Clay Cressler
Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Contact
- Address
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MANT 424
Lincoln NE 68588-0118 - Phone
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402-472-2720 On-campus 2-2720
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ccressler2@unl.edu
Research Interests
My research focuses on understanding how ecological and evolutionary dynamics are shaped by the cross-scale interaction between individual-level and population-level processes. Currently, I am studying how host diet influences within-host and between-host disease processes, ultimately shaping host and parasite evolution. Because both the immune system and parasites require host resources, diet has a fundamental but often over-looked role in regulating the outcome of infection. Moreover, diet generates feedbacks between within-host and among-host processes.
Specialization:
- Disease Ecology and Evolution
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Education
- Ph.D. University of Michigan
- B.S. Hope College