PUBLICATIONS
Bailes*, E.J., Deutsch*, K.R., Bagi, J., Rondissone, L., Brown, M.F.J., Lewis, O.T. 2018. First detection of bee viruses in hoverfly (syrphid) pollinators. Biology Letters.
*These authors contributed equally to the work.
McMahon, T.A., Sears, B. F., Venesky, M. D., Bessler, S. M., Brown, J. M., Deutsch, K., Halstead, N.T., Lentz, G., Tenouri, N., Young, S., Civitello, D.J., Ortega, N., Fites, J.S., Reinert, L. K., Rollins-Smith, L.A., Raffel T.R. & Rohr, J. R. 2014. Amphibians acquire resistance to live and dead fungus overcoming fungal immunosuppression. Nature 511(7508): 224-227.
Deutsch, K. R. 2012. The elevation to area relationship of Lake Behnke. Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two. University of South Florida’s Center for Industrial and Interdisciplinary Mathematics. Vol. 4:2(7), 1-17.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND COMMUNITY WORK
Teaching Assistant | Naturalist Outreach Practicum | Cornell University 2017
Outreach Committee Chair | Jugatae Graduate Student Organization | Cornell University 2017
Cofounder & President | USF Chapter of Roots & Shoots | University of South Florida 2015-2016
Partnered with a local elementary school to establish pollinator and vegetable gardens for the students.
Regional Volunteer Coordinator | Florida’s Water & Land Legacy Campaign 2013
Collected petitions, coordinated events, recruited and trained volunteers to instate an amendment in the Florida constitution to set aside funds for conservation programs.
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
Bee diseases in syrphid pollinators: potential role of hoverflies in pathogen networks. Cornell University, Department of Entomology Annual Symposium. Oral presentation. January 2018.
Relative Nitrate Uptake of Aquatic Florida Plants. University of South Florida, Undergraduate Research and Arts Colloquium. Poster presentation. April 2015.
Evidence of Acquired Behavioral Resistance to the Pathogenic Chytrid Fungus. University of South Florida, Undergraduate Research and Arts Colloquium. Poster presentation. April 2013.
The Elevation to Area Relationship of Lake Behnke. University of South Florida’s Center for Industrial and Interdisciplinary Mathematics, STEP Up for Applied Calculus Student Poster Conference. September 2012.
Patterns of Expression for Regulatory Genes in the Honey Bee. USDA Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology. Oral presentation. August 2012.
Honey Bee Hormones in Queenless and Queenright Hives. USDA Center for Medical, Agricultural, and Veterinary Entomology. Oral presentation. August 2011.