Leslie Ruyle
Coordinator, Applied Biodiversity Science NSF-IGERT Program
Email:
Telephone: (979) 845-7494
Fax: (979) 845-4096
Office: 110G Old Heep Bldg.
Mailing Address:
216 Old Heep Bldg.
2258 TAMU, Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-2258
Education
University of Georgia
Odum School of Ecology
PhD Ecology 2011 (expected)
Peace Corps
Wechiau Community Hippo Sanctuary
Ghana ’00-‘02
Montana State University- Northern
B.S., 1994
IDST- Ecology and Biology
Research Interests
My research goals are in finding solutions for conservation problems by creating bridges between science, policy, and people. My experiences range from collaborating with local communities in West Africa setting up wildlife parks to working with citizen scientist groups collecting Arabian leopard data in Oman. I am interested in all systems from marine to terrestrial and conservation for developing, as well as, wealthy countries. My doctoral research is on a critically endangered Honduran endemic spiny tailed iguana species.
