Bio

I am interested in the use of statistics and GIS to understand ecological processes, with a focus on epidemiology and public health. I am particularly interested on the effects of climate change on vector-borne diseases and the spatial distribution of disease vectors. My current project is assessing the effect of temperature on the transmission of two malaria parasites, Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax by two of the most common malaria vector species, Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles stephensi in Africa and Asia using Bayesian models. During my Ph.D., I conducted research on the effect of discarded tire pollutants on the coexistence of the invasive Asian Tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) and the native common house mosquito (Culex pipiens).

Education

University of Maryland College Park | College Park, MD, USA

Ph.D., Marine Estuarine & Environmental Sciences

Towson University | Towson, MD, USA | M.S., Environmental Sciences

UNALM, Peru | M.S., Agrarian Innovation for Rural Development

UNSA, Peru | B.S., Agriculture Sciences