Joseph Alan DeMarchi
I am a PhD student advised by Dr. Mark Wilber and am broadly interested in incorporating complex host-parasite interactions into our general understanding of infectious disease. My research will investigate enzootic persistence and epizootic recoveries of amphibian populations infected with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Specifically, I am investigating how host identity, communities and landscapes can shape disease outcomes.
Disease Ecology, Community Ecology, Mathematical Modeling, Statistical Modeling
- How does host identity drive Bd presence and persistence across space and time?
- Under what ecological and evolutionary scenarios will individual-level host resistance emerge before a reduction in pathogen virulence, leading to the recovery of the host population?
2415 Fletcher Luck Lane
Knoxville, TN 37996-4563
- MS, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, John Carroll University, 2018
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
Joseph Alan DeMarchi
2415 Fletcher Luck Lane
Knoxville, TN 37996-4563
- MS, Biology/Biological Sciences, General, John Carroll University, 2018
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
I am a PhD student advised by Dr. Mark Wilber and am broadly interested in incorporating complex host-parasite interactions into our general understanding of infectious disease. My research will investigate enzootic persistence and epizootic recoveries of amphibian populations infected with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Specifically, I am investigating how host identity, communities and landscapes can shape disease outcomes.
Disease Ecology, Community Ecology, Mathematical Modeling, Statistical Modeling
- How does host identity drive Bd presence and persistence across space and time?
- Under what ecological and evolutionary scenarios will individual-level host resistance emerge before a reduction in pathogen virulence, leading to the recovery of the host population?