About the PI

is a disease ecologist and Fontbonne University in St. Louis, MO. She currently has two overarching projects as the main foci of the work in her lab. The first is a continuation of her work in primates, examining the host-parasite dynamics of long-tailed macaques with an emphasis of the anthropogenic effects of landscape on host population genetics. The second is a project focusing on raccoon populations across St. Louis, MO. Both examine the effects of human activities on the population genetics, parasite burden, and movement and behavior of the host. Additional projects in the lab focus on the development of antibiotic resistance, wildlife responses to environmental toxins, and how we learn. For more information on a specific project, please see the associated project page. 

Prior to joining the faculty of Fontbonne University, Dr. Lane-deGraaf was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Georgia's Odum School of Ecology, working with Dr. Vanessa Ezenwa, on selection of susceptibility and resistance to bovine tuberculosis in African buffalo. She completed her PhD in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, working with Drs. Hope Hollocher and Agustin Fuentes, on the population genetics and parasite dynamics of long-tailed macaques.