Kelly Mayes
Kelly Mayes is a second-year master’s student studying novel microsporidian parasites and their putative life cycle between zooplankton and chironomid midges in freshwater ponds in Athens, Georgia. Her research interests include interactions between disease spread and community ecology, molecular ecology, and aquatic entomology. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia in 2020 graduating with degrees in journalism and ecology. Following her undergraduate, she worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the COVID-19 response and in the Influenza Division from 2020 to 2023.
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