental change. I examine how pathogens, climate shifts, and other ecological stressors shape disease dynamics and influence wildlife population health.

Using field- and lab-informed data, I investigate host–pathogen interactions and transmission processes. This work primarily focuses on the amphibian fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). My research also investigates cross-taxa comparisons and evolution of metabolic and morphometric characteristics of ectotherms.

I also apply these tools to wildlife forensics and conservation, using biological and ecological evidence to support real-world decision-making. My research contributes to evidence-based wildlife forensic science by developing and validating approaches for species identification, population assignment, and source attribution that are relevant to conservation practice.