— Researching the ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions, the diseases they cause, and their role in structuring populations.
— Fusing experiments and theory to better understand how hosts allocate resources to simultaneously defend themselves against parasites and support basic life history needs.
— Scaling up these individual-level interactions to understand the population-level outcomes (e.g., the evolution of parasite virulence).
— With applications for basic and applied challenges.