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Amanda Hund ’10

Assistant Professor of Biology, Biology

Education & Professional History

Carleton College, BA; University of Colorado-Boulder, PhD

Amanda Hund is an evolutionary ecologist interested in the interactions between hosts and parasites. Her lab studies how parasites shape host evolution, immunity, and behavior, and how hosts in turn shape parasite biology and transmission. This includes work with swallows, butterflies, and threespine stickleback fish and often involves fieldwork. She is currently starting up a new project studying parasite transmission with stickleback fish, copepods, and common loons on Vancouver Island.


At Carleton since 2022.

Current Courses

  • Fall 2024
    BIOL 125: Genes, Evolution & Development & Lab
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    BIOL 394: Directed Research in Biology
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    BIOL 399: Critical Reading and Analysis of Primary Literature
  • Winter 2025
    BIOL 220: Disease Ecology & Evolution
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    BIOL 221: Disease Ecology and Evolution Laboratory
  •  2025WI
    BIOL 394: Directed Research in Biology
  • Winter 2025
    BIOL 399: Critical Reading and Analysis of Primary Literature
  •  2025SP
    BIOL 394: Directed Research in Biology