Peer-reviewed publications

Peer-reviewed research spanning disease ecology, host–parasite dynamics, and environmental drivers of infection.

  1. Dziuba, M. K., Jaye, R. N., Duffy, M. A., et al. (2024). Microsporidian coinfection reduces fitness of a fungal pathogen due to rapid host mortality. mBio, 15(10), e00583-24.
    https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00583-24
  2. Dziuba, M. K., McIntire, K. M., Seto, K., Davenport, E., Jaye, R. N., et al. (2024). Phylogeny, morphology, virulence, ecology, and host range of Ordospora pajunii (Ordosporidae), a microsporidian symbiont of Daphnia. mBio.
    https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00582-24
  3. Sun, S.-J., Dziuba, M. K., Jaye, R. N., & Duffy, M. A. (2023). Transgenerational plasticity in a zooplankton in response to elevated temperature and parasitism. Ecology and Evolution.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.9767
  4. Sun, S.-J., Dziuba, M. K., Jaye, R. N., & Duffy, M. A. (2023). Temperature modifies trait-mediated infection outcomes in a Daphnia–fungal parasite system. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 378, 20220009.
    https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0009
  5. Sun, S.-J., Dziuba, M. K., McIntire, K. M., Jaye, R. N., & Duffy, M. A. (2022). Transgenerational plasticity alters parasite fitness in changing environments. Parasitology, 149(11), 1515–1520.
    https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182022001056

Honors thesis & poster presentation

Independent undergraduate research and formal academic presentation.

  • Antibiotic Resistance of Daphnia Microbiomes Across Different Catchment Types.
    Honors Thesis Research and Poster Presentation · Program in Biology & Neuroscience Undergraduate Poster Session · University of Michigan · April 23, 2025