Phoenix Brown (she/her)
Environmental Studies
Interests: climate change, songbird health
Phoenix is reviewing how climate change affects avian malaria and contributing to HASP projects.
Environmental Studies
Interests: climate change, songbird health
Phoenix is reviewing how climate change affects avian malaria and contributing to HASP projects.
Anushka Sukhadia (she/her)
Department of Biology
Interests: virology
Anushka is contributing to molecular studies of vampire bat Bartonella spp. in our Belize work.
Department of Biology
Interests: virology
Anushka is contributing to molecular studies of vampire bat Bartonella spp. in our Belize work.

Meagan Allira, MS Student
Meagan is a MS student in Biology at University of Oklahoma. X.
Interests: X
email, twitter, she/her

Molly Simonis, Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Fellow
X.
Interests: X
email, twitter, website, ResearchGate, she/her
Molly Simonis, Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Fellow
X.
Interests: X
email, twitter, website, ResearchGate, she/her

Allen Pau (he/him)
Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology
Interests: epidemiology and microbiology
Allen is contributing to a database of Borrelia competence in songbirds and to OK bird work.
Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology
Interests: epidemiology and microbiology
Allen is contributing to a database of Borrelia competence in songbirds and to OK bird work.
Maria Muñoz (she/her)
Department of Biology
Interests: OneHealth, bat migration, zoonoses
Maria is contributing to a database of leukocytes in bat species and to our OK Tadarida projects.
Department of Biology
Interests: OneHealth, bat migration, zoonoses
Maria is contributing to a database of leukocytes in bat species and to our OK Tadarida projects.
Jessie Merrifield (she/her)
Department of Biology
Interests: vector-borne disease, ticks, zoonoses
Jessie is analyzing sparrow immunology data and leading tick identification from our OK bird work.
Department of Biology
Interests: vector-borne disease, ticks, zoonoses
Jessie is analyzing sparrow immunology data and leading tick identification from our OK bird work.
visiting researchers

Juliana Nunes, MSc intern
Juliana is a MSc student in the Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, University of São Paulo. She received her BSc in Veterinary Medicine from São Paulo State University and is now researching antimicrobial resistance and detection of Leptospira in bats from Brazil using OneHealth approaches. Juliana's MSc internship is funded by a FAPESP fellowship and will examine antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacteriales from bats in Belize and Oklahoma.
Interests: bats, Neotropics, zoonotic pathogens, infectious disease dynamics, antimicrobial resistance, OneHealth
email, website, lab, she/her