People

Meredith Anderson, DVM

EEB
Advisor: Hamer
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Otshabile Bahetoleng

ECCB
Advisor: Amanda Stronza
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Office Number: WFES 217

Skai Peterson

EEB
Advisor: Helms
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Amir Poudel

ECCB
Advisor: Amanda Stronza
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Alberth Rojas Carranza

ECCB
Advisor: Fitzgerald
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Breann Richey

EEB
Advisor: Lawing
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Nicole Stevens

EEB
Advisor: Fitzgerald
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Amanda Stronza

Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology
Director, Ecoexist Project; Director, Amazon Field School

Research Focus: Community-based conservation, ecotourism, sustainable development
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Lee Fitzgerald

Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology
Curator, Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections

Research Focus: Evolutionary ecology and conservation biology of amphibians and reptiles
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Kevin Njabo

Senior Research Scientist

Research focus: Influence of mosquito vectors on the evolution and ecology of avian malaria parasites, human-induced habitat alteration, epidemiological risk factors of COVID-19 in Africa, and conservation biology for more sustainable and equitable global development
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CHRISTIAN BRANNSTROM
Professor and Director of Environmental Programs, Dept. of Geography
Research Focus:  Nature-Soceity relations, in particular the historical geography of the environment and resource management in Brazil and Latin America
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DONALD BRIGHTSMITH
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Veterinary Pathobiology
Director, Tambopata Macaw Project
Research Focus: Comparative avian and mammalian immunology and the evolution of the immune system; Avian diseases; Avian phylogeny; role of infectious diseases in wild and endangered bird populations
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KATY GONDER
Professor & Head, Dept. of  Ecology and Conservation Biology
Research Focus: Spatial biodiversity patterns, conservation strategies, evolutionary and ecological mechanisms contributing to diversity
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JACQUELYN GRACE
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ecology and Conservation Biology
Research Focus: Ecophysiology, endocrinology, behavior, and phenotypic plasticity in birds
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BURAK GUNERALP
Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geography
Research Focus: Human-environment interactions, in particular, links between urbanization, biodiversity, and ecosystems; Urbanization and sustainability; Systems analysis; Geospatial analysis
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LUIS HURTADO
Associate Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology
Research Focus: Phylogeography, molecular phylogenetics, & conservation genetics
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WENDY JEPSON
Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Programs, Dept. of Geography
Research Focus: Human impacts on the environment; the political economy of agricultural development; environmental justice issues
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GERARD KYLE
Professor, Dept. of Rangeland, Wildlife & Fisheries Management Research Focus: Understanding the human dimensions of natural resource management
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THOMAS E. LACHER, JR.
Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology Research Focus: Analysis and monitoring of large-scale patterns and trends in biodiversity, primarily in the tropics
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MICHELLE LAWING
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ecology and Conservation Biology Research Focus: Using methods and models from modern ecology and evolutionary biology, combined with evidence from the fossil record, to inform our understanding of how species and communities respond to environmental change through time
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MARIANA MATEOS
Associate Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology Research Focus: Evolutionary biology with interests that span population genetics, phylogenetics, phylogeography, conservation biology, functional and comparative genomics
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BILL ROGERS
Professor, Dept. of Ecology and Conservation Biolody Research Focus: Ecological restoration and biodiversity, plant population and community ecology, invasive and endangered species ecology, and fire and disturbance ecology
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KIRK WINEMILLER
Regents Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology Research Focus: Community ecology, fish ecology, fish evolution, and ecosystem ecology in freshwater and estuarine habitats
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RICHARD WOODWARD
Professor, Dept. of Agricultural Economics
Research Focus: Environmental and resource economics
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JESSICA YORZINSKI
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Ecology & Conservation Biology Research Focus: sensory ecology, animal communication, conservation
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Gary Varner Professor, Dept. of Philosophy

Research Focus: Theories of environmental ethics and animal welfare & animal rights, and their implications for conservation and wildlife management.