Mary J. Janecka
Assistant ProfessorBiological Sciences
Dr. Janecka returns to her hometown, El Paso, to join UTEP after completing a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt). Her research background centers on the effects of human habitat alteration on host-parasite co-evolution in river ecosystems, parasite biodiversity, and evolution, and integrating applied conservation and endangered species management with empirical research.
Dr. Janecka returns to her hometown, El Paso, to join UTEP after completing a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt). Her research background centers on the effects of human habitat alteration on host-parasite co-evolution in river ecosystems, parasite biodiversity, and evolution, and integrating applied conservation and endangered species management with empirical research.