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Areas of Expertise
Ticks, tick-borne disease, invasive species, environment, movement ecology, microbial symbiosis, disease and host ecology.
Expert Bio
A distinguished professor emeritus in the Indiana University Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences' Department of Biology, Keith Clay is a leader in the field of biology focused on studying how symbiotic relationships between organisms affect larger-scale ecological and evolutionary processes.
This work includes over a decade spent observing the changes in tick populations across Indiana. He is currently a leader on Vector Shield, an early-warning system for disease risk from ticks and mosquitoes in Indiana based at IU.
Clay is also member of IU's Environmental Resilience Institute, a part of the university's Prepared for Environmental Change Grand Challenge.
View full bioAdditional Information
Long-term study on ticks reveals shifting migration patterns, disease risks: http://archive.news.indiana.edu/releases/iu/2015/05/tick-microbiome.shtml
Environmental Resilience Institute: https://eri.iu.edu/
Grand Challenges, Environmental Change: https://grandchallenges.iu.edu/environmental-change/index.html
Updated on: April 20, 2021