Ph.D. Student
angela.hansen [at] colorado.edu
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I’m broadly interested in the interactions that hosts have with their parasites, particularly in the face of ongoing host hybridization. I look for a variety of different parasites in a variety of different hosts, such as, blood parasites in rosy finches and chickadees, or nematomorphs in field crickets. Along with identifying host-parasite interactions at the phenotypic level, I’m also going to be exploring both host and parasite genetic architectures. Lately, I’ve been building a substantial number of nest boxes for chickadees in preparation for our upcoming field season!
Select Publications
Theodosopoulos AN, Grabenstein KC, Larrieu M, Arnold V, Taylor SA. Accepted. Similar parasite communities but dissimilar infection patterns in two closely related chickadee species. Ornithology.
Theodosopoulos AN, Spellman GM, Taylor SA. Accepted. Survey of haemosporidian parasite infections in an endangered high alpine bird. Parasites and Vectors.
Theodosopoulos AN, Hund AK, Taylor SA. 2018. Parasites and host species barriers in animal hybrid zones. Trends in Ecology and Evolution
McNew, S. M., Knutie, S. A., Goodman, G. B., Theodosopoulos, A., Saulsberry, A., Yépez R, J., ... & Clayton, D. H. (2019). Annual environmental variation influences host tolerance to parasites. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286(1897), 20190049.
Theodosopoulos, A. N., & Gotanda, K. M. (2018). Death of a Darwin's Finch: a consequence of human-made debris?. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology.