LAB ALUMNI
Burcu Lacin Alas
M.S. Thesis (2022): The repatriation of wolves to Isle Royale alter the foraging of mesocarnivores
Currently lab manager of the Pauli lab
Penelope Murphy
M.S. Thesis (2022): Survival of ruffed grouse color morphs in seasonally snow-covered forests
Currently a Research Specialist at the Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center
Malena Candino
M.S. Thesis (2022): Moving through a heterogeneous landscape: Migration and habitat selection of a guanaco population in a seasonal environment
Currently a Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Taylor Peltier
M.S. Thesis (2022): Phenotypic variation in the molt characteristics of the snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus)
Currently a Fisheries Biologist at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Grace Nugent
Senior thesis (2022): Distribution and sympatry of snowshoe hares and cottontail rabbits in Wisconsin
Currently a graduate student at the University of North Carolina Wilmington
Clare Knife
Senior thesis (2021): Genetic structure of the Moquah Barrens sharp-tailed grouse translocation
Michaela Rudolf
Senior thesis (2021): Consequences of variable winter conditions on nutritional condition and mortality of porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) in central Wisconsin
Kimberly Thompson
PhD Dissertation (2021): The Abiotic Characteristics and Ecological Consequences of a Deteriorating Subnivium
Currently a Postdoc at the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
Evan Wilson
PhD Dissertation (2021): Mechanisms of Community Disassembly Along a Southern Range Boundary
Currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Michigan
Brad Smith
M.S. Thesis (2021): Carnivore resource use and competition under rapid environmental change: the diet of fishers (Pekania pennanti) and martens (Martes caurina) in the Sierra Nevada mountains during drought and tree mortality
Currently a Research Associate with Region 5 of the US Forest Service
Tiffany Bougie
M.S. Thesis (2020): Demography Informed Species Recovery: Quantifying Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) vital rates, population viability, and effects of management actions in Wisconsin
Currently a forestry and restoration intern
Ally Scott
M.S. Thesis (2020): Small Mammal Communities in Changing Environments
Currently a field technician for the Wisconsin DNR
Julian Padro
Postdoctoral Fellow (2020):
Currently a Research Assistant at CONICET in Argentina
Kate Silverthorne
Senior Thesis (2019): Niche Partitioning in Communities Featuring Different Avian Scavenger Richness
Paula Perrig
PhD Dissertation (2019): Apex scavengers in a changing world: historical demography and future conservation of Andean condors
Currently a Post doctoral Fellow at CONICET in Argentina
Marie Marten
M.S. Thesis (2019): Exploring the energetic and spatial ecology of Pacific martens in Lassen National Forest, CA.
Annie Alexander Award
Currently a Faculty Research Assistant at Oregon State University Institute for Natural Resources
Julia Poje
M.S. Thesis (2019): Impacts of Environmental Conditions on Prairie Dog Fleas: Implications for Sylvatic Plague
Phil Manlick
Ph.D. Dissertation (2019): Landscape-mediated niche dynamics in North American Carnivores
Aldo Leopold Scholar
Currently a Research Wildlife Ecologist at the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station
Megan Fitzpatrick
Postdoctoral Fellow (2018):
Currently a biologist with Minnesota DNR
Mario Garces Restrepo
Ph.D. Dissertation (2018):
Reproductive Ecology and Conservation of Sloths in Costa Rica
Currently Technical Director of Biota at Proinsa LTDA in Colombia
Aleana Savage
Senior Thesis (2018): Assessing the Colonization History of the Isle Royale Red Squirrel: Tamiasciurus hudsonicus regalis
Currently a graduate student at the University of Missouri
Kristina Black
M.S. Thesis (2018):
The Great Lakes region is a melting pot for vicariant red fox (Vulpes vulpes) populations through natural expansion and fur-farm translocations
Currently a Ph.D. student at the University of Texas at Austin
Jen Grauer
M.S. Thesis (2017):
Demography and genetics of reintroduced American martens
Currently a PhD candidate at Cornell University
Shelby Petersen
Senior Thesis (2017):
Eltonian niche conservatism of martens across the Pacific Northwest
Currently a graduate student at UW-Madison
Rachel Larson
Senior Thesis (2017):
The genetic structure of American black bear (Ursus americanus) populations in the southern Rocky Mountains
Currently a graduate student at Florida Atlantic University
Becky Kirby
Ph.D. Dissertation (2016):
Foraging Ecology and aging of black bears in human-modified landscapes
Currently a Biologist with the US Fish and Wildlife Service in Sacramento
Emily Fountain
Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently a Research Associate at the University of Wisconsin
Carissa Freeh
Senior Thesis (2015):
Diet driven decline of a generalist forest carnivore?
Currently a Wildlife Health Program Assistant at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Wynne Moss
M.S. Thesis (2015):
Mountain lion foraging in the Colorado Front Range
FWE Outstanding Thesis
Currently a Postdoctoral Scientist at Conservation Science Partners
Sean Sultaire
M.S. Thesis (2014):
Climate change and snowshoe hares
Currently a PhD student at Michigan State
Jenna Carlson
Senior Honors Thesis (2014):
Potential role of prey in the recovery of American martens to Wisconsin
Holstrom Environmental Scholarship
Currently a medical student at Touro University California
Sonia Petty
Senior Thesis (2014):
The effects of climate change and land cover type on the subnivium, a seasonal refuge beneath the snow.
Reid Bryson Scholarship
Currently in the M.B.A. program at UW
John Pokallus
M.S. Thesis (2014):
Population dynamics of a northern-adapted mammal in response to climate change and an altered predator community
Currently a Game Warden for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Jorge Mendoza
M.S. Thesis (2014):
Resource use by two-and three-toed sloths differ in a shade-grown agro-ecosystem.
Currently the STEM Exploration and Engagement Scholars Program Manager at Ohio State University
Katrina Brickner
Senior Honors Thesis (2013):
Exploring black-footed ferret diet specialization in Shirley Basin, Wyoming.
Currently DVM candidate at Colorado State University