Bio

I am a disease ecologist working at the interface of Ecology, Epidemiology, and One Health. My research seeks to understand how environmental changes influence the dynamics of infectious diseases and zoonotic pathogens, particularly in systems involving interactions among wildlife, livestock, and human populations.

My primary research interest is investigating the ecological factors that determine pathogen transmission risk across human-modified landscapes. To address these questions, I study how landscape changes influence host physiology, nutritional condition, and susceptibility to infection, as well as how shifts in species composition and community structure affect pathogen circulation through mechanisms such as disease dilution and amplification.

I am also interested in understanding how proximity between wildlife and livestock influences pathogen transmission dynamics, evaluating both host susceptibility and epidemiological connectivity among populations. In this context, I apply approaches from spatial network analysis and landscape epidemiology to investigate how pathogens spread across natural, agricultural, and urban environments.

Another major area of my research focuses on the effects of ecological restoration on ecosystem health and infectious disease risk. Although restoration is widely recognized for its benefits to biodiversity and ecosystem services, its consequences for pathogen dynamics remain poorly understood. Therefore, I seek to identify the ecological conditions under which environmental recovery may either reduce or increase the risk of disease emergence, persistence, and transmission, contributing to integrated conservation and public health strategies.

In this context, I participated in the BEPREP project (Identification of Best Practices for Biodiversity Recovery and Public Health Interventions to Prevent Future Epidemics and Pandemics), which aimed to identify biodiversity recovery practices capable of simultaneously promoting environmental conservation and public health. As part of this project, I conducted field sampling and research in ecological restoration areas across Finland, Sweden, and Madagascar, investigating the relationships among biodiversity recovery, environmental change, and zoonotic disease risk.

My research integrates ecological, epidemiological, physiological, and analytical approaches, with a strong emphasis on quantitative methods, statistical modeling, data science, and large-scale data analytics to better understand complex processes affecting human, animal, and environmental health.