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Mercedes Pascual, PhD

  • Louis Block Professor of Ecology and Evolution
  • Research and Scholarly Interests: Climate and health, Ecology and evolution of infectious diseases, Infectious disease dynamics, Mathematical and computational biology, Theoretical ecology, Vector-borne and water-borne infections
  • Websites: My Lab Site, Research Network Profile
  • Contact: pascualmm@uchicago.edu
  • Graduate Program: Ecology & Evolution

Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
Postoctoral - Theoretical Ecology
1997

WHOI and MIT
Woods Hole, MA
PhD - Biological Oceanography
1995

New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM
M.Sc. - Mathematics
1989

Universidad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Licenciatura - Biology
1985

Neutral vs. non-neutral genetic footprints of Plasmodium falciparum multiclonal infections.
Neutral vs. non-neutral genetic footprints of Plasmodium falciparum multiclonal infections. PLoS Comput Biol. 2023 01; 19(1):e1010816.
PMID: 36595546

Indoor residual spraying with a non-pyrethroid insecticide reduces the reservoir of Plasmodium falciparum in a high-transmission area in northern Ghana.
Indoor residual spraying with a non-pyrethroid insecticide reduces the reservoir of Plasmodium falciparum in a high-transmission area in northern Ghana. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022; 2(5).
PMID: 35600674

Author Correction: Fine-scale heterogeneity in population density predicts wave dynamics in dengue epidemics.
Author Correction: Fine-scale heterogeneity in population density predicts wave dynamics in dengue epidemics. Nat Commun. 2022 Mar 11; 13(1):1404.
PMID: 35277517

Fine-scale heterogeneity in population density predicts wave dynamics in dengue epidemics.
Fine-scale heterogeneity in population density predicts wave dynamics in dengue epidemics. Nat Commun. 2022 02 22; 13(1):996.
PMID: 35194017

Age-specific patterns of DBLa var diversity can explain why residents of high malaria transmission areas remain susceptible to Plasmodium falciparum blood stage infection throughout life.
Age-specific patterns of DBLa var diversity can explain why residents of high malaria transmission areas remain susceptible to Plasmodium falciparum blood stage infection throughout life. Int J Parasitol. 2022 Oct; 52(11):721-731.
PMID: 35093396

The impact of indoor residual spraying on Plasmodium falciparum microsatellite variation in an area of high seasonal malaria transmission in Ghana, West Africa.
The impact of indoor residual spraying on Plasmodium falciparum microsatellite variation in an area of high seasonal malaria transmission in Ghana, West Africa. Mol Ecol. 2021 08; 30(16):3974-3992.
PMID: 34143538

Frequency-Dependent Competition Between Strains Imparts Persistence to Perturbations in a Model of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Transmission.
Frequency-Dependent Competition Between Strains Imparts Persistence to Perturbations in a Model of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Transmission. Front Ecol Evol. 2021; 9.
PMID: 35433714

What happens when forests fall?
What happens when forests fall? Elife. 2021 04 06; 10.
PMID: 33821799

Malaria trends in Ethiopian highlands track the 2000 'slowdown' in global warming.
Malaria trends in Ethiopian highlands track the 2000 'slowdown' in global warming. Nat Commun. 2021 03 10; 12(1):1555.
PMID: 33692343

Quantifying asymptomatic infection and transmission of COVID-19 in New York City using observed cases, serology, and testing capacity.
Quantifying asymptomatic infection and transmission of COVID-19 in New York City using observed cases, serology, and testing capacity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 03 02; 118(9).
PMID: 33571106

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2019

Fellow of the Ecological Society of America
2015

Robert H. MacArthur Award of the Ecological Society of America
2014

Collegiate Professor
University of Michigan
2008

Howard Hugues Medical Investigator
University of Michigan
2008

Faculty Recognition Award
University of Michigan
2004

Discover Magazine: Top 50 Women in Science
2003

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2003

James S. McDonnell Centennial Fellowship in Global and Complex Systems
University of Michigan
1999 - 2008

US Department of Energy Alexander Hollaender Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowship
Princeton University
1995 - 1997