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Hanna Hartikainen. Assistant Professor in Adaptation to the Environment, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, School of Biological sciences, University of Nottingham
Biography
I am an evolutionary ecologist working on host-parasite interactions in freshwater systems. I graduated with a PhD from the University of Reading and have worked at the Natural History Museum London, Eawag and ETH Zurich. I joined University of Nottingham in 2019.
Expertise Summary
The coevolutionary structuring between hosts and parasites fundamentally determines how diseases spread and emerge at local and global scales. Environmental change can influence coevolutionary and ecological dynamics, e.g. through changes in species distributions or virulence and resistance trade-offs. My research aims to understand better how ecological and evolutionary dynamics can inform and improve epidemiological understanding of natural wildlife diseases, to facilitate the management of complex disease scenarios, including those of economic importance, especially in the context of changing climates."
- Speaker
- Hanna Hartikainen
- Hosted by
- Jason W. Holland