Thesis title
Avian influenza virus dynamics in Australian waterbird communities and the ecological drivers of infection

Research interests
1. Environmental drivers of avian influenza virus infection
2. Host-pathogen dynamics
3. Contact rates and movement patterns of waterfowl

Career
Project leader, NewFluBird Project Hungary, University of West Hungary
Erasmus Fellowship, Alterra Wageningen UR, The Netherlands
Ecologist (MSc), University of Debrecen, Faculty of Science and Technology, Hungary

Key Publications
Horváth, Z., M. Ferenczi, et al. (2012). “Invertebrate food sources for waterbirds provided by the reconstructed wetland of Nyirkai-Hany, northwestern Hungary.” Hydrobiologia: 1-14