Tags: Wildlife Ecology and Management


Erika Klar

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

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

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

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


Dr. Sonia M. Hernandez

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

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

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


Joel Owen


Michel T. Kohl

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…


Dr. Richard Chandler


Dr. Robert Cooper


Ryan Chitwood


Dr. Olin E. Rhodes, Jr.


Dr. Michael Yabsley

Service Diagnostic parasitologist for SCWDS clinical cases


Dr. Michael Tarrant

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

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


Dr. Nate Nibbelink


Dr. Jeff Hepinstall-Cymerman


Travis DeVault


Dr. Steven B. Castleberry


Dr. John Maerz

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…


Dr. James Martin

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