My research interests lie at the intersection of ecology, evolution, behavior, and immunology. I wish to understand how interactions among individuals and among species affect the evolution of biodiversity within and among populations, with a particular emphasis on host-parasite and predator-prey interactions. At the moment, I am particularly interested in using natural variation within and among wild populations to as a tool to understand the evolution of host-parasite interactions and immune function.

Evolutionary immunology: the genetic and immunological basis of host adaptation to complex helminth communities, landscape genetics of immune genes, evolution and plasticity of immune gene expression, genetic and environmental regulation of gut microbiota.

Evolutionary ecology: the ecological and selective forces maintaining trait variation within populations, ecological consequences of trait variation within populations, adaptive divergence between populations, and speciation.