O. Alejandro (Ale)  Aleuy Young

Alejandro (Ale) Aleuy

  • Assistant Professor
  • FAU Biological Sciences
  • 561-297 2596 (Boca)
  • oaleuy@fau.edu
  • Boca Raton - SC, 219

Education

  • Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Austral de Chile
  • Master in Preventive Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis
  • Ecology Ph.D., University of Calgary

Research Interests

  • Disease Ecology
  • Conservation Biology
  • One health
  • Epidemiology

I’m an ecologist and veterinarian, who applies laboratory and quantitative approaches to understand and predict how anthropogenic disturbances like climate change and habitat degradation influence host-parasite systems in wild populations. The ultimate goal in my lab is to understand how changes in host-parasite interactions can impact human health, ecosystem health and conservation biology in a changing world. The research performed in my lab does not focus on a specific system or taxa, instead, we pursue interesting questions to fuel the passion needed to perform quality science and develop applied solutions.

Recent Publications

  1. Michael B. Mahon, Alexandra Sack,  O. Alejandro Aleuy, Carly Barbera, Ethan Brown, Heather Buelow, David J. Civitello, Jeremy M. Cohen, Luz de Wit, Meghan Forstchen, Fletcher W. Halliday, Patrick Heffernan, Sarah A. Knutie, Alexis Korotasz, Joanna G. Larson, Samantha L. Rumschlag, Emily Selland, Alexander Shepack, Nitin Vincent, Jason R. Rohr. (2024) A meta-analysis on global change drivers and the risk of infectious disease.  Nature, 629, 830-836.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07380-6
  2. O. Alejandro Aleuy,  Stephanie Peacock, Peter Molnár, Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl, and Susan Kutz. Local thermal adaptation drives the response of parasitic helminths to changes in thermal regimes: the case of  Marshallagia marshalli,  a nematode from wild ungulates.  Global Change Biology,  29 (22), 6217-6233.   https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16918
  3. Thurman L, Alger K, LeDee O, Thompson L, Hofmeister E, Hudson JM, Martin AM, Melvin T, Olson SH, Pruvot M, Rohr JR, Szymanksi J,  O. Alejandro Aleuy, and B Zuckerberg. Disease-smart climate adaptation for wildlife management and conservation.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.   22(4): e2716.   https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2716
  4. O. Alejandro Aleuy, Diana Gassó, Asta Tvarijonaviciute, David Risco, Waldo Garcia, Pilar Gonçalves, Pedro Fernández-Llario, Gregorio Mentaberre, Roser Velarde, Emmanuel Serrano, Rafaela Cuenca. (2023) Tissue-specific assessment of oxidative status: wild boar as a case study.  Frontiers in Veterinary Sciences, Vol 10.   https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1089922
  5. O. Alejandro Aleuy,  Susan Kutz, Mark Mallory, and Jennifer Provencher. (2023) Wildlife health in environmental impact assessments: are we missing a key metric?  Environmental Reviews, e-First   https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2022-0023
  6. O. Alejandro Aleuy,  Michele Anholt, Karin Orsel, Fabien Mavrot, Catherine A. Gagnon, Kimberlee Beckmen, Steeve D. Côté, Christine Cuyler, Andrew Dobson, Brett Elkin, Lisa-Marie Leclerc, Joëlle Taillon, and Susan Kutz. (2022) Association of environmental factors and the intensity of seasonal seropositivity of  Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae,  an emerging pathogen in Arctic caribou.  Emerging Infectious Diseases, 28 (8), 1650-1658.   https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2808.212144   .
  7. O. Alejandro Aleuy  and Susan Kutz. (2020) Adaptations, life history traits and ecological mechanisms of parasites to survive extremes and environmental unpredictability in the face of climate change.  International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife,  12, 308-317.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2020.07.006
  8. O. Alejandro Aleuy, Emmanuel Serrano, Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl, Eric P. Hoberg, and Susan Kutz. (2020) Parasite intensity drives fetus development and sex allocation in an Arctic ungulate.  Scientific Reports,  10, 15626.   https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72376-x

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