contact information

Daniel J. Becker
PhD Student
Odum School of Ecology
University of Georgia

physical address
Odum School of Ecology
140 E. Green Street
Athens, GA 30602-2202

email
dbecker@uga.edu

about me

I am a PhD student at the University of Georgia, where I am advised by Drs. Sonia Altizer and Daniel Streicker in the Odum School of Ecology. I received my BA from Bard College, where I studied anthropology and the social dimensions of infectious diseases. I retain this perspective in my doctoral research on the landscape modifications that affect the behavior of vampire bats, the spatial spread of rabies virus, and human exposure and disease risk. My general interests revolve around integrating field studies with mathematical models to understand and predict how human activities influence the dynamics of pathogen transmission at both fine and large spatial scales. 

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