Michelle Tseng Postdoctoral fellow, UBC
Education
1998 BSc. Ecology, University of Toronto
2000 Msc. Rowe Lab, University of Toronto
2005 Phd. Lively Lab, Indiana University
current: Myers Lab, postdoctoral fellow, University of British Columbia (part time)
Research: Disease Ecology and Evolution
My research investigates ecological and evolutionary causes of variation in virulence (broadly defined here as the parasite-mediated reduction in host fitness). My current focus is to understand the relationship between host fitness and parasite fitness across multiple host-parasite systems, and to use this knowledge to improve predictions regarding the outcome of parasite infection in nature.
Journal: Evolutionary Applications
I am interested in improving the accessibility of evolutionary biology to the both to biologists and to the general public. To facilitate this goal, a group of editors and I have teamed up with Wiley-Blackwell Publishing to launch the journal Evolutionary Applications. Submit your papers here.
Publications
Tseng, M. 2007. Ascogregarine parasites as possible biocontrol agents of mosquitoes. Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 23:30-34.
Tseng, M. 2007. News and Views: Evolution in human-altered environments: a summit to translate science into policy. Molecular Ecology 16:3287-3288.
Tseng, M. 2006. Interactions between the parasite's previous and current environment mediate the outcome of parasite infection. American Naturalist 168:565-571.
Tseng, M. and L. H. Rieseberg. 2006. Book review: The Geographic Mosaic of Coevolution. by John Thompson. Quarterly Review of Biology 81: 60-61.
Tseng, M. 2004. Proceedings Biological Sciences 2004 Tseng.pdf, B. 271: S186-188.
Tseng, M. 2003. A simple and cost-effective method for mosquito blood-feeding. Journal of Medical Entomology 40:588-589.
Tseng, M. 2003. Life history responses of a mayfly to seasonal constraints and predation risk. Ecological Entomology 28:119-123.
Tseng, M. and L. Rowe. 1999. Sexual dimorphism and allometry in the giant water strider Gigantometra gigas. Canadian Journal of Zoology 77: 923-929.
Tseng, M. 1999. Notes on the mating behaviour of two species of water striders (Hemiptera: Gerridae) in Vietnam. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 72: 327-329.
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of British Columbia
#2370-6270 University Blvd.
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4
office: Biodiversity 139
phone: 604-827-4077
contact: mtseng<at>zoology.ubc.ca
