Daniel Streicker
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Georgia
Room 191B,
Odum School of Ecology
Athens, GA 30602
Office: (706) 542-3485
Fax: (706) 542-4819
email: dstreicker@gmail.com
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Education
PhD - University of Georgia
BA - University of Virginia
Research Interests
- Ecology of infectious diseases in natural populations
- Evolutionary aspects of disease emergence by host switching
- Community epidemiology of multi-host pathogens
- Anthropogenic drivers of disease emergence
- Impacts of host ecology on viral evolution
Research Projects
Ecological drivers of cross-species rabies transmission among bats; Population dynamics of rabies virus following host switches; Host community structure and gastro-intestinal parasite risk in small mammals; Land use change and the feeding behavior and population dynamics of vampire bats.
Honors and Awards
2011 Odum School of Ecology Best Student Paper Award
2010 NSF Research Grant (DEB 1020966; PIs: Altizer and Rohani)
2010 UGA Dissertation Completion Award
2010 Odum School of Ecology Endowment Grant
2009 CDC/UGA Research Collaboration in Infectious Disease Seed Grant
2009 University of Georgia Graduate Student Travel Award
2008 AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science
2008 National Geographic Young Explorers Grant
2007, 2008 Latin American and Caribbean Studies Summer Research Travel Award
2007, 2008 Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Conference Travel Award
2007 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
2007 1st place PhD student presentation, Ecology Graduate Student Symposium
2007 American Philosophical Society, Lewis and Clark Explorers Grant
2005 Evolution of Infectious Diseases Symposium Travel Award
2004 Emerging Infectious Diseases Training Fellowship (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
2003 NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates Internship (University of Virginia)
2003 Harrison Undergraduate Research Award (University of Virginia)
Professional Affiliations
Selected Publications
Streicker, D.G., Turmelle, A.S., Vonhoff, M.J., Kuzmin, I., McCracken, G.F. and Rupprecht, C.E. (2010) Host phylogeny constrains cross-species emergence and establishment of rabies virus in bats. Science, 329, 676; DOI: 10.1126/science.1188836.
Cui, J., Han, N., Streicker, D., Li, G., Tang, X., Shi, Z., Hu, Z., Zhao, G, Fontanet, A., Guan, Y., Wang, L., Jones, G., Field, H., Daszak, P., Zhang, S. (2007). Evolutionary relationships between bat coronaviruses and their hosts. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13(10):1526-1532.
Franka, R., Constantine, D.G., Kuzmin, I., Velasco-Villa, A., Reeder, S., Streicker, D., Orciari, L.A., Wong, A.J., Blanton, J.D. and Rupprecht, C.E. 2006. A new phylogenetic lineage of Rabies virus associated with western pipistrelle bats (Pipistrelllus hesperus). Journal of General Virology. 87:2309-2321.
Reeves, W.K., Streicker, D., Loftis, A.D. and Dasch, G.A. 2006. Serologic survey of Eptesicus fuscus from Georgia, U.S.A. for Rickettsia and Borrelia and laboratory transmission of a Rickettsia by bat ticks. Journal of Vector Ecology. 31(2):386-389.
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