Curriculum Vitae: Tamika Joyce Lunn

Tamika Lunn
Assistant Professor
Odum School of Ecology
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602 USA
Email: tamika.lunn@uga.edu
Personal website; ORCID; Google Scholar; Web of Science; ResearchGate

Education
2017–2021 Ph.D., School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Australia
Thesis: Flying-fox ecology and transmission dynamics of Hendra virus
Advisors: Prof. Hamish McCallum, Dr. Alison Peel, Assoc. Prof. Raina Plowright
Submitted for review 22nd January 2021 | Conferred 25th June 2021
2015 BSc. Hons with First Class Honors, School of Biological Sciences, University of
Tasmania, Australia
Thesis: Causal modelling of platypus stream use
2012–2014 BSc., School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Australia
Bachelor of Science; double major in Zoology and Environmental Science, minor in
Microbiology

Professional Appointments
2024– Assistant Professor, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, USA
Allocation of effort: 60% Research (0.449 EFT), 33% Teaching (0.248 EFT), 7%
Service (0.053 EFT)
2021–2023 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, University of
Arkansas, USA
Project: Empirical and mathematical modelling of bat-ebolavirus ecology in East
Africa
Advisor: Dr. Kristian Forbes (Fayetteville Disease Ecology Laboratory)
2021–2023 Casual Research Fellow, Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith
University, Australia
Project: Empirical modelling of Hendra virus in Australian flying-foxes to infer
transmission dynamics and spillover risk
Advisor: Dr. Alison Peel, in collaboration with the BatOneHealth research team
2019 Visiting Researcher/Endeavour Fellow, Department of Veterinary Medicine,
University of Cambridge, UK
Host: Dr. Olivier Restif
2016–2017 Research Associate, School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Australia
Project: Empirical modelling of fire on wet sclerophyll forest dynamics, and
population modelling of the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
Advisor: Prof. Barry Brook
2016 Science Graduate Intern, Australian Wildlife Conservancy, Australia
Project: Endangered fauna monitoring programs at remote wildlife sanctuaries (New
South Wales, South Australia and the Northern Territory)
Advisor: Felicity L'Hotellier

Teaching
2024- Lecturer, University of Georgia, USA

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• ECOL3530 Conservation Biology, 3 credit hours

o Spring: 2024
▪ Typical enrolment: 30, effort: 50%
2023- Guest lecturer, University of Georgia, USA
• FYOS 1001 First Year Odyssey Seminar (Fall 2023)
2022 Guest lecturer, University of Arkansas, USA
• BIOL 3863 General Ecology (Spring 2022)
2018–2019 Co-instructor of practical classes, Griffith University, Australia
Taught undergraduate-level statistics using R statistical software:
• 3241ENV Quantitative Ecology, 10 credit points, 22 students enrolled (2018)
o Ranked in the top quartile across all criteria in Student Evaluations of
Teaching. Nominated for a teaching award by two students
• 3241ENV Quantitative Ecology, 10 credit points, 32 students enrolled (2019)
o Ranked in the top quartile across all criteria in Student Evaluations of
Teaching. Nominated for a teaching award by two students
2015–2017 Field trip leader, University of Tasmania, Australia
Led teaching activities introducing students to field ecology and data collection:
• KPZ211 Population and Community Ecology, 12.5 credit points, ~120 students
enrolled
2015 Teaching assistant (practical classes), University of Tasmania, Australia
Taught undergraduate-level courses for Plant Science and Zoology majors:
• KPZ164 Cell Biology, Genetics and Evolution, 12.5 credit points, ~120 students
enrolled
• KZA161 Biology of Animals, 12.5 credit points, ~120 students enrolled
2013–2014 Tutor (Peer Assisted Study Session Leader), University of Tasmania, Australia
Designed and facilitated group learning activities for academic enhancement
sessions, for students taking historically difficult undergraduate-level courses:
• KZA161 Biology of Animals, 4-22 student participants per week
o Achieved an average rank of 4.4/5 across criteria in Student Evaluations of
Teaching
• KPZ163 Ecology, 6-23 student participants per week
o Achieved an average rank of 4.3/5 across criteria in Student Evaluations of
Teaching

