Anna Jonsson Sundberg

I am a doctoral student specialising in the links between zoonotic disease, small-mammal communities and biodiversity in the context of forest restoration. Coming from a Swedish forest-owning family myself, the ecological consequences of different forest management decisions is an issue close to my heart. This work builds on previous research experience in ecotoxicology and disease- and population ecology from diverse ecosystems in Sweden, Borneo, Iceland, Scotland and Brazil. I aim to show the bidirectional relationships between humans and the natural systems that surround us, and how actions such as pollutionand  forest management can indirectly impact zoonotic host communities and human health in unintended ways. 

PhD - From biodiversity to zoonotic risk: Pathogen ecology in a forestry context, Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SLU), Umeå. (Supervisor: Dr. Hussein Khalil.)

MSc – Conservation and Management of Fish and Wildlife, Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SLU), Umeå. Thesis: Detection of pharmaceuticals in the brains of an urban rat population and interactions with infection risk (supervisors: Dr. Hussein Khalil and Dr. Erin McCallum).

BSc - Biology (Ecology Hons.), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh. Thesis: Avian species diversity and tree species richness in urban parks (supervisor: Dr. Matthew Bell).