Emily Cornelius
University of Georgia
Odum School of Ecology
Athens, GA 30602-XXXX
Lab: Altizer lab
email: cornel53@uga.edu
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Education
M.S. (Ecology) University of Georgia, 2011-present (Advisors: Drs. Sonia Altizer & Andrew Davis)
B.S. (Zoology) Michigan State University, 2011 (specialization: connected learning)
Research Interests
- Population ecology
- Ecology of infectious diseases
- Dynamics of infectious diseases in wildlife
- Migration and stopover biology
- Host-parasite interactions
- Ecoimmunology
- Cross-species transmission
Research Projects
Interplay between stress, lipids, parasites and immunity in migrating songbirds
Honors and Awards
Wormsloe Institute for Environmental History Fellow 2011-2013
Exploration Fund Grant 2012
Georgia Ornithological Society Grant 2012
Sigma Xi Research Grant 2012
National Geographic Young Explorer's grant 2012
Professional Affiliations
- Audubon Society
- Ecological Society of America
- American Ornithologists’ Union
- Georgia Ornithological Society
Selected Publications
Davis, A.K. and E. Cornelius. Submitted. Feather mite loads are higher in house finches with mycoplasmal conjunctivitis (but the disease is not causative). Journal of Avian Biology. (in review)
Emily Cornelius