Peer-reviewed Publications
*Supervised graduate students, **supervised postdocs, ***supervised undergraduate students
17. Jackson*, R.T, P.W. Webala, J.G. Ogola, T.J. Lunn, K.M. Forbes (2023). Roost selection by
synanthropic bats in rural Kenya: implications for human-wildlife conflict and zoonotic pathogen
spillover. Royal Society Open Science, 10: 230578. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.230578.
16. Ruiz-Aravena, M., C. McKee, A. Gamble, T.J. Lunn, A. Morris, C.E. Snedden, C.K. Yinda, J.R. Port, D.W
Buchholz, Y.Y. Yeo, C. Faust, E. Jax, L. Dee, D. Jones, M. Kessler, C. Falvo, D. Crowley, N. Bharti, C.E.
Brook, H.C. Aguilar, A.J. Peel, O. Restif, T. Schountz, C.R. Parrish, E.S. Gurley, J.O. Lloyd-Smith, P.
Hudson, V.J. Munster, R.K. Plowright (2022). Ecology, evolution, and spillover of coronaviruses
from bats. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 20:299-314. DOI: 10.1038/s41579-021-00652-2.
15. Peel, A.J., K.C. Yinda, E.J. Annand, A.S. Dale, P. Eby, J. Eden, D.N. Jones, M.K. Kessler, T.J. Lunn, T.
Pearson, J.E. Schulz, I.L. Smith, V.J. Munster, R.K. Plowright, Bat One Health Group (2022). Novel
Hendra virus variant circulating in black flying foxes and grey-headed flying foxes, Australia.
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 28(5):1043-1047. DOI: 10.3201/eid2805.212338.
14. Lunn, T.J., J.C. Buettel, S.C. Nicol, B.W. Brook (2022). Population modelling of the Tasmanian
Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). Australian Journal of Zoology, 69(3): 80–91. DOI:
10.1071/ZO21037.

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13. Hansen, D., B.E. Hunt, C.A. Falvo, M. Ruiz-Aravena, M.K. Kessler, J. Hall, P. Thompson, K. Rose, D.N.
Jones, T.J. Lunn, A.S. Dale, A.J. Peel, R.K. Plowright (2022). Morphological and quantitative
analysis of leukocytes in free-living Australian black flying foxes (Pteropus alecto). PLoS ONE,
17(5): e0268549. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268549.
12. Lunn, T.J., A.J. Peel, H. McCallum, P. Eby, M.K. Kessler, R.K. Plowright, O. Restif (2021). Spatial
dynamics of pathogen transmission in communally roosting species: impacts of changing habitats
on bat-virus dynamics. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90:2609–2622. DOI: 10.1111/1365-
2656.13566. [Shortlisted for the 2022 Elton Award].
11. Lunn, T.J., A.J. Peel, P. Eby, R. Brooks*, R.K. Plowright, M.K. Kessler, H. McCallum (2021).
Counterintuitive scaling between population abundance and local density: implications for
modelling transmission of infectious diseases in bat populations. Journal of Animal Ecology,
91:916-932. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13634.
10. Lunn, T.J., P. Eby, R. Brooks*, H. McCallum, R.K. Plowright, M.K. Kessler, A.J Peel (2021).
Conventional wisdom on roosting behaviour of Australian flying foxes – a critical review, and
evaluation using new data. Ecology and Evolution, 11:13532–13558. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8079.
9. Carver, S., T. Lunn (2020). When are pathogen dynamics likely to reflect host population genetic
structure? Molecular Ecology, 29(5): 859-861. DOI: 10.1111/mec.15379.
8. Lunn, T.J., O. Restif, A.J. Peel, V.J. Munster, E. de Wit, S. Sokolow, N. van Doremalen, P. Hudson, H.
McCallum (2019). Dose-response and transmission: the nexus between reservoir hosts,
environment, and recipient hosts. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 374(1782):
20190016. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2019.0016.
7. Becker, D.J., G.F. Albery, M.K. Kessler, T.J. Lunn, C.A. Falvo, G.Á. Czirják, L.B. Martin, R.K. Plowright
(2019). Macroimmunology: the drivers and consequences of spatial patterns in wildlife immune
defense. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(4): 972-995. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13166. [Winner of
the 2020 Sidnie Manton Award].
6. Kessler, M.K., D.J. Becker, A.J. Peel, N.V. Justice, T. Lunn, D.E. Crowley, D.N. Jones, P. Eby, C.A.
Sanchez, R.K. Plowright (2018). Changing resource landscapes and spillover of henipaviruses.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1429(1):78-99. DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13910.
5. Lunn, T., M. Gerwin*, J. Buettel, B. Brook (2018). Impact of intense disturbance on the structure
and composition of wet-eucalypt forests: A case study from the Tasmanian 2016 wildfires. PLoS
ONE, 13(7): e0200905. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200905.
4. Lunn, T., S. Munks, S. Carver (2017). Impacts of timber harvest on stream biota – an expanding
field of heterogeneity. Biological Conservation, 213:154-166. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.06.025.
3. Peel, A., P. Eby, M. Kessler, T. Lunn, A. Breed, R. Plowright (2017). Hendra virus spillover risk in
horses: heightened vigilance and precautions being urged this winter. Australian Veterinary
Journal, 95(7):20-21. DOI: 10.1111/avj.197.
2. Lunn, T., J. Macgregor, S. Munks, S. Carver (2016). Dermatophilus congolensis infection in platypus
(Ornithorhynchus anatinus), Tasmania, Australia, 2015. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 52(4): 965-
967. DOI: 10.7589/2016-02-030R.
1. Carver, S., S. N. Bevins, M. R. Lappin, E. E. Boydston, L. M. Lyren, M. Alldredge, K. A. Logan, L. L.
Sweanor, S. P. D. Riley, L. E. K. Serieys, R. N. Fisher, T. W. Vickers, W. Boyce, R. McBride, M. C.
Cunningham, M. Jennings, J. Lewis, T. Lunn, K. R. Crooks, and S. VandeWoude (2016). Pathogen
exposure varies widely among sympatric populations of wild and domestic felids across the
United States. Ecological Applications, 26(2):367-381. DOI: 10.1890/15-0445.

Manuscripts in review or revision for publication (preprints available on request)

25. Lunn, T.J., B. Borremans, D.N. Jones, M.K. Kessler, A.S. Dale, K.C. Yinda, M. Ruiz-Aravena, C.A.
Falvo, D. Crowley, J. O. Lloyd-Smith, V.J. Munster, P. Eby, H. McCallum, P. Hudson, O. Restif, L.P.
McGuire, I.L. Smith, Bat One Health Group, R.K. Plowright, AJ. Peel (in review). Periodic shifts in
viral load increase risk of spillover from bats. PNAS.
24. Lunn, T.J., R.T. Jackson*, P.W. Webala, J. Ogola, K.M. Forbes (in review). Modern buildings are a
landscape-level driver of bat-human exposure risk in Kenya. Frontiers in Ecology and the
Environment.

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23. Lunn, T.J., R.T. Jackson*, P.W. Webala, J. Ogola, K.M. Forbes (in review). Seasonal births in Kenyan
free-tailed bats: within-pulse asynchrony and virus maintenance. EcoHealth.
22. Jackson, R.T.*, T.J. Lunn, I. DeAnglis*, J. Ogola, P.W. Webala, K.M. Forbes (in review). Buildings
promote frequent and intense contact between humans and bats in rural Kenya. PLOS Neglected
Tropical Diseases.
21. Roffler, A.A., D.P. Maurer, T.J. Lunn, T. Sironen, K.M. Forbes, A.G Schmidt (in review) Bat humoral
immunity and its role in viral pathogenesis, transmission, and zoonosis. Frontiers in Immunology.
20. Sánchez, C.A., K.L. Phelps, H.K. Frank, M. Geldenhuys, M.E. Griffiths, D.N. Jones, G. Kettenburg, T.J.
Lunn, K.R. Moreno, M. Mortlock, A. Vicente-Santos, L.R. Víquez, R.C. Kading, W. Markotter, D.M.
Reeder, K.J. Olival (in review). Advances in understanding bat health and infection dynamics.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
19. Jackson, R.T.*, T. Lunn, N. Mull, M. McClung, K. Forbes (in review). Global patterns of reported
human-wildlife interactions in areas of land-use change. Global Change Biology.
18. Uusitalo, R., R.T . Jackson*, T.J. Lunn, E.M. Korhonen, J. Ogola, P. Webala, T. Sironen, K.M. Forbes (in
review). Current and future environmental suitability for bats hosting potential zoonotic
pathogens in rural Kenya. Ecography.

