Michel Ohmer
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Mississippi
Now
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
University of Mississippi
Research Interests: Amphibian biology, disease ecology, ecophysiology, global change, and conservation biology
As a part of an NSF-funded Biological Integration Institute titled the Resilience Institute Bridging Biological Training and Research (RIBBiTR), the Ohmer lab is currently investigating the mechanisms driving resilience to disease in amphibians, and how climate variability may affect that resilience into the future.
At LEC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Years: 2020-2021
Mentor(s): Lauren Augustine (St. Louis Zoo), Kim Medley (Tyson Research Center), and Kasey Fowler-Finn (Saint Louis University)
Research Focus: Michel worked to future-proof reintroduction and translocation planning for amphibian populations in the face of disease and changing global conditions. Michel measured local adaptation in thermal physiology across amphibian populations and use mechanistic modeling to predict refuges from disease in a changing climate.
Publications related to postdoctoral work
Gonda, R., Ohmer, M.E.B., Brannelly, L., Kassimer, J., Kubik, S., Legg, A. S., & Richards-Zawacki, C. (2021). Ectotherm ER: Frogs Under the Weather. Science Scope, 44(4), 64-71. doi: 10.1080/08872376.2021.12291401
Ohmer, M. E. B., Costantini, D., Czirják, G. Á., Downs, C. J., Ferguson, L. V., Flies, A., Franklin, C.E., Kayigwe*, A.N., Knutie, S, & Cramp, R. L. (2021). Applied ecoimmunology: using immunological tools to improve conservation efforts in a changing world. Conservation Physiology 9 (1), coab074. doi: 10.1093/conphys/coab074
Wilber, M. Q., Pfab, F., Ohmer, M. E. B., & Briggs, C. J. (2021). Integrating infection intensity into within- and between-host pathogen dynamics: implications for invasion and virulence evolution. The American Naturalist, 198(6), 661-677. doi: 10.1086/716914