Cheryl Briggs

Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp Chair in Systems Biology and Professor

Contacts

Noble 2112, EEMB
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9620

tel: (805) 893-2199
fax: (805) 893-4724
briggs@lifesci.ucsb.edu

Personal web site

Research Description

Briggs' research combines theoretical models with laboratory or field observations and experiments to understand the factors affecting the dynamics of animal populations. Her group is interested in how stage-specific processes, life-history traits and behaviors of individuals translate into effects on dynamics at the population level. Her lab is working on a number of projects involving either disease-host or parasitoid-host interactions, all in natural systems in California.

Biography

Professor Briggs is the Duncan and Suzanne Mellichamp Chair in Systems Biology. Her research insterests are in theoretical ecology, population dynamics, systems biology and disease ecology. Before joining UCSB she was an Assoicate Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley.

Selected Publications