New lab members Sukanta Sarkar and Anurag Sau

New lab members Sukanta Sarkar and Anurag Sau

Sukanta Sarkar joined the Drake lab as a Postdoctoral Associate during the summer of 2022. Sukanta earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the Indian…

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New lab member -Kaniz Fatema Nipa

New lab member -Kaniz Fatema Nipa

Nipa comes to the lab with a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Texas Tech University where she studied the effects of demographic and environmental stochasticity…

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New lab members Kyle Dahlin and Suzanne O'Regan

New lab members Kyle Dahlin and Suzanne O’Regan

Kyle Dahlin joined the Drake lab as a Postdoctoral Associate this summer after receiving his PhD in Mathematics from Purdue University. He will be working…

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Transient indicators of tipping points in infectious diseases

Transient indicators of tipping points in infectious diseases

A variety of generic indicators have been proposed to identify gradual changes in a population that can be used to anticipate the onset or conclusion…

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Diarrheal disease in rural Madagascar

Diarrheal disease in rural Madagascar

Socio-demographic, and not environmental, risk factors explain fine-scale spatial patterns of diarrheal disease in Ifanadiana, rural Madagascar Diarrheal disease (DD) is responsible for over 700,000…

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Nest temperature and sex ratios in a crocodilian

Nest temperature and sex ratios in a crocodilian

Global shifts in temperature are yielding widespread impacts across diverse ecosystems and certain species are especially vulnerable to these changes. In particular, many reptiles –…

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Disentangling reporting and disease transmission

Disentangling reporting and disease transmission

Second order statistics such as variance and autocorrelation can in principle provide early warning of disease (re-)emergence. Such statistics can detect the approach to an…

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New lab member: Ana Rivera

New lab member: Ana Rivera

The Drake lab welcomes technician Ana Rivera. Ana is an alumna of University of Puerto Rico and comes to us with a background in environmental…

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Zooplankton Diversity Project

Zooplankton Diversity Project

The Savannah River Site (SRS) is a US Department of Energy owned facility located in South Carolina. Located within the SRS property are a series…

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2019 Coronavirus Tracker

2019 Coronavirus Tracker

On January 24, 2020, the The Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases at the University of Georgia formed the Coronavirus Working Group, a group of about 20…

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