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 Dr. Sonia Altizer in the Odum School of Ecology. I received my BA from Bard College, where I studied anthropology and focused on the social dimensions of infectious diseases. I retain this perspective in my doctoral research on the ecological drivers of human contact with vampire bats and exposure to rabies virus in the context of a changing environment. My general interests revolve around the integration of field studies and mathematical models to understand and predict how human activities influence the dynamics of zoonotic diseases, particularly at the fine scale of human behavior and livelihood practices. 

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