University of Michigan
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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Johannes Foufopoulos

Johannes Foufopoulos

  • Assistant Professor
  • Ph.D., Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Foufopoulos Lab

Contact information

  • University of Michigan
    G568 Dana Building
    440 Church St
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041
  • Phone: (734) 763-9460
  • Email: jfoufop@umich.edu

Research interests

I am broadly interested in the ecology and evolution of parasitic organisms and the impact they have on their hosts. Specific research interests include the ecological and physiological factors underlying host-parasite interactions, the dynamics of infectious diseases in natural populations and the importance of disease for the conservation of endangered species. A second area of interest centers on the conservation biology of terrestrial vertebrates. Some of the projects I am currently involved in examine the interactive effects between nutritional stress and infectious diseases on reproduction in passerine birds, and the impact of habitat fragmentation on host-parasite interactions and population extinctions in reptiles. Other research topics have examined the impact of human activities such as habitat modification, climate change and introductions of exotic taxa on the emergence of infectious diseases.

Current/recent research:
  • Description: Interactive effects of parasitism and food supplementation in a natural population of white-crowned sparrows
    Funding agency: National Science Foundation

  • Description: Ecological and life history characteristics of emerging wildlife pathogens
    Funding agency/institution: Dodge Foundation, Princeton Environmental Institute

  • Description: Effects of forest fragmentation on the distribution and prevalence of wildlife infectious diseases in the Upper Midwest
    Funding agency: Department of Agriculture