I study how diseases move through ecological systems, with a focus on how they cross boundaries between wild and domestic animals. My research explores how everyday interactions in nature—particularly around animal carcasses—can create pathways for pathogens to spread. By combining fieldwork, camera traps, and laboratory techniques, I investigate how animal behaviour shapes these risks. My work aims to better understand how diseases emerge and spread in a changing world, helping to inform wildlife conservation, biosecurity, and the management of risks at the interface between wildlife, livestock, and people.
Research keyword/s: Wildlife disease
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