Meet Jasjeet
I lived a lot of my life blended between Punjabi and Californian cultures, not quite fitting in with mainstream America or modern-day India. It’s in this in-between that stories became my belonging.
I found myself in the stories my grandmother told before bed, in the pages of my favorite books, and in being the youngest member of my family – often listening and observing the stories around me. I learned to write stories, finding that words could sometimes convey the unseen textures of our lives.
My career has included zoonotic disease research, teaching biology and health, and communicating the value of environmental education.
These days, I gather data on what helps me to feel and be well. So far, my results suggest that the outdoors, community, and self-study are essential to my wellness. I currently teach workshops and provide consulting grounded in these key principles.
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B.S. in Animal Biology, UC Davis
M.A. in Education, University of the Pacific
Single Subject Teaching Credential: Biological Sciences
English Learner Authorization Single Subject (ELAS)
Affiliations:
Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education
Ecological Society of America
Capital Storytelling
Sacramento Comedy Spot -
Detection of novel coronaviruses in bats in Myanmar
MT Valitutto, O Aung, KYN Tun, ME Vodzak, D Zimmerman, JH Yu, ...
PloS one 15 (4), e0230802
2020
Isolation of Angola-like Marburg virus from Egyptian rousette bats from West Africa
BR Amman, BH Bird, IA Bakarr, J Bangura, AJ Schuh, J Johnny, TK Sealy, ...
Nature Communications 11 (1), 510
2020
Spillover of ebolaviruses into people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo prior to the 2018 Ebola virus disease outbreak
T Goldstein, MN Belaganahalli, EK Syaluha, JPK Lukusa, DJ Greig, ...
One Health Outlook 2, 1-10
2020
The discovery of Bombali virus adds further support for bats as hosts of ebolaviruses
T Goldstein, SJ Anthony, A Gbakima, BH Bird, J Bangura, ...
Nature Microbiology 3 (10), 1084-1089
2018
Polymorphisms in ERAP1 and ERAP2 are shared by Caninae and segregate within and between random-and pure-breeds of dogs
NC Pedersen, JK Dhanota, H Liu
Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 179, 46-57
2016
A novel approach to mapping land conversion using Google Earth with an application to East Africa
A Jacobson, J Dhanota, J Godfrey, H Jacobson, Z Rossman, A Stanish, ...
Environmental Modelling & Software 72, 1-9
2015 -
NY Times | Scientists Were Hunting for the Next Ebola. Now the U.S. Has Cut Their Funding
The Atlantic | Is It Possible to Predict the Next Pandemic?
Science News | A new Ebola species has been found in bats in Sierra Leone
Ocean Alliance | A Comprehensive New Look at the Threats Facing Southern Right Whales
