Katia Koelle, Assistant Professor of Biology
| Office Location: | 139 Biological Sciences Bldg. |
| Office Phone: | +1 919 660 9457 |
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| Web Page: | http://www.biology.duke.edu/koellelab/index.html |
Teaching (Fall 2008):
- BIOLOGY 116.001, ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
- French Sci 2231, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM
- BIOLOGY 116.01D, ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
- Bio Sci 144, M 03:05 PM-03:55 PM
- BIOLOGY 116.02D, ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
- Bio Sci 144, Tu 11:55 AM-12:45 PM
- BIOLOGY 116.03D, ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
- Bio Sci 144, W 01:30 PM-02:20 PM
- BIOLOGY 116.04D, ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
- Bio Sci 144, Th 01:30 PM-02:20 PM
- BIOLOGY 116.05D, ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
- Bio Sci 144, F 10:20 AM-11:10 AM
- BIOLOGY 116.06D, ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
- Bio Sci 144, F 11:55 AM-12:45 PM
- Education:
PhD University of Michigan 2005 BS Stanford University 1997
- Specialties:
- Ecology and Population Biology
- Research Interests: Theoretical biology; ecology and evolution of infectious diseases
My research focuses on the ecology and evolution of infectious diseases. I use a combination of mathematical and statistical approaches to understand the processes that give rise to the dynamic and evolutionary patterns of pathogens. More specifically, my interests fall into three main areas: 1) The regulation of infectious disease dynamics, 2) The determinants of genetic and antigenic diversity patterns in pathogen populations, and 3) Pathogen adaptation to environmental change. The systems I have worked most closely with include Vibrio cholerae (the bacterium that causes cholera) and influenza. Most of my current research focuses on the development of quantitative models to further our understanding of rapidly-mutating RNA viruses.
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- M. Pascual, B. Cazelles, M. Bouma, L. Chaves, K. Koelle, Shifting patterns: malaria dynamics and rainfall variability in an African highland, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, Biological Sciences, vol. 275 (2008), pp. 123-132
- Y. Nagao, K. Koelle, Decreases in dengue transmission may act to increase the incidence of dengue hemorrhagic fever, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 105 no. 6 (2008), pp. 2238-2243
- B. Finkelman, C. Viboud, K. Koelle, M. Ferrari, N. Bharti, B. Grenfell, Global Patterns in Seasonal Activity of Influenza A/H3N2, A/H1N1, and B from 1997 to 2005: Viral Coexistence and Latitudinal Gradients, PLoS One, vol. 2 no. 12 (2007), pp. e1296
- K. Koelle, S. Cobey, B. Grenfell, M. Pascual, Epochal evolution shapes the phylodynamics of interpandemic influenza A (H3N2) in humans, Science, vol. 314 (2006), pp. 1898-1903
- K. Koelle, M. Pascual, M. Yunus, Serotype cycles in cholera dynamics, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, Biological Sciences, vol. 273 (2006), pp. 2879-2886