About Me.
Shenglai is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Oklahoma and Eastern Ecological Research Center, USGS. His research interests have two major branches in the arena of disease ecology. The first branch is to answer the questions about the disease dynamics in the migratory host population by integrating remote sensing data, animal tracking data, and mathematical models. The second branch is to explore the associations between animal community composition and disease risk. He holds a Ph.D. in Ecology from the Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands, where he finished the dissertation for this doctoral degree “Consequences of Seasonal Migration: How goose relocation strategies influence infection prevalence and pathogen dispersal.” His other research interests included wetland ecology and wetland restoration.
Research Keywords
Disease ecology, zoonotic disease, animal movement, modeling, Agent-based model, network analysis, spatial analysis, GIS, global change biology, invasive ecology, wetland ecology and restoration, and nature education.
Education
Ph.D. Ecology, Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
MSc, Ecology, Nanjing University, China
B.A., Ecology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China
Experience
2022-Present: postdoctoral research associate, University of Oklahoma and Eastern Ecological Research Center, USGS.
2021-2022: postdoctoral research associate, Nanjing Normal University, China
2019-2021: Director of the nature education department and strategic collaboration department, Nanjing University Ecological Research Institute of Changshu, China
Prizes/Awards/Memberships
2021 Certified Professional Wetland Scientist (issued by the Society of Wetland Scientist Certification Program)
2013 Graduate Thesis Award, the International Symposium on Modern Ecology series.
2013 Best Graduate Poster, the International Symposium on Modern Ecology series.
2010 Graduation Scholarship (the 2nd rank), Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology.
2010 Outstanding Graduates, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology.