University of South Florida

Welcome to Suman Neupane

Suman has joined the Kramer lab after receiving a Masters at Missouri State University. His PhD project will focus on understanding applying quantitative methods to understanding the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife communities.

Lab group - summer 2024

Welcome to Dr. Mayank Gangwar and farewell to Gabby Johnson! It has been an excellent summer in the lab. Mayank has joined to work on the transmission dynamics of multi-host zoonotic pathogens. And it was a pleasure to host Gabby, a Swarthmore College senior, as she worked on modeling the species richness of SARS-CoV-2 susceptible mammals.

New paper by Dr. Eva Muir

Eva’s paper, The magnitude of Allee effects varies across Allee mechanisms but not taxonomic groups, is now available in Oikos. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10386

Welcome to Dr. Lauren Ash

Dr. Ash has joined the Kramer lab from Middlebury College. She is taking the lead on our study of how high resolution satellite imagery may improve models of Aedes aegypti abundance in the U.S.

Congratulations Eva!

Dr. Eva Muir has successfully defended her dissertation and is on to a position with Bishop Burton College in Yorkshire, England. Congratulations Eva, we will miss you.

Postdoctoral opening - Future of SARS-CoV-2 in ecological communities

The Kramer lab is recruiting a postdoc to work on a recently funded Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases grant from USDA.

The lab represents at ESA 2023

Shea, Eva, and Austin all present research at ESA in Portland.

Welcome to Dr. Rajendra Panda

Dr. Panda has joined the Kramer lab from Mississippi State University. He will be working on applying high resolution satellite imagery to models of Aedes aegypti in Florida.

Discussing invasive species on local, live radio

Drew and Austin will be joining the “Sustainable Living” radio show on 88.5 WMNF Tampa for the July 31st show. We will talk about invasive species in Florida, with particular focus on economic costs and invasive birds.

Lab Accomplishments - spring 2023

Eva’s poster received a People’s Choice award and Austin has a dissertation completion fellowship for fall. Congratulations!