We are pleased to announce that we will be holding the 13th WISE/LP seminar with Dr. Mackenzie L. Kwak, who is currently conducting research
as a postdoc at Laboratory of Parasitology, Graduatre School of Infectious Diseasese, Hokkaido University.
Title：Disease ecology: an overlooked solution to modern zoonosis control
Date：October 31st (Thu), 2024, 4:00pm-5:00pm
Venue：Lecture Room 2, Lecture Building, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Organizer：Yurie TAYA, D4, Laboratory of Parasitology
Dr. Mackenzie L. Kwak is a parasitologist and disease ecologist with a special interest in species discovery and diagnosis,
spillover forecasting, and nature-based solutions to zoonosis control. He studied parasitology at the University of Melbourne
for his bachelor’s degree, before joining the National University of Singapore to undertake his PhD researching ticks and
tick-borne disease in the tropics. He is now based at Hokkaido University and co-chairs the IUCN parasite specialist group.
Pre-registering is not required, please bring your ID card with you.
We are looking forward to seeing many of you there!
