Heather Alexander

The paper shows host immune strategies affect parasite transmission timing and magnitude in a helminth parasite, with intermediate parasite burdens maximizing transmission potential.

The paper reared stickleback embryos from 27 lake populations in a lab to determine if trait-environment correlations reflect heritable evolution or plasticity, finding both heritable and plastic traits.

The paper investigates immune variation in threespine stickleback populations by analyzing fibrosis responses to parasites and environmental factors.

This study uses ddPCR and Bayesian path analysis to link land-use changes to parasite dynamics in freshwater ecosystems, finding a positive correlation between deforestation and copepod density.

This study assesses antimicrobial resistance in freshwater fish by integrating molecular measurements with geospatial modeling to identify environmental factors linked to AMR gene distribution.

The paper develops a droplet digital PCR assay to detect and quantify rare helminth parasites in environmental samples, demonstrating its sensitivity and applicability across multiple helminth systems.