Molly Simonis, PhD, MS, BS

Education

B.S., University of Dayton, Environmental Biology, 2009
M.S., Biological Sciences, Wright State University, 2018
Ph.D., Environmental Sciences, Wright State University, 2022

Biography

Expertise:

Simonis is an expert in disease ecology, ecoimmunology, physiology, and bats.

Research Interests

Simonis is a disease ecologist interested in wildlife health. Research in her lab focuses on how disturbances in the environment impact wildlife health, particularly when those disturbances come in the form of stressors that act on host physiology, immunity, and ecology. To answer research questions in wildlife health, the Simonis Lab combines field sampling of wild bats, laboratory diagnostics, and empirical and theoretical quantitative methods.

Academic Areas

WILD 5750/6750: Analysis for Environmental and Health Sciences,

FOWS 7500: Outbreaks to Pandemics: Emerging Infectious Diseases in a Modern World, Wildlife Health