CURRICULUM VITAE

Ph.D. in Ecology                                                                                         2018–present

University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology, Athens, GA

Major professors: Dr. Sonia Altizer, Dr. Richard Hall­­­­­

 

B.A. in Integrative Biology                                                                                2013-2017

Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Ragonese, I.G., M.R. Sarkar, R.J. Hall, S. Altizer. Extreme heat reduces host and parasite performance in a butterfly-parasite interaction. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.2305.

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Sanchez, C.A., I.G. Ragonese, J.C. de Roode, S. Altizer. Thermal Tolerance and environmental persistence of a protozoan parasite in monarch butterflies. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2021.107544.

Steele, C., I.G. Ragonese, A. Majewska. Extent and impacts of winter breeding in the North American monarch butterfly. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cois.2023.101077