Funding and Awards

Submitted research funding
2023 National Institutes for Health, Research Project Grant Program (R01). PI: K. Forbes,
Co-PIs: T.J. Lunn, D.G. Streicker, D.J. Becker, V. Mafalda. [Requested USD$2.7M,
amount to Lunn: USD$500k]
2023 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Outbreak Analytics and
Disease Modeling. PI: J. Drake, Co-PIs: P. Rohani, G. Chowell-Puente, S. Bansal, A. King,
P. Qiu, H. Wearing, E. Laber, B. Han, A. Winter, S. Fox, A. Handel, J. Bahl, Y. Yang, E.
Lipp, M. Gill, H. Li, A. Park, T. Glenn, G. Nowak, M. Cacciatore, T. Lunn, O. Ginn.
[Requested USD:$15M]
2023 UGA Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grant, University of Georgia. Co-PIs: O.
Ginn, T.J. Lunn. [Requested USD$140k]
2023 UGA Presidential Interdisciplinary Seed Grant, University of Georgia. PI: C.B. van
Rees, Co-PIs: M. Hunter, M.R. Auer, N. Nibbelink, T.J. Lunn, J. Nelson, A. Harper, J.
Wares, L. German, E. King, C.B. Woodson, S. Wenger, D. Mishra, R. Holdo, S. Quinn, J
Porter, S. Pippin
Awarded research funding
2022 Research and Equipment Grant, Arkansas Biosciences Institute. [USD$50,000]
PI: K. Forbes (named principal investigator required to be faculty)
2019 Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment, Ecological Society of Australia.
[AUD$6,375]
2019 WDA-A Research award, Wildlife Disease Association Australasia. [AUD$2,000]
2019 EFRI Conference Support Scheme, Griffith University. [AUD$500]
2018 Paddy Pallin Science Grant, Royal Zoological Society. [AUD$7,000]
2018 Science Research Grant, “Grants in Need” private organization. [AUD$3,500]

Awarded fellowships & scholarships

2017–2021 Research Training Program Scholarship, Griffith University. [AUD$81,246]
2021 Publication Assistance Scholarship, Griffith Graduate Research School.
[AUD$5,385]
2019 Endeavour Postgraduate Leadership Award, Endeavour Leadership Program.
[AUD$69,500]
2017 Dean’s Summer Research Scholarship, University of Tasmania. [AUD$2,000]

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2015 Governor’s Environment Scholarship, University of Tasmania. [AUD$7,500]

2012–2014 Premier of Tasmania West North-West Bursary, University of Tasmania.
[AUD$12,000]

Prizes
2022 Shortlisted for the 2022 Elton Prize, British Ecological Society. [Best research
paper in Journal of Animal Ecology written by an early career author]
2017 Best Student Presentation, Environmental Futures Research Institute 2017 Student
Symposium. [AUD$400]
2015 Dean's Honor Roll for the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology,
University of Tasmania. [Graduation with First Class Honors]
2014 Ralston Trust Prize, University of Tasmania. [Best academic performance in third-
year zoology]
2013 Peter Scott Prize, University of Tasmania. [Best academic performance in second-
year environmental science/geography]
2012–2014 Dean’s Roll of Excellence for Science, Engineering and Technology
[GPA above 6.25]
2012–2014 Certificate of Excellence, Biological Science Discipline, University of
Tasmania. [Outstanding achievement in Biological Science units]

Selected Conference Presentations and Posters

Conference presentations
2023 Ecology of ebolavirus (Bombali virus) in Kenyan molossid bats. Annual Review
Meeting 2023 University of Nairobi STD/HIV/SRH Collaborative Research Group,
Nairobi, Kenya.
2022 Henipavirus Dynamics and Transmission in Pteropus Bats. 19th International Bat
Research Conference / 50th Annual North American Symposium on Bat Research,
Austin, TX, United States. [Invited speaker]
2021 Review and evaluation of conventional wisdom on the roosting of flying foxes. 6th
Annual National Flying-fox Forum, online
2021 Spatial dynamics of pathogen transmission in communally roosting Pteropodids:
implications for bat-virus dynamics under Anthropogenically induced ecological
change. 6th International Berlin Bat Meeting, online
2020 Spatial dynamics of pathogen transmission in communally roosting species: Hendra
virus dynamics within flying-fox roosts. Griffith University - Modelling Spatial Data
Symposium, Brisbane, Australia
2019 Bats, disease, and dynamic densities: Investigating community structure as a driver of
viral dynamics in flying-foxes. International Bat Research Conference, Phuket,
Thailand. [Invited speaker]
2019 Interactions between land use change, Pteropodid (flying-fox) ecology and Hendra
virus dynamics in Australia. British Ecological Society Annual Conference, Belfast,
Northern Ireland
2019 Interactions between land use change, flying-fox ecology and Hendra virus dynamics
in Australia. Annual Public Health@Cambridge Network Showcase 2019: Planetary
Health, Cambridge, England
2017 Flying-fox ecology and the dynamics of Hendra virus. One Health Day, Griffith
University, Australia

