Research Interests:
Vector-borne and parasitic diseases of human health and veterinary importance; disease ecology and evolutionary biology; emerging genomic technologies 

Background:
Evan is a first-year PhD student in the Veterinary Medicine program in the UMN College of Veterinary Medicine. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University and Master of Public Health from the University of Texas at El Paso. Prior to the start of his UMN graduate studies, Evan worked for the Zoonosis Control Program in the Texas Department of State Health Services, where he assisted in the investigation and surveillance of reportable zoonotic and vector-borne diseases. 

Current Projects: 
Improving pathogen surveillance in ticks through rapid field-based molecular methods; utilizing bovine metatranscriptomic data to develop a novel diagnostic assay for the giant liver fluke, Fascioloides magna

Publications: 

1. Kipp, E. J., Mariscal, J., Armijos, R. X., Weigel, M., & Waldrup, K. (2016). Genetic evidence of enzootic leishmaniasis in a stray canine and Texas mouse from sites in west and central Texas. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 111(10), 652-654. doi:10.1590/0074-02760160225
2. Kipp EJ, Hergert M. Endemic Human Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Incidence in the United States. JAMA Dermatol. 2019;155(2):259–260. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2018.4951