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Erica Holdridge, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Stonehill College
Biology Department

eholdridge (at) stonehill.edu

Ph.D. Yale University, Ecology & Evolution (2021)
M.S. Cal State U Northridge, Biology (2015)
B.S. Florida State University, Biology (2013)

About Me

I am a community ecologist with interests in microbial ecology and ecological modeling. My research looks at that pathways through which bacteriophage affect nutrient cycling by altering their hosts' metabolisms and ecological interactions. I am committed to fostering an inclusive community of diverse scholars who explore the mechanisms that shape community-level patterns and processes and contribute to ecosystem function using experimental, molecular, and theoretical techniques. You can find out more about my academic interests here. 

As a National Science Foundation postdoctoral research fellow, I lead a project to identify and characterize viruses in carnivorous pitcher plants with Dr. Leonora Bittleston at Boise State University. I received my Ph.D. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at Yale University with Dr. David Vasseur, where my dissertation looked at competitive dynamics between populations with intraspecific variation. I earned my master's degree in biology at California State University, Northridge with Dr. Casey terHorst and my bachelor's degree from Florida State University where I completed an honors thesis at the FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory with Dr. Dean Grubbs.