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Disease organisms

Faculty in the Ecology graduate program with research interests in this area.

Name	Email/phone	Interests include
Bjornstad, Ottar Associate Professor of Entomology and Biology Adjunct Professor in Statistics	onb1@psu.edu 814-863-2983 (University Park)	Population dynamics, spatial ecology, ecology of infectious disease, computational biology.
Hudson, Peter Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences Willaman Professor of Biology	pjh18@psu.edu 814-865-6057 (University Park)	Population dynamics of infectious diseases in wildlife and the dynamics of parasite community structure.
Ostiguy, Nancy Associate Professor of Entomology	nxo3@psu.edu 814-863-2872 (University Park)	Integrated pest management; impact of pesticides on non-target species; sampling strategies.
Read, Andrew Professor of Biology and Entomology Eberly College of Science Distinguished Senior Scholar	afr3@psu.edu 814-867-2396 (University Park)	Evolutionary ecology of host-parasite interactions, particularly virulence, infectiousness, vaccine-driven evolution, and drug and insecticide resistance.
Stephenson, Andrew (Andy) Professor of Biology	as4@psu.edu 814-863-1553 (University Park)	Ecology and evolution of plant reproduction. The role of inbreeding and genetic variation on the establishment and transmission of plant diseases.