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MICHAEL SUKHDEO, PH.D.

Education:

  • 1970-1974 - B.Sc., Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Quebec, Canada.

  • 1974-1977 - M.Sc., Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Quebec, Canada.

  • 1977-1981 - Ph.D., Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Quebec, Canada.

Positions Held:

  • 2004 - Professor, Center for Research on Animal Parasites

  • 2001-2007 - Chairman, Ecology, Evolution & Natural Resources, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

  • 1995-2004 - Associate Professor, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

  • 1989-1995 - Assistant Professor, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

  • 1987-1989 - Research Associate and Lecturer, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

  • 1983-1987 - Research Associate, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

  • 1981-1983 - NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

 

Awards:

  • 1998 - Cook College Student Leadership Teaching Award

  • 1997 - Henry Baldwin Ward Medal, American Society of Parasitologists

  • 1997 - Research Excellence Award, Cook College, Rutgers University

  • 1997 - Cook College Student Leadership Award

  • 1998 - Teaching Excellence Award, Cook College Student Leadership

  • 1996 - Teaching Excellence Award, Cook College Student Leadership

  • 1995 - Teaching Excellence Award, Cook College Student Leadership

  • 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998 - Faculty Merit Awards

  • 1992 - Alpha Zeta Professor of the Year Award, Cook College, Rutgers University

 

Selected Publications:

 

Refereed Publications:

  • Hernandez, A.D., Bunnell, J.F., and Sukhdeo, M.V.K. 2007. Composition and diversity patterns in metazoan parasite communities and anthropogenic disturbance in stream ecosystems Parasitology (in press).

  • Lettini, S. and Sukhdeo, M.V.K. 2006 Anhydrobiosis increases survival in Trichostrongyle nematodes. Journal of Parasitology 92:1002-1009.

  • Sukhdeo, MV.K. and Sukhdeo, S.C. 2004. Trematode behaviour and the perceptual worlds of parasites. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82: 292-315

  • The Behavioral Ecology of Parasites. 2002. Eds Campbell, J.F., Lewis, E.E. and Sukhdeo, M.V.K. CABI Publishing., 358p.

  • Lewis, E.E. J.F. Campbell, and M.V.K. Sukhdeo. 2002.  Parasite behaviorial ecology in a field of diverse perspectives.  In: The behaviourial ecology of parasites, eds. Campbell, Lewis and Sukhdeo, CABI publishers. Pp 337-346.

  • Thomas, F., S.P. Brown, M.V.K. Sukhedeo, and F. Renaud. 2002.  Understanding parasite strategies: the need for a state dependent approach.  Trends in Parasitology (in press).

  • Sukhdeo, M.V.K. and S.C. Sukhdeo. 2001. Interactions between intestinal nematodes and their hosts. “The Behavioral Ecology of Parasites” (book).

  • Bansemir, D and M.V.K. Sukhdeo. 2001. The food resource of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis.  Journal of Parasitology 87: 1470-1473.

  • Medica, D. and M.V.K. Sukhdeo. 2001. Estimating transmission potential in gastrointestinal nematodes (Order Strongylida). Journal of Parasitology 87: 442-445.

  • Sukhdeo, M.V.K. and S.C. Sukhdeo. 2001. Fixed behaviours and migration in parasitic flatworms. International Journal for Parasitology (Invited Review).

  • Sukhdeo. M.V.K. 2000. Inside the vertebrate host: Ecological strategies by parasites living in the third environment. In: Evolutionary biology of host-parasite relationships. Poulin, R., S. Morand, and A. Skorping. Elsevier. Development in Animal and Veterinary Sciences 32: 43-62.
     

 

Books:

  • The Behavioral Ecology of Parasites. 2002. Eds Campbell, J.F., Lewis, E.E. and Sukhdeo, M.V.K. CABI Publishing., 358p.

 

Refereed Chapters:

  • Sukhdeo, M.V.K. and Sukhdeo, M.V.K. 2007 What does a parasite see when it looks at chimpanzee? In: Primate Parasite Ecology: The Dynamics and Study of Host-Parasite Relationships , Eds. Chapman, C. and Huffman, M. Cambridge University Press (expected publication June 2007)

  • Sukhdeo, M.V.K. and Hernandez, A.D. 2005. Food web patterns and the parasite's perspective. In: Parasitism and Ecosystems, Eds. Thomas, F., Guegan, J.F. and Renaud, F. Oxford University Press. Pp 54-67.

Contact:
 

Michael Sukhdeo, Ph.D.
Department Animal Science
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
84 Lipman Drive
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8525
732-932-9406(T)
732-932-6996 (F)
sukhdeo@aesop.rutgers.edu

 

 

 

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