Tags: Wildlife Ecology and Management


Erika Klar

Thu, 01/26/2023 - 12:57pm
Erika Klar is from Hamilton, Georgia, who came to the University of Georgia as an undergraduate in 2016 and graduated from Warnell with a Bachelor’s of Forest Resources in Wildlife Science and a minor in Biology in May 2021. She started her undergraduate degree in the College of Agriculture as a pre-vet animal science major, but transferred to Warnell her senior year to pursue a wildlife science degree. Since she was little, she has always had a…


Tobias Haymes

Thu, 01/26/2023 - 12:52pm
Tobias Haymes is a graduate research assistant co-advised by Drs. Susan Wilde and Gino D’Angelo. His research interests include mammal susceptibility to Vacuolar Myelinopathy (VM), particularly semi-aquatic mammals, white-tailed deer, and Florida panthers. Haymes earned his bachelor’s degree in fisheries and wildlife from the University of Georgia. During his time as an undergraduate, he worked with Dr. Wilde on his senior thesis research that…


Cassidy Brown

Thu, 01/26/2023 - 12:41pm
Cassidy Brown is a master’s student from West Georgia who joined the Wilde lab in August of 2022. She has worked for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources as a trapping/banding technician of mourning doves and wood ducks. In collaboration with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, she conducted a study to show wood duck nest box success across three of Georgia’s geographic regions. Currently, she is researching the potential…


Katy Callaghan

Thu, 10/20/2022 - 11:15am
Katy Callaghan is a research professional in the Wilde Lab. Katy completed both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources with emphases in Fisheries and Wildlife, and Wildlife Management. During her time at Warnell, she held field technician positions at both the state and federal level. She specialized in trapping and lethal control of mesocarnivores and non-native wildlife…


Kelly Filer Robinson

Tue, 10/04/2022 - 11:33am


Dr. Sonia M. Hernandez

Thu, 02/24/2022 - 11:11am
I am an Associate Professor of Wildlife Disease, in a shared position between the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, Department of Population Health, at the College of Veterinary Medicine.


Dr. Susan Wilde

Thu, 02/24/2022 - 10:40am
Dr. Susan Wilde’s research and teaching is focused on impaired aquatic systems and challenges with invasive plants/animals, nutrient pollution, harmful algal blooms, emerging contaminants and their implications for fish, wildlife, and even humans depending on these valuable water resources. She discovered a new species of cyanobacteria growing on invasive aquatic plants producing the neurotoxin responsible for killing bald eagles and other…


Gino D'Angelo

Thu, 02/24/2022 - 8:42am
Professional Experience: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, 2007 Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, 2007-2012 Deer Project Leader, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 2012-2016


James Beasley

Wed, 02/23/2022 - 4:15pm


Joel Owen

Wed, 02/23/2022 - 2:41pm


Michel T. Kohl

Mon, 02/21/2022 - 2:40pm
I was born and raised on the Ft. Peck Sioux and Assiniboine Reservation of rural northeastern Montana. I received my A.S. from Dawson Community College in Glendive Montana, and then my B.S. and M.S. in Wildlife Biology from the University of Montana in 2009 and 2012, respectively. My M.S. focused on the conservation implications of bison reintroduction in central Montana and southern Saskatchewan. I obtained my Ph.D. in Ecology (2019) from Utah…


Dr. Richard Chandler

Mon, 02/21/2022 - 1:05pm


Dr. Robert Cooper

Mon, 02/21/2022 - 1:04pm


Ryan Chitwood

Mon, 02/21/2022 - 1:00pm


Dr. Olin E. Rhodes, Jr.

Mon, 02/21/2022 - 12:42pm


Dr. Michael Yabsley

Mon, 02/21/2022 - 11:56am
Service Diagnostic parasitologist for SCWDS clinical cases


Dr. Michael Tarrant

Mon, 02/21/2022 - 11:37am
Prior Positions: Associate Professor, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, 1998 - 2006. Assistant Professor, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, The University of Georgia, 1992 - 1998.


Dr. Michael T. Mengak

Mon, 02/21/2022 - 11:27am
Outreach My outreach focus is on nuisance wildlife management and human-wildlife conflict resolution.  I work with county extension agents and various landowners and clients to solve urban nuisance wildlife issue.  I also work with county extension agents to resolve wildlife damage issues related to wild pigs, white-tailed deer, and common urban wildlife. 


Dr. Michael Chamberlain

Mon, 02/21/2022 - 10:59am


Dr. Nate Nibbelink

Mon, 02/21/2022 - 9:39am


Dr. Jeff Hepinstall-Cymerman

Mon, 02/21/2022 - 9:04am


Travis DeVault

Fri, 02/18/2022 - 3:08pm


Dr. John Maerz

Fri, 02/18/2022 - 2:19pm
Dr. John Maerz is Josiah Meigs Distinguished Professor and Professor of Vertebrate Ecology in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and Adjunct Professor in the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia.  He is an affiliated faculty with the Center for Integrative Conservation’s ICON Program and the Animal Behavior Integrative Life Sciences Group. Dr. Maerz joined the University of Georgia faculty in 2005 after 4 years…


Dr. James Martin

Fri, 02/18/2022 - 1:41pm


Dr. Brian Shamblin

Fri, 02/18/2022 - 9:40am
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