New beginnings
I am very excited to join SUNY Downstate Medical Center's School of Public Health faculty! I will miss the undergrads in my classes at...
Bed bug genome is sequenced
The common bed bug (Cimex lectularius) has been a persistent pest of humans for thousands of years, yet the genetic basis of the bed...
Congratulations to Alyssa Ammazzalorso for graduating!
We are proud to congratulate our first lab member to graduate. Alyssa Ammazzalorso just graduated from Fordham's Honors Program as a...
Evolutionary distinctiveness of extant monk seals in light of their extinct relative
In the early 1905s the Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis) went extinct. The other two species of the same genus live in Hawaii...
SOK in Inside Fordham
SOK was interviewed for the Feb 3 issue of Inside Fordham on bedbugs and microbes. #urban #pest #bacteria #interview
MRSA gets a little help from its skin friend
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been a major concern for public health over the past two decades. Along with...
Publication on cryptic dolphin species
A fruitful collaboration with Martin Mendez and Howard Rosenbaum from the WCS resulted in the publication of a paper in Molecular Ecology...
Wall Street Journal piece on bedbugs and cockroaches
The Wall Street Journal wrote two short pieces on bedbugs and cockroaches quoting SOK. Ancient Pest, the Bed Bug, Faces New Scrutiny:...
New lab, more interests
Our research interests start from evolutionary biology as an overarching theme and expand into urban and tropical biodiversity,...
