Mackenzie L. kwak

research affiliate
parasitologist, national university of Singapore

Mackenzie is a parasitologist with a special interest in parasite conservation biology, parasite community diversity and ecology, and ectoparasite systematics and biogeography. He studied at the University of Melbourne and the National University of Singapore before joining the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Hokkaido University as a postdoctoral research fellow. In addiction, he serves as co-chair of the Parasite Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission. He is presently working on tick taxonomy and ecology in the Australasian region as well as the co-endangered parasite communities of threatened Australian wildlife — including the Tasmanian devil, in collaboration with The Carnivore Conservancy.