I am an integrated scientist interested in disease ecology, physiology, and ecoimmunology. My research focuses on how wildlife health changes under disturbance and how those changes can impact wildlife populations and/or human health via pathogen spillover risks.

Simonis, MC; Hartzler, LK; Turner, GG; Scafini, MR; Johnson, JS; & MA Rúa (in press). Long-term exposure to an invasive fungal pathogen decreases Eptesicus fuscus body mass with increasing latitude. In press at Ecosphere.

Simonis, MC; Bahn, V; & BKG Brown (2020). Mobile bat acoustic routes indicate cavity roosting species undergo compensatory changes in community composition following white-nose syndrome. Acta Chiropterologica, 22(2), 315-326. 

Simonis, MC; Crow, RA; & MA Rúa. (2018) Case study: Methods and observations of overwintering Eptesicus fuscus with white-nose syndrome in Ohio, USA. Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation, 38(3), 11-16. 

Simonis, MC; Crow, RA; & D Oexmann. (2015) Mapping patient intake: a geospatial analysis of admitted wildlife rehabilitation patients. Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation, 35(3), 21-27.