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Publications
How to use natural history collections to resurrect information on historical parasite abundances. CL Wood, KL Leslie, D Claar, N Mastick, WC Preisser, MPM Vanhove, and R Welicky. (2022) Journal of Helminthology, 97, E6.
Life history mediates the association between parasite abundance and geographic features. MA Williams, S Faiad, DC Claar, B French, KL Leslie, E Oven, AS Guerra, F Micheli, BJ Zgliczynski, AJ Haupt, SA Sandin, CL Wood (2022). Journal of Animal Ecology.
Parasite communities in English Sole (Parophrys vetulus) have changed in composition but not richness in the Salish Sea, Washington, USA since 1930. RL Welicky, WC Preisser, KL Leslie, N Mastick, E Fiorenza, KP Maslenikov, L Tornabene, JM Kinsella, and CL Wood (2022). Parasitology.
The weaker sex: Male lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) with blue color polymorphism are more burdened by parasites than are other sex–color combinations. CL Wood, KL Leslie, LS Lam, B Basnett, SL Hamilton, and JF Samhouri (2021). PLoS ONE 16(12).
Parasites of the past: 90 years of change in parasitism for English sole. RL Welicky, WC Preisser, KL Leslie, N Mastick, E Fiorenza, KP Maslenikov, L Tornabene, JM Kinsella, and CL Wood (2021). Frontiers of Ecology and the Environment. Volume 19, Issue 8: 470-477.
Parasite Biodiversity. D Claar, A Kuris, KL Leslie, RL Welicky, MA Williams, CL Wood (2021). Lessons in Conservation, Volume 11, Issue 1: 39-57.
Fluid preservation causes minimal reduction of parasite detectability in fish specimens: A new approach for reconstructing parasite communities of the past? EA Fiorenza, KL Leslie, ME Torchin, MP Maslenikov, L Tornabene, CL Wood (2020). Ecology Evolution 00: 1-12.
Black-spot syndrome in Caribbean fishes linked to trematode parasite infection (Scaphanocephalus expansus). ZF Kohl, DM Calhoun, F Elmer, RBJ Peachey, KL Leslie, V Tkach, JM Kinsella, and PTJ Johnson (2019). Coral Reefs 38:5, 917-930.
Patterns of Clinostomum marginatum infection in fishes and amphibians: integration of field, genetic, and experimental approaches. DM Calhoun, KL Leslie, TB Riepe, TJ Achatz, T McDevitt-Galles, V Tkach, and PTJ Johnson (2019). Journal of Helminthology 1-12.
University of Washington - Seattle
Research Technologist II & LABORATORY LEAD: 2017 - Present
The past five years working in Chelsea Wood's Lab has been inspirational, empowering, and incredibly educational. I am very proud to be a part of the (currently) all women scientist community of the Wood Lab.
Projects: Historical Ecology of Marine and Freshwater Parasites Diversity and Disease on Coral Reefs RIME: Research Internship in Molecular Ecology Our Lab in media: Short Wave: Save the Parasites Science Rules! with Bill Nye: It's a Parasite's World. We Just Live in It. Scientific American: The Scientists Fighting for Parasites Conservation |
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University of Colorado - Boulder
RESEARCH TECHNICIAN : 2014 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 summers
My time in the Johnson Lab in Boulder helped build and develop my parasitology knowledge and dissection skills, as well as basic laboratory experience, research understanding, and experimental design skills.
Projects I was a part of: Necropsy Team for Amphibian Deformities and Disease Editing and maintaining Aquatic Parasite Observatory and the Johnson Lab Website Skills: Blood cell counts, handling and mixing chemicals, web site editing with Sublime and Filezilla |
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Auburn University
Undergraduate courses and experiences
Georgia Dolphin Ecology Project - Volunteer - 2013
Photo Identification of resident and transient dolphins of the Georgia coast. Conservation and Biology of Marine Mammals - 2013 Shark Biology - 2012 Parasites of Marine Animals - 2012 This was my first introduction to the wormy world of parasites as well as my introduction to Dana Calhoun, a woman whom later helped further develop my eye for parasites at CU - Boulder. Dolphin and Whale Behavior - 2012 Odyssey Expeditions: Marine Biology, Sailing, and SCUBA Certifications - 2010 |
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