Jonathan Oliver

Jonathan Oliver is an Associate Professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences at the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health. A public health entomologist, he studies tick-borne diseases, vector-pathogen interactions, and vaccine development. His NIH-funded research examines how microbial communities influence disease transmission and tick range expansion.

Research highlights:

• Symbiont-mediated pathogen inhibition in ticks
• Environmental drivers of vector-borne disease spread
• Novel surveillance tools (e.g., nanopore sequencing)

Honors include Delta Omega Society membership. He leads projects on Anaplasma phagocytophilum mutations and paratransgenic tick development.