Daniel C. Suh

Doctoral Candidate in Ecology

Currently

Studying disease ecology at the Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia

Research interests

Biodiversity-disease relationships, parasite generalism, macroecology, mathematical modeling of infectious diseases

Education

2019 - Present Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens GA - Ph.D. Ecology

2012 - 2016 Seaver College, Pepperdine University, Malibu CA - B.S. Biology

Research Experience

8.2019 - Present Odum School of Ecology, UGA, Athens GA, Graduate Student

4.2018 - 6.2019 Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, Research Assistant

8.2016 - 10.2016 Natural Science Division, Pepperdine University, Malibu CA, Research Assistant

5.2016 - 8.2016 United States Geological Survey, Malibu CA, Field Researcher

9.2014 - 4.2016 Natural Science Division, Pepperdine University, Malibu CA, Undergraduate Research Assistant

Awards/Fellowships

2023 Finalist, Awarded but declined, Fulbright U.S. Student Program - Research Award - South Korea (₩25,000,000)

2023 Awardee, OSE Golley Memorial Scholarship ($1,000)

2021 - Present NSF Fellow, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program ($138,000)

2019 - Present NSF-NRT Fellow, Interdisciplinary Disease Ecology Across Scales ($68,000)

Publications

2023 Manuscript in prep - Daniel C. Suh, Katie Schroeder, Alexander T. Strauss. Temperature and resource conditions jointly influence the infection of Daphnia dentifera by the fungal parasite Metschnikowia bicuspidata

2023 Manuscript in prep - Daniel C. Suh, Andrew W. Park. Abiotic and biotic factors jointly influence the transmission of Ranavirus in larval amphibian communities

2023 Alexander T. Strauss, Daniel C. Suh, Kate Galbraith, Sarah M. Coker, Katie Schroeder, Christopher Brandon, Elizabeth M. Warburton, Michael J. Yabsley, and Christopher A. Cleveland. Mysterious Microsporidians: Springtime outbreaks of disease in Daphnia communities in shallow pond ecosystems. Oecologia

2018 Bucciarelli, Gary M., Daniel Suh, Avery Davis, Dave Roberts, Debrah Sharpton, H. Bradley Shaffer, Robert N. Fisher, and Lee B. Kats. Assessing effects of non-native crayfish on mosquito survival. Conservation Biology (2018).

Presentations

8.2023 Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR - Talk: Patterns in parasite species richness across Host Life History, Ecology, and Geography

8.2022 Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Canada - Talk: Temperature and resource conditions jointly influence the infection of Daphnia dentifera by the fungal parasite Metschnikowia bicuspidata

8.2021 Ecological Society of America, Virtual - Talk: Community composition, abundance, and environmental conditions may enhance transmission of a Ranavirus in larval amphibian communities

6.2021 Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases, Virtual - Poster: Host community evenness and community competence can inform mechanisms in diversity-disease relationships

2.2021 Odum School of Ecology Graduate Student Symposium, Virtual - Talk: Species richness, species evenness, and community competence of larval amphibian communities

8.2020 Ecological Society of America, Virtual - Poster: Exploring the Differential Competence of Communities: Observations of Ranavirus in Larval Amphibian Communities

1.2020 Odum School of Ecology Graduate Student Symposium, Athens GA - Talk: Differential Competence of Communities

5.2016 Soceity for Freshwater Science, Sacramento CA - Poster: The impact of turbidity on the predator-prey relationship between Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) and Pacific Tree Frog (Pseudacris regilla) tadpoles

Service

1.2021 - Present Athens Science Observer, Author

9.2019 - Present EcoReach, Member

8.2022 - 8.2023 Graduate Student Association, Director of Internal Operations

8.2021 - 8.2023 Graduate Program Committee, Student Representative

9.2021 - 5.2022 Graduate Student Association, OSE Representative

8.2021 - 8.2022 EcoReach, Treasurer

1.2021 - 5.2023 Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases, Mapping Working Group Chair

9.2020 - 5.2021 OSE Graduate Student Organization, Treasurer

8.2020 - 7.2021 IDEAS Committee, Graduate Student Representative

9.2019 - 5.2020 Graduate Student Association, OSE Representative

Mentorship

Spring 2023 Gabriel S., UGA Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Summer 2022 Emily L., NSF Population Biology of Infectious Diseases REU

Other Work Experience

3.2019 - 7.2019 C2 Education, West Caldwell NJ, Tutor

1.2018 - 2.2019 City Year, Philadelphia PA, AmeriCorps Member and Team Leader

11.2016 - 11.2017 Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program, Brunswick ME, AmeriCorps VISTA

9.2012 - 6.2016 University Advancement, Pepperdine University, Malibu CA, Prospect Research Assistant