Conference posters
2022 Ecology of ebolavirus (Bombali virus) in Kenyan molossid bats. Ecology and Evolution
of Infectious Diseases conference, Atlanta, GA, United States

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2018 Community structure and viral dynamics in flying-fox roosts: tackling non-linearity
and heterogeneity in a dynamic system. Wildlife Disease Association Australasian
Conference, Bali, Indonesia
2018 Community structure and viral dynamics in flying-fox roosts: tackling non-linearity
and heterogeneity in a dynamic system. Ecological Society of Australia, Brisbane,
Australia

Contributed talks/posters
2022 Temporal dynamics of coronavirus circulation in Australian Pteropus bat reservoirs.
Joint UK-ICN/CSIRO Cutting Edge Virtual Symposium on Coronaviruses with “Disease X”
Potential, online
2022 Estimating the spatiotemporal drivers of Hendra virus spillover in Australian flying
foxes [Poster]
2022 Diversity of black flying fox gastrointestinal microbiome is positively associated with
inflammation. 19th International Bat Research Conference / 50th Annual North
American Symposium on Bat Research, Austin, TX, United States
2022 Building roost selection by synanthropic bats in rural southeastern Kenya. 19th
International Bat Research Conference / 50th Annual North American Symposium on
Bat Research, Austin, TX, United States
2021 Flying-fox foraging behavior and spillover of Hendra virus. 6th International Berlin
Bat Meeting, online
2018 Ectoparasite and endoparasite burdens of two sympatric flying fox species in
Australia: implications for Hendra virus infection. Wildlife Disease Association
Australasian Conference, Bali, Indonesia [Poster]
2018 Consumption of marginal diet plants by flying foxes associated with Hendra virus
spillover. Wildlife Disease Association Australasian Conference, Bali, Indonesia
[Poster]
2017 Platypuses and land-use practices: Catchment-scale studies provide some insight into
the effect of forestry and agriculture. International Mammalogical Congress, Perth,
Australia

Invited Presentations and Departmental Seminars

Honorariums
2022 Hendra virus dynamics and transmission in flying-foxes. University of Montana
Western, Dillon, MT, United States

Other
2023 Periodic shifts in viral load increase risk of spillover from bats. Center for the Ecology
of Infectious Diseases, University of Georgia, Athens GA, United States.
2023 Landscapes of risk: causes and consequences of bat-human interaction in Australia
and Kenya. Zoological Society of London, London, England
2022 Preventing spillover of bat pathogens in high-risk global hotspots. Odum School of
Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens GA, United States.
2021 Review and evaluation of conventional wisdom on the roosting of flying foxes. Griffith
University - Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security Seminar Series, Brisbane,
Australia
2020 Interactions between land use change, Pteropodid (flying-fox) ecology and Hendra
virus dynamics in Australia. Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of
Cambridge, Cambridge, England
2019 Investigating the dynamics of bat-borne diseases, with particular emphasis on
Henipaviruses in flying foxes (fruit bats). Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton MO,
United States

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2019 Investigating the dynamics of bat-borne diseases, with particular emphasis on

Henipaviruses in flying foxes (fruit bats). University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay, Australia
2016 Effectiveness of stream management for maintaining platypus (Ornithorhynchus
anatinus) populations in headwaters. Research update for the Forest Practices
Authority (Monitoring the Effectiveness of the Biodiversity Provisions of the Tasmanian
Forest Practices Code).

