Ph.D. Student
听angela.hansen听[at] colorado.edu
I鈥檓 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鈥檓 also going to be exploring both host and parasite genetic architectures. Lately, I鈥檝e been building a substantial number of nest boxes for chickadees in preparation for our upcoming field season!听
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Theodosopoulos AN,听Grabenstein KC, Larrieu M, Arnold V, Taylor SA.听Accepted. Similar parasite communities but dissimilar infection patterns in two closely related chickadee species.听Ornithology.
Theodosopoulos AN, Spellman GM, Taylor SA.听Accepted. Survey of haemosporidian parasite infections in an endangered high alpine bird.听Parasites and Vectors.听
Theodosopoulos AN, Hund AK, Taylor SA. 2018. Parasites and host species barriers in animal hybrid zones.听Trends in Ecology and Evolution听
McNew, S. M., Knutie, S. A., Goodman, G. B., Theodosopoulos, A., Saulsberry, A., Y茅pez R, J., ... & Clayton, D. H. (2019). Annual environmental variation influences host tolerance to parasites.听Proceedings of the Royal Society B,听286(1897), 20190049.
Theodosopoulos, A. N., & Gotanda, K. M. (2018). Death of a Darwin's Finch: a consequence of human-made debris?.听The Wilson Journal of Ornithology.