Originally, Bat One Health began as a team of researchers funded to explore the interplay between bats, viruses, the environment, and human health. Since then, we have broadened our scope beyond our funded collaborations to become an inclusive community of investigators, at all career stages, who are passionate about understanding the relationships between the environment and health.
Currently, we are transitioning into a global hub for networking and information sharing. We host monthly seminars, inviting researchers from around the globe to connect and engage in discussions on this critical topic. If you would like to participate, please reach out via our contact link at the bottom of the page. We are currently updating our member list to represent our broader mission.
Meet our project team members! Listed below is the person’s name, affiliation, and country of residence/country of origin.
Principal Investigators
Raina Plowright, PI, Cornell Univ., NY
USA/Australia
Peter Hudson, Co-PD, Penn State Univ.
USA/United Kingdom
Hector Aguilar-Carreno, Cornell Univ., NY
USA/Mexico
Peggy Eby, Center for Large Landscape Conservation, Griffith Univ., Univ. of New South Wales
Australia/USA
Emily Gurley, Johns Hopkins Univ., MD
USA
Barbara Han, Cary Institute, NY
USA
Andrew Hoegh, Montana State Univ.
USA
Jamie Lloyd-Smith, Univ. of California-Los Angeles
USA/Canada
Hamish McCallum, Griffith Univ., Queensland
Australia
Liam McGuire, Texas Tech Univ.
USA/Canada
Vincent Munster, Rocky Mountain Labs, MT
USA/Netherlands
Colin Parrish, Cornell Univ., NY
USA/New Zealand
Alison Peel, Griffith Univ., Queensland
Australia
Olivier Restif, Univ. of Cambridge
United Kingdom/France
Aga Rynda-Apple, Montana State Univ.
USA/Poland
Tony Schountz, Colorado State Univ.
USA
Elizabeth Shanahan, Montana State Univ.
USA
Chris Bradburne, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
USA
Program Managers
Sara LaTrielle, Program Manager, Cornell University
USA
Emma Spence, Program Field Manager, Cornell University
USA
Stella Maris Januario da Silva, Data Manager
Chile
Students, Postdocs, Researchers & Technicians
Angelo Andrianiaina, Graduate Student, Univ. of Antananarivo
Madagascar
Kelsee Baranowski, Graduate Student, Penn State Univ.
USA
Evelyn Benson, Researcher, Montana State Univ.
USA
German Botto, Graduate Student, Montana State Univ.
USA/Uruguay
Remy Brooks, Technician, Griffith Univ., Queensland
Australia
David Buchholz, Graduate Student, Cornell Univ., NY
USA
Trent Bushmaker, Technician, Rocky Mountain Labs, MT
USA
Liam Chirio, Technician, Griffith Univ., Queensland
Australia
Dan Crowley, Graduate Student, Cornell Univ., NY
USA
Adrienne Dale, Graduate Student, Texas Tech Univ.
USA
Caylee Falvo, Graduate Student, Cornell Univ., NY
USA
Amandine Gamble, University of Glasgow and
Cornell Univ., NY
USA/France
Anecia Gentles, Technician, Univ. of California-Berkeley
Madagascar/USA
Louise Gibson, Technician, Zoological Society of London
United Kingdom
Emma Glennon, Graduate Student, Univ. of Cambridge
United Kingdom/USA
Sara Guenther, Postdoc, Montana State Univ.
USA
Sarah Gurth, Graduate Student, Univ. of California- Berkeley
Australia
Dale Hansen, Undergraduate Student, Montana State Univ.
USA
Brooklin Hunt, PhD/DVM, Cornell University
USA
Ausraful Islam, Researcher, icddr,b
Bangladesh
Rosa Jolma, Researcher, Zoological Society of London
United Kingdom/Finland
Devin Jones, Graduate Student, Montana State Univ.
USA
Maureen Kessler, Graduate Student, Montana State Univ.
USA
Sylvester Languon, Researcher, Univ. of Ghana
Ghana
Tamika Lunn, Graduate Student, Griffith Univ. Queensland
Australia
Wyatt Madden, Researcher, Montana State Univ.
USA
Clif McKee, Postdoc, Johns Hopkins Univ., MD
USA
Aaron Morris, Postdoc, Univ. of Cambridge
United Kingdom
Scout Owens, Undergraduate Student, Griffith Univ., Queensland
Australia
Gary Palmer, Postdoc, Griffith Univ., Queensland
Australia
Julia Port, Postdoc, Rocky Mountain Labs, MT
USA/Germany
Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Researcher, icddr,b
Bangladesh
Christian Ranaivoson, Postdoc, Univ. of Antananarivo
Madagascar
Fifi Ravelomanantsoa, Graduate Student, Univ. of Antananarivo
Madagascar
Kimberly Rivera, Technician, Univ. of California-Berkeley
Madagascar/USA
Manuel Ruiz, Assistant Professor of Wildlife Disease Ecology and One Health, Mississippi State University
Chile
Stephanie Seifert, Postdoc, Rocky Mountain Labs, MT
USA
Kirk Silas, Technician, Texas Tech University
USA
Kwe Claude Yinda, Postdoc, Rocky Mountain Labs, MT
USA/Cameroon
Cinthia Pietromonaco,
Griffith Univ.,
Queensland
Australia
Amelia Graves, Undergraduate, Montana State Univ.
USA
Brent Jones, Graduate Student, Griffith Univ., Queensland
Australia
Eliza Fesce, PhD
Univ. of Cambridge
UK/Italy
Christina Faust, Postdoc, Penn State University
USA/UK
Belinda Linnegar, Graduate Student, Griffith University
Australia
Avirup Sanyal, Graduate Student, Griffith University
Australia
Benny Borremans, Research Associate
USA/Belgium
Iris A Holmes, Postdoc, Cornell University
USA
Elinor Jax, Postdoc, University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
Collaborators
Daniel Becker, Indiana University
USA
Kofi Bonney, Univ. of Ghana
Ghana
Wayne Bryden
, Univ. of Queensland
Australia
Andrew Cunningham, Zoological Society of London
United Kingdom
Megan Higgs, Montana State Univ.
USA
Stephen Luby, Stanford University, CA
USA
Tim Pearson, Nambucca Heads, New South Wales
Australia
Mahmudur Rahman,
Bangladesh
Henrik Salje, Pasteur Institut, Paris
France
Gunars Platais, Univ. of Colorado
USA
Richard Suu-Ire, Univ. of Ghana
Ghana
Mel Taylor, Macquarie University
Australia
Osbourne Quaye, Univ. of Ghana
Ghana
James Wood, Univ. of Cambridge
United Kingdom
Nita Bharti, Penn State University
USA