Dr. Janine Mistrick

Professional Summary

Now finishing her Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Arkansas investigating virus dynamics with voles in Finland and bats in Kenya, she received her B.S. in Ecology (as well as a B.S. in French and Francophone Studies) from Penn State University and is a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship recipient. She has worked extensively in field ecology conducting: plant phenology and shrub expansion research in western Greenland, acoustic surveys for bats in the Chugach National Forest in Alaska, radio telemetry monitoring of sage-grouse in Wyoming, and trapping wild rodents in a longitudinal population and parasite study in central Pennsylvania. Her research interests include the role of landscape and habitat features in shaping animal movement and community composition and the influence of these factors on disease dynamics in wildlife populations.