IBA WEB ROSTER (Temporary Site)
LABORATORY PROFILES:
A.
Derocher Laboratory,
University of Alberta, Canada
Institutional Affiliation: University of Alberta
Address:
Research Interests: ecology & conservation of northern carnivores
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Museum of Zoology, University of Alberta
IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group
S. Iverson Laboratory, Dalhousie University, Canada
I. Stirling, Canadian Wildlife Service, Canada
Gregory Thiemann, M.Sc. (Ph.D. candidate)
Thesis:
Institutional Affiliation:
Dalhousie University (Advisors:
S. Iverson;
I. Stirling)
Address:
Employment:
Research Interests: polar
bear ecology
C.V.
Email:
thiemann@dal.ca
Phone: 970-492-9485
Fax: 902-494-3736
Websites:
I. Kojola, Finnish Game & Fisheries Research Institute
J. Aspi Laboratory, University of Oulu, Finland
Alexander Kopatz (Ph.D. student)
Thesis:
Institutional Affiliation: University of Oulu (Advisors: I. Kojola & J. Aspi)
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Email:
alexander.kopatz@oulu.fi
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Laboratory of Animal Ecology, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Xime Velez-Liendo, M.Sc. (Ph.D. student)
Thesis:
Institutional Affiliation: University of Antwerp (Laboratory Director: E. Matthysen)
Address:
Employment:
Research Interests: Andean bear population ecology
C.V.
Email: xime_velez@yahoo.co.uk
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Laboratory of Conservation Genetