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Dr. Kristin Bondo obtained her Ph.D. in wildlife diseases in 2016 at the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada where she studied the epidemiology of Salmonella and antimicrobial resistant enteric bacteria in raccoons and the environment. She then obtained a position as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, studying health of a declining population of boreal caribou in northeast British Columbia, Canada and evaluating if hair cortisol concentration and protein bio-markers could be used as bio-indicators to monitor caribou health. Currently, she is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Natural Resources and Management at Texas Tech University in Dr. Grisham’s lab investigating parasites and infectious diseases of Lesser Prairie-Chickens. Her research interests include wildlife diseases, conservation biology, and One Health. She is a member of The Wildlife Disease Association and is currently continuing to publish manuscripts from past wildlife research projects involving how temperature and solar radiation influences roosting ecology of big brown bats and how the movement of GPS collared raccoons through different habitats influences their potential to carry zoonotic pathogens.

July 2018