Warmly welcome to the editorial board of Journal of Avian Biology - Angela Theodosopoulos!
Angela doing field work.
Angela Theodosopoulos is an evolutionary ecologist who studies how wildlife populations respond to parasites and environmental change, and how genetic differences shape those responses. She is based at East Carolina University in North Carolina, USA.
Read the short interview with Angela below and learn more about her research and her interests.
What's your main research focus at the moment?
My research focuses on the evolutionary ecology of wild birds, particularly host-parasite interactions, population genomics, and how environmental change influences avian populations. Much of my current work investigates the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of avian malaria, including how climate change influences parasite transmission and how host and parasite genetic variation shapes these interactions.
Can you describe your research career? Where, what, when?
I am currently an Assistant Professor of Biology at East Carolina University in North Carolina, USA. My research has taken me to several institutions in the United States and Europe, where I’ve primarily worked with local bird populations.
How come that you became a scientist with an interest in birds?
I’ve always been curious about the natural world and enjoy asking questions about how things work, which ultimately led me to pursue a career in research. I find birds beautiful, and as someone who loved dinosaurs growing up, I was drawn to the idea of studying living dinosaurs. Having moved around quite a bit, I’ve found that learning about local bird populations is a great way to become familiar with a new place and its ecology (and to meet interesting people!). Birds are also highly visible and familiar, making them a great group for engaging people with science and natural history.
Enough about work: what do you do when you're not working?
I enjoy traveling to new places, hiking, and exploring natural history. I also occasionally dabble in painting.
Angela on a hike.
Journal of Avian Biology—who are we?
JOURNAL of AVIAN BIOLOGY: Empirical and Theoretical Research in Ornithology is an Open Access journal owned by the Nordic Society Oikos.
We are a journal for innovative, hypothesis-driven research on the biology of birds, with a particular emphasis on ecological, evolutionary and behavioural studies. We welcome submissions that study avian biology across all levels of ecological organization, from organisms and populations to communities and ecosystems. The journal also welcomes studies that report negative results, provided they are conducted rigorously and are scientifically informative. As a Nordic Society Oikos journal, we advocate research that is fair, openly accessible and reproducible.
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