Biography

Nate received a Master of Science degree in Animal Science from the University of Rhode Island in 1998 studying ticks and their reproductive hosts. Since that time he has continued working in the Center for Vector-Borne Disease as a research associate on all aspects of tick ecology, control, pathogen transmission and anti-tick vaccine development. Currently his main focus, along side Dr. Mather, is working on unique community-based workshops in high tick-risk neighborhoods demonstrating tick control and tick-bite prevention strategies.