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My Summer Internship: Gabbi Obando Gabbi Obando is an undergraduate WEC student and a Doris Duke Conservation Scholar. What is the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program? Doris Duke is a program funded through a charitable foundation that was… Read More
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Mary Mack Gray is a recent WEC MS recent graduate. What do you study? I study brown-headed nuthatches! My MS work was specifically focused on a population of them in the Everglades. What did you study about them? We… Read More
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Nick Vitale is a recent WEC MS graduate. What was your research about? My research focused on a population of American Oystercatchers on the Gulf coast, and looking at factors that are limiting their reproductive success. What… Read More
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Dr. Rashidah H. Farid is a recent WEC PhD graduate and president of UF Natural Resources Diversity Initiative (NRDI). What is your research on? My dissertation explores the intersection of sociality and its impact on demography in Gunnison’s… Read More
Justin Gude is the Wildlife Research & Technical Bureau Chief for Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks. He graduated with his BS at WEC in 2000, and later with his MS from Montana State University. How did you become… Read More
Miguel Acevedo is an assistant professor at WEC, studying quantitative population ecology. Work What is your research on? I’m very interested in understanding the drivers of speies distributions and wildlife vector-borne diseases. To understand the drivers of species… Read More
Cat Frock is a WEC PhD candidate. Her adviser is Dr. Bob McCleery. Work How did you get into wildlife? Do you have an origin story? I didn’t decide on doing this as a career until I was… Read More
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Exit Interview Prescillia Putri is a recent WEC MS graduate. We spoke with her about her life, research, and plans for her future in Indonesian conservation. What did you study for your MS? I studied mammalian occurrence in… Read More
My name is Kristina, and I am nearly finished with my PhD through the Wildlife Ecology and Conservation department at University of Florida. During this process, I’ve made an immense transition in my career that is surprising… Read More
Kim Ledger is a WEC PhD student in the Wisely and Sayler labs. Work What is your research about? I am studying the ecology of ticks and the diseases they vector. My research and fieldwork is in southern… Read More
