I study how host behavior influences risk of infection with parasites, and how parasites subsequently change host behavior and correlations between host phenotypic traits. I’m particularly interested in parasites that manipulate the phenotype of their hosts to increase the parasite’s likelihood of transmission. I am an adjunct assistant professor at Rice University in the BioSciences Department.

E-mail me at: Weinersmith (@) Rice (dot) edu

Co-author of NYTimes Bestseller “Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything”