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PhD, University of New Mexico 2021
MS, Western Illinois University 2017
BS & BA, Western Illinois University 2015
Dr. Paris (she/her)

2025
August: Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology​
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June: NEW publication The epidemiology of coccidioidomycosis (Valley fever) and the disease ecology of Coccidioides spp. in New Mexico (2006–2023)
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May: NEW publication Multidrug-resistant Shigella flexneri outbreak affecting humans and non-human primates in New Mexico, USA
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April: NEW publication Phylogenetic and ecological drivers of the avian lung mycobiome and its potentially pathogenic component
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February: NEW publication Subterranean marvels: microbial communities in caves and underground mines and their promise for natural product discovery
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2024
September: Assistant Research Professor, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
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June: Co-PI National Science Foundation's Building Research Capacity grant (BRC:Biology), "Multi-omics guided discovery of natural products from the cave and bat microbiome using ecologically inspired synthetic communities" (PI Lindsay Caesar)
March: NEW publication The impact of climate change on human fungal pathogen distribution and disease incidence
Bat Skin Microbiome
Avian Lung Mycobiome




