Education
Ph.D. – Griffith University, Australia
BSc(Hons) – University of Tasmania, Australia
Courses Taught
Conservation Biology (ECOL 3530)
GIS for Ecologists (ECOL 4450/6450)
Research Interests
- Mathematical and statistical modeling
- Animal behavior and pathogen transmission
- Anthropogenic change and wildlife-pathogen interaction
- Spatial ecology and epidemiology
- Conservation and wildlife management
- Ecological interventions
Research Projects:
- Investigating mechanisms of spillover, using bat henipaviruses as a model system (Bat OneHealth)
- Investigating bat ecology, human-wildlife interaction, and pathogen risk in rural Kenya (with the Fayetteville Disease Ecology Lab and the Taita Research Station)
Selected Publications
Lunn, T.J., A.J. Peel, H. McCallum, P. Eby, M.K. Kessler, R.K. Plowright, O. Restif (2021). Spatial dynamics of pathogen transmission in communally roosting species: impacts of changing habitats on bat-virus dynamics. Journal of Animal Ecology, 90:2609–2622.
Lunn, T.J., P. Eby, R. Brooks*, H. McCallum, R.K. Plowright, M.K. Kessler, A.J Peel (2021). Conventional wisdom on roosting behaviour of Australian flying foxes – a critical review, and evaluation using new data. Ecology and Evolution, 11:13532–13558.
Ruiz-Aravena, M., C. McKee, A. Gamble, T.J. Lunn, A. Morris, C.E. Snedden, C.K. Yinda, J.R. Port, D.W Buchholz, Y.Y. Yeo, C. Faust, E. Jax, L. Dee, D. Jones, M. Kessler, C. Falvo, D. Crowley, N. Bharti, C.E. Brook, H.C. Aguilar, A.J. Peel, O. Restif, T. Schountz, C.R. Parrish, E.S. Gurley, J.O. Lloyd-Smith, P. Hudson, V.J. Munster, R.K. Plowright (2022). Ecology, evolution, and spillover of coronaviruses from bats. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 20:299-314.
Kessler, M.K., D.J. Becker, A.J. Peel, N.V. Justice, T. Lunn, D.E. Crowley, D.N. Jones, P. Eby, C.A. Sanchez, R.K. Plowright (2018). Changing resource landscapes and spillover of henipaviruses. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1429(1):78-99.
