Conservation Biologist with a Medical Veterinary Entomology emphasis, principally in regard to role of parasites and pathogens in ecosystems, pathology of endangered species, and blood-sucking arthropods: Fleas, Flies particularly Mosquitoes, Lice, Ticks and Mites, and their microbial and animal symbiotes, especially pathogens. I attempt to understand the biosphere from an evolutionary ecology perspective with a goal of conserving biodiversity..