Principal Investigator, Emerging Pathogens Institute
Co-Director, Florida Climate Institute at UF(opens in new tab)
Lab: Quantitative Disease Ecology & Conservation Lab (QDEC Lab)(opens in new tab)
OrcID: 0000-0002-4308-6321
Focus Areas
Areas of Specialization
- Medical Geography
- Disease Ecology
- Tropical conservation
- Human-wildlife interface
- Geospatial models
Educational Background
- PhD in Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM), University of California at Berkeley, 2006
- B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB), Princeton University, 1998
Current Lab Members and Collaborators
- Anna Shannin (Undergraduate Researcher)
- Ava Johnson (Undergraduate Researcher)
- Neha Senthilkumar (Undergraduate Researcher)
- Samantha Sambado, Ph.D.
Graduate Students Alums
- Simrik Bhandari (M.S., 2025, UF)
- Dr. Shreejana Bhattarai (Ph.D. 2023, UF)
- Dr. Stephanie Mundis (Ph.D. 2021, UF)
- Dr. Cat Lippi (Ph.D. 2021, UF)
- James Martin (M.S. 2019, UF)
- Emily Gavard (M.S. 2017, SUNY-ESF)
- Tess Youker (M.S. 2016, SUNY-ESF)
- Rebecca Fuda (M.S., 2015, SUNY-ESF)
- Andrea Thomen (M.S., 2014, SUNY-ESF)
- Lindsey Scales (M.P.S., 2014, SUNY-ESF)
Postdoctoral Alums
- Dr. Cat Lippi, Postdoctoral Associate, Medical Geography, UF (2021-2024)
- Dr. Alexis (Lexi) White, Postdoctoral Associate, Medical Geography, UF (2019-2020)
- Dr. Rachel Sippy, Postdoctoral Associate (2018-2020), Medical Geography, UF, SUNY Upstate Medical University
- Dr. Gabriela Hamerlinck, Postdoctoral Associate, Geography, UF (2018-2019)
- Dr. Philipp Boersch-Supan, Postdoctoral Associate, Geography, UF (2016-2018)
- Dr. Luis Escobar, (Postdoc, 2013-2014, SUNY-UMU)
Undergraduate Alums
- Tracy Lin
- Breanna Blackwood
- Julia Tootle
- Emily Peterson
- Emily Stone
- Kimberlie Vera
- Julia Bellot
- Anna Lavrentieva
- Taylor Rouviere
- Stephen MacKay
- Katie Walker
Other Alumns
- Veronique Etienne, Ph.D. (Researcher)
- Timothy Kong (High School Experience)
- Aspen Singh (High School Experience)
Recent Publications
- An up to date list of Dr. Ryan’s publications is available on the QDEC Lab Website(opens in new tab).