Matthew Parris
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
The University of Memphis
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Parris has broad interests in amphibian population and disease ecology. He joined the University of Memphis after obtaining his PhD at the University of Missouri and a postdoc at Arizona State University. He teaches courses in Evolution, Anatomy and Physiology, Herpetology, and Population Ecology.
Research Interest
Amphibian disease ecology, Population ecology, Herpetology, Ecotoxicology.
Publications
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enesky, M. D., J. Kerby, A. Storfer, and M. J. Parris. 2011. Can differences in host behavior drive patterns of disease prevalence in tadpoles? PLoS ONE 6(9): e24991.
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Hanlon, S. M., J. Kerby, and M. J. Parris. 2012. Unlikely remedy: Fungicide clears infection from pathogenic fungus in larval southern leopard frogs (Lithobates sphenocephalus). PLoS ONE: 7(8): e43573.
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Brem, F. M. R., M. J. Parris, and G. E. Padgett-Flohr. 2013. Re-isolating Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis from an amphibian host increases pathogenicity in a subsequent exposure. PLoS ONE 8(5): e61260.