Student Mentorship
2022–2023 Reilly Jackson, University of Arkansas | Ph.D. student
2022– Isabella Deanglis, University of Arkansas | Ph.D. student
2019 Remy Brooks, Griffith University | Honors student (First Class Honors)
2016–2017 Melissa Gerwin, University of Tasmania | Honors student (First Class Honors)

Professional Service and Training

Manuscript reviewer: Nature Communications (2), Biological Conservation (2), Journal of Wildlife
Diseases (2), Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2), Pathogens and Global Health (1), Proceedings of
the Royal Society B (1), PLOS One (1), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2), Journal of Zoology (1),
Royal Society Open Science (1)

Grant reviewer: BES Review College

Memberships: Wildlife Diseases Association, British Ecological Society, Australian Bat Society, Global
South Bats

Science Communication, Outreach, and Engagement

Public talks
2019 The curious world of bats & their researchers. Pint of Science, Brisbane, Australia

Community engagement
2023 Wildlife Warrior Club, Maktau Secondary School, Taita-Taveta county, Kenya
2023 Taita Taveta Wildlife Club of Kenya Action group, Taita-Taveta county, Kenya
2022 Sagalla International Talent Academy, Taita-Taveta county, Kenya

Articles & blogs

2021 Effects of changing habitats on bat-virus dynamics. Animal Ecology in Focus. Link
2022 EEID 2022 in Review. British Ecological Society Parasites and Pathogens newsletter.
Link

Popular Tweets
February 2022 7.44K likes; 1.2K retweets; 75 comments; 333K impressions; 33.45K engagements
(Twitter). 5.7K likes; 464 shares, 229 comments (Facebook)
April 2022 2.27K likes; 271 retweets; 23 comments; 56.5K impressions; 3.58K engagements
April 2022 1.91K likes; 254 retweets; 29 comments; 66.16K impressions; 3.85K engagements
April 2022 1.26K likes; 166 retweets; 39 comments; 46.33K impressions; 2.62K engagements
April 2022 905 likes; 86 retweets; 14 comments; 34K impressions; 2.43K engagements

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Technical and Field Skills

Software: R statistical software, ArcGIS, QGIS, ENVI, PRIMER, MARK

Data management: Extensive experience with management, manipulation, and analysis of large
animal capture, diagnostic, and spatial datasets, through coding and GIS software; experience managing
large, shared datasets including sensitive information (detection of high biosecurity pathogens, and
case locations). Experience interfacing with GitHub and MySQL.

Data collection: Animal handling (birds, bats, marsupials, rodents, monotremes, reptiles. Mammal
handling with and without anesthesia); animal capture (mist and fyke nets, Elliot/Sharman traps,
pitfall traps, wire and tent treadle traps, funnel traps, specialized PVC pipe traps); bird surveys (sight
and song identification); animal processing (blood sampling, teeth extraction, radio/GPS collar
deployment, PIT tagging); aquatic invertebrate sampling and identification (netting and surber
sampling); bat under-roost urine and fecal sampling; other common ecological survey methods
(distance sampling, transect surveys, spotlight surveys, radio tracking, hair trapping, camera trap
deployment and maintenance, photo-point monitoring and vegetation surveys).

Fieldwork: Remote and international field experience, including backcountry camping and field camps
without electricity, running water, and access to phone reception/internet for months at a time. Off-
track hiking and backpacking; navigation using GPS, compass, and maps; safe and responsible driving
with four-wheel drive vehicles; licensed operator of small-medium watercrafts.

Computational analyses: mathematical models for infectious disease dynamics (stochastic and ordinary
differential equation compartmental models); structural equation modelling; capture-mark-recapture
analyses; spatial point pattern analyses; meta-analyses; Bayesian statistics; standard frequentist
statistics (ANOVA and ANCOVA, linear and logistic regression, multiple regression, ordination).

Other: Four wheel and defensive driving accredited (April 2015 – Performance Driving Australia);
Provide First Aid and CPR accredited (February 2019 – The PM Safety Training); Motor Boat License
(2009 – Marine and Safety Tasmania); Rabies vaccinated (most recent vaccination - February 2018).

Referees
Dr Alison Peel (primary Ph.D. advisor)
Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) and Research Fellow, Griffith University
Email: a.peel@griffith.edu.au
Ph: (M) (+61) 467 806 660

Prof Raina Plowright (co Ph.D. advisor)

Professor, Cornell University
Email: rkp57@cornell.edu
Ph: (M) +1 (406) 579 5325

Dr Olivier Restif (Ph.D. mentor and host for Endeavour Fellowship)

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), University of Cambridge
Email: or226@cam.ac.uk
Ph: (M) (+44) 7834 070 693

Dr Kristian Forbes (postdoc advisor)

Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas
Email: kmforbes@uark.edu
Ph: (M) (+1) 479 841 6994

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