Education and/or Training

B.A.	1996	University of North Carolina	English
D.V.M.	2009	Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine	Veterinary Medicine
Residency	2012	University of Tennessee	Anatomic Pathology
DACVP	2012	American College of Veterinary Pathologists	Diplomate Anatomic Pathology

Areas of Specialization and or Research Interests

Wildlife toxicology and ecotoxicology
Endocrine disruption
Ecopathology

Professional Experience

2013 – Present	Diagnostic Pathologist, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center, Madison WI
2012   2013	Clinical Instructor in Pathology, Department of Pathobiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, FL and Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Orlando, FL
2004 – 2005	Editor, Wildlife Rehabilitation Bulletin, National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association, St. Cloud, Minnesota
2001 – 2004	Clinic Supervisor, Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research, Inc., Newark, DE

Selected Publications

Lankton, J., D. VanderHart and S. Terrell. Schistosomus reflexus-like malformation in a southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 45(3):708-711. 2014

Lankton, J., K. M. Newkirk, S. Kania and E. C. Ramsay. 2013. Preuptial Demodex sp. in big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) from eastern Tennessee. J Zoo Wildl Med. Mar;44(1):124-9

DeRisi, J. L., M. D. Stenglein, E. Velazquez, C. Greenacre, R. P. Wilkes, J. G. Ruby, J. Lankton, D. Ganem, and M. A. Kennedy. 2012. Complete genome sequence of an astrovirus identified in a domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) with gastroenteritis. Virology Journal 9:216