Deeann reeder biography of martin

03.30.15

Name: DeeAnn Marie Reeder

Title: Professor

Organization: Bucknell University

Female Conservation Hero:

Jane Goodall – her passion for conservation, which extends well beyond chimpanzees, is truly inspiring.

What is your focus in bat research?

My research and conservation interests are broad, and lie at the intersections of bat biodiversity, ecophysiology and behavior, and disease ecology.  Currently, my study systems include White-nose Syndrome (WNS) in North American bats and disease ecology in African fruit bats.

In the WNS research, the many talented members of my lab study alterations in thermoregulatory and other behaviors in affected bats, as well as their immune responses to the fungal infection that causes WNS. In my work in fruit bats and flying foxes, I am interested in understanding how external factors (like food availability and seasonality) and internal factors (like sex and reproductiv