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BORREMANS Benny![ORCID_LOGO](/PCIEcology/static/_24.5.4/images/ORCID_ID.svg)
- _, Wildlife Health Ecology Research Organization, San Diego, United States of America
- Eco-immunology & Immunity, Epidemiology, Experimental ecology, Host-parasite interactions, Population ecology, Spatial ecology, Metacommunities & Metapopulations, Statistical ecology, Theoretical ecology
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Areas of expertise
Background:
- Disease ecologist, combining field, lab and statistical/mathematical modelling.
- PhD research on effects of population density on host contact rates and virus transmission, using rodents and arenaviruses in Tanzania.
- Developed conceptual/mathematical method for estimating time since infection using information from antibodies, pathogen, individual age, season, etc.
- Postdoctoral research on:
- Disease spillover between host species, focusing on Leptospira transmission in California sea lions and Channel Island foxes.
- Modelling effects of environment on Leptospira transmission in sea lions, including the development of methods to reconstruct the number of susceptible individuals.
Education:
- Bachelor & Master Degree in Biology (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
- PhD in Biology (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
- Postdoctoral researcher (University of California Los Angeles, USA)