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Amy K. Teffer
I am a fisheries biologist, disease ecologist, and conservation scientist. I'm also a mom and an awesome kid.
I'm part of the 2019 class of Smith Conservation Research Fellows and work with Lisa Komoroske at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Ben Letcher at the USGS Conte Anadromous Fish Lab to characterize how improving connectivity in warming rivers might impact disease dynamics in wild brook trout populations. My postdoc research has included amazing collaborators at the University of British Columbia, Canada and Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Kristi Miller, Scott Hinch), and I have also contracted with several nonprofit and government organizations and Pew Charitable Trusts.
I'm interested in how humans and environmental factors affect aquatic and marine ecosystems. The development of novel tools to more effectively monitor the health and infection dynamics of wild animals is also a component of my work. I am particularly interested in linking host and pathogen responses at different scales, from molecular to global. Inclusion of various stakeholder groups from project development to management integration is also a primary directive of mine to conserve and protect aquatic ecosystems.
I received my PhD in Biology from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. My dissertation research described the disease ecology of wild Pacific salmon. I used molecular tools to describe host immune responses and infectious agent community dynamics within host tissues and paired that information with physiological indicators of host health. My research experience also includes the trophic ecology and eco-toxicology of large pelagic fishes in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean (MSc thesis), movement ecology (tracking, telemetry) of anadromous fishes on the east and west coast, as well as Atlantic salmon restoration in the Northeast United States.
I'm part of the 2019 class of Smith Conservation Research Fellows and work with Lisa Komoroske at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Ben Letcher at the USGS Conte Anadromous Fish Lab to characterize how improving connectivity in warming rivers might impact disease dynamics in wild brook trout populations. My postdoc research has included amazing collaborators at the University of British Columbia, Canada and Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Kristi Miller, Scott Hinch), and I have also contracted with several nonprofit and government organizations and Pew Charitable Trusts.
I'm interested in how humans and environmental factors affect aquatic and marine ecosystems. The development of novel tools to more effectively monitor the health and infection dynamics of wild animals is also a component of my work. I am particularly interested in linking host and pathogen responses at different scales, from molecular to global. Inclusion of various stakeholder groups from project development to management integration is also a primary directive of mine to conserve and protect aquatic ecosystems.
I received my PhD in Biology from the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. My dissertation research described the disease ecology of wild Pacific salmon. I used molecular tools to describe host immune responses and infectious agent community dynamics within host tissues and paired that information with physiological indicators of host health. My research experience also includes the trophic ecology and eco-toxicology of large pelagic fishes in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean (MSc thesis), movement ecology (tracking, telemetry) of anadromous fishes on the east and west coast, as well as Atlantic salmon restoration in the Northeast United States.
