Professional Summary
Currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Arkansas investigating viral dynamics with voles in Finland and bats in Kenya, Janine received her PhD in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior in 2023 from the University of Minnesota, funded in part by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. Janine recieved her B.S. in Ecology (as well as a B.S. in French and Francophone Studies) from Penn State University in 2016. She has worked extensively in field ecology conducting: longitudinal studies of viral dyanmics in wild rodents in the Finland, 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 contact behavior and the influence of these factors on disease dynamics in wildlife populations.