P. Alexander Burnham
My interests include disease ecology, ecological modeling, statistics and pollinator conservation. I graduated from the University of Vermont with a B.S. in zoology where I began combining my interest in pollinators with my fascinations with disease and statistics. I My Ph.D. work broadly focusses on understanding the interactions that occur between multiple pathogens within their host organism. I am specifically interested in how temporal variation in RNA viruses and three species of the fungal parasite, Nosema might influence patterns of co-infection in both native and managed bees. In addition, I hope to understand what effects competition between pathogens (as well as other forms of interspecific interaction) might have on host mortality.