Jeffrey M Lorch
Jeff Lorch is a Microbiologist at the National Wildlife Health Center.
He received bachelor degrees in Bacteriology and Wildlife Ecology and a Ph.D. in Molecular and Environmental Toxicology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Since joining the USGS, Dr. Lorch has devoted his career to investigating and diagnosing wildlife mortality events and studying emerging wildlife diseases. Presently, his work focuses on disease ecology and management of bat white-nose syndrome and snake fungal disease, surveillance for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (the fungus that causes salamander chytridiomycosis), and development of molecular methods for detection of wildlife pathogens.
Professional Experience
2015 – Present, Microbiologist, National Wildlife Health Center
2012 – 2015, Research Associate, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. Molecular and Environmental Toxicology, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2012
B.S. Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2005
B.S. Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2005
Affiliations and Memberships*
2015 – Present, Honorary Associate, Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Science and Products
Mortality due to Tyzzer's disease of muskrats in northern Ohio, USA
Detection of Bisgaard taxon 40 in Rhinoceros Auklets (Cerorhinca monocerata) with pneumonia and septicemia from a mortality event in Washington, USA
Field diagnostics and seasonality of Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola in wild snake populations
Seasonal sex steroids indicate reproductive costs associated with snake fungal disease
Mortality of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus carissima) naturally exposed to microcystin-LR
Patterns of circulating corticosterone in a population of rattlesnakes afflicted with snake fungal disease: Stress hormones as a potential mediator of seasonal cycles in disease severity and outcomes
Malassezia vespertilionis sp. nov.: A new cold-tolerant species of yeast isolated from bats
Phylogenetics of a fungal invasion: Origins and widespread dispersal of white-nose syndrome
Novel dermatophilosis and concurrent amyloidosis in Sanderlings (Calidris alba) from Louisiana, USA
Emerging fungal pathogen Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola in wild European snakes
Pathogenic lineage of Perkinsea associated with mass mortality of frogs across the United States
Host susceptibility to snake fungal disease is highly dispersed across phylogenetic and functional trait space
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Mortality due to Tyzzer's disease of muskrats in northern Ohio, USA
Detection of Bisgaard taxon 40 in Rhinoceros Auklets (Cerorhinca monocerata) with pneumonia and septicemia from a mortality event in Washington, USA
Field diagnostics and seasonality of Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola in wild snake populations
Seasonal sex steroids indicate reproductive costs associated with snake fungal disease
Mortality of little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus carissima) naturally exposed to microcystin-LR
Patterns of circulating corticosterone in a population of rattlesnakes afflicted with snake fungal disease: Stress hormones as a potential mediator of seasonal cycles in disease severity and outcomes
Malassezia vespertilionis sp. nov.: A new cold-tolerant species of yeast isolated from bats
Phylogenetics of a fungal invasion: Origins and widespread dispersal of white-nose syndrome
Novel dermatophilosis and concurrent amyloidosis in Sanderlings (Calidris alba) from Louisiana, USA
Emerging fungal pathogen Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola in wild European snakes
Pathogenic lineage of Perkinsea associated with mass mortality of frogs across the United States
Host susceptibility to snake fungal disease is highly dispersed across phylogenetic and functional trait space
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government