Member since: April 2021

Research interest
Host-parasite dynamics in wildlife populations; Fitness consequences of infection; Non-invasive sampling

Title of PhD project
(preliminary) Determinants of parasite load and immune response in wild spotted hyenas

Supervisors
Prof. Dr. Heribert Hofer, Dr. Gábor Á. Czirják and Dr. Sarah Benhaiem

Veloso Soares SP, Jarquín-Díaz VH, Veiga MM, Karl S, Czirják GÁ, Weyrich A, Metzger S, East ML, Hofer H, Heitlinger E, Benhaiem S, Ferreira SCM. (2025).
Mucosal immune responses and intestinal microbiome associations in wild spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta).
Commun Biol 8:924. doi: 10.1038/s42003-025-08243-0.