Leah R. Johnson

Welcome

In February 2011 I moved to a postdoctoral position in Joy Bergelson's lab in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago.

Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology at the University of California Santa Barbara working with Cherie Briggs and Roger Nisbet. As part of this collaboration I worked to develop mechanicstic models, together with methods of parameter inference for these models, in two application areas: the spread the frog-killing Chytrid fungus in high elevation regions of the California Sierra Nevada; Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) models (primarily for Daphnia). For more information on this and other projects, visit my research page.

My research interests are in statistical and mathematical biology, ecology, and epidemiology. In particular, I am interested in how individual behavior and local interactions between individuals in a population influence population level patterns, and statistical methodologies for inference of mechanistic models of biological systems.

Image by Tom C. Smith

Contact Info

e-mail

lrjohnson (AT) uchicago (dot) edu
lrjohnson (AT) lifesci (dot) ucsb (dot) edu

snail mail

Department of Ecology and Evolution
University of Chicago
1101 E 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637

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• CV (pdf)
• Recent Papers
• Dissertation
• Bobby's Page
• Address Book (protected)

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