Program in Ecology & Evolution
84 Lipman Drive, Bartlett Hall
Rutgers,The State University
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8525
Phone: 732-932-3760; Fax: 732-932-6996
tanderson@aesop.rutgers.edu
| Teaching |
CV |
Links |
| Education: |
2003 -
current |
Ph.D. candidate |
Ecology & Evolution | Rutgers, The State University |
| 2001 |
B.Sc
(Hons) |
Parasitology |
The University of Queensland |
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| 2000 |
B.Sc |
Parasitology |
The University of Queensland |
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Research: |
I am interested in the mechanisms underlying patterns in parasite community structure and biological diversity. Using estuarine food webs, I am developing a predictive framework to describe parasite establishment and persistence. Specifically, I am interested in how food web structure (i.e. nestedness, connectivity) affects parasite community assembly and transmission dynamics. My past work has focused on the mechanisms that facilitate vector-bourne disease transmission (West Nile virus) and the proximate factors that drive ectoparasite community structure (monogenean gill parasites). |
| Advisor: |
Michael V.K. Sukhdeo |
Lab mates: | Suzanne C. Sukhdeo - Research Associate |
| Stacey E. Lettini - Ph.D. candidate | |||
| Wayne D. Rossiter - Ph.D. student |
| Professional history: |
2003 - current |
Rutgers, The State University, Program in Ecology & Evolution "Community assembly rules in an estuarine parasite community" (Advisor: Michael V.K. Sukhdeo) |
| 2002 |
Department of
Environmental Biology, The
University of Adelaide "Ecology and biology of marine flatworm (platyhelminth) parasites from an elasmobranch: field data and laboratory experiments" - Research Assistant |
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| (Advisors:
Ian
D. Whittington and Leslie
A. Chisholm) |
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| 2001 |
Department
of Microbiology & Parasitology, The
University of Queensland "Ecology and community structure of monogenean gill parasites on the shovelnose ray, Rhinobatos typus" - Honours thesis |
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| (Advisors:
Ian
D. Whittington and Leslie
A. Chisholm) |
