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megan.wolfe@colostate.eduTheDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathologyis hosting its first MIP Research Celebration, a showcase of department research, kickstarted with a keynote titled “Biodiversity and Infectious Diseases: Principles to Guide Prediction” by invited speaker Felicia Keesing, PhD, the David and Rosalie Rose Distinguished Professor of Science, Mathematics, and Computing at Bard College.
Open to the public, all are welcome to attend the keynote talk from 5 – 6 p.m. in the Lory Student Center Ballroom C/D. Opening remarks will be given by CVMBS Dean Sue VandeWoude.
Felicia Keesing is a biologist who studies the consequences of interactions among species, particularly as biodiversity declines. Her recent work focuses on how biodiversity influences the probability that humans and other animals will be exposed to infectious diseases. She has worked in Kenya since 1995 studying how the disappearance of elephants, giraffes, and other large mammals influences the way African savannas function. Keesing has published more than 100 papers, with grant support from the National Geographic Society, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health.
Her work has been covered by theNew York Times,The New Yorker,NPR, andThe Guardian, among other media outlets. In 2020, she and her work were featured in the BBC’sExtinction, with Sir David Attenborough. Keesing served on the steering committee for the Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education conferences and was the director of a project on science literacy funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. In 2000, she received a United States Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from President Clinton. She is an elected Fellow of both the Ecological Society of America and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2022, she received the International Cosmos Prize, and in 2023, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Thank you very much to all our sponsors: CSU Climate Initiative, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, One Health Institute, and Vice President for Research, in addition to Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, Biomedical Solutions, Inc., and PHC Holdings Corporation.
Event Contact: Candace Mathiason (candace.mathiason@colostate.edu), MIP Associate Department Head for Research and Professor.