My research focus is controlling disease risks associated with food and animal waste; recycling of organic waste intro soil amendment; fate and transport of herbicides in food and water; and microbial water quality. I use mathematical models supported by lab and field scale data to understand contamination in environment, which has potential to impact food and water, and poses risks to the public and animal health.
Assistant Research Scientist and Assistant Specialist in Cooperative Extension
VM: Population Health and Reproduction
Quantitative methods to identify strategies that improve animal health and control infectious diseases in livestock on small-scale farms. Interested in applying and developing epidemiological tools to monitor potential food safety hazards and identify strategies to reduce the dissemination of foodborne pathogens in pre-harvest small farm environments and the spread of infectious disease in the food supply. Also interested in integrating epidemiological methods such as temporal-spatial, molecular analysis and risk assessment in order to support risk-based surveillance and infectious disease control strategies, and the improvement of animal health and food safety.
