Dr. Alexander Keyel, PhD

Research Scientist 3

Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health

Dr. Alexander Keyel, PhD is a Research Scientist with the New York State Department of Health. Dr. Keyel received a B.S. in Conservation Biology from Arizona State University and a PhD in Biology from Tufts University. He has worked on a variety of topics, including insect physiology, avian habitat selection, climate change, modeling noise propagation, and most recently modeling infectious diseases, especially West Nile virus. Dr. Keyel has co-authored 6 peer-reviewed journal articles on West Nile virus, 2 book chapters on West Nile virus, and one review on temperature and arboviruses.