Biography

As a research associate IV at the University of Rhode Island’s Center for Vector-Borne Disease, Dr. Lexi White is a disease ecologist specializing in ticks and tick-borne disease systems. She completed her BS in Wildlife Biology at Unity College in Maine, PhD in Ecological Sciences and graduate certificate in Modeling & Simulation at Old Dominion University in Virginia, and has research experience in surveillance, educational outreach, spatial ecology, and mathematical modeling.