Joseph D.T. Savage

I am in my fourth year in the Ecology, Evolution, Environment, & Society program. I work with Jonathan Winter as a part of the Applied Hydroclimatology Group to study tick populations and the impact of climate change. My interests center on disease and community ecology, and I use theoretical techniques to study these complex systems. My current research focuses on understanding and forecasting how climate and landscape changes are driving the population dynamics and pathogen prevalence of Ixodes scapularis--the blacklegged tick--which is responsible for spreading Lyme disease in the Northeast.