SBE Assistant Professor Allison Gardner Seeks To Control Disease-Transmitting Blacklegged Ticks
Disease-transmitting blacklegged ticks invading new areas are a threat to the health of people and animals and are a burden on the economy.
Allison Gardner will seek to isolate ecosystem factors — including temperature and snow pack — that inhibit their geographic spread and that lead to methods to control them during vulnerable life stages and times of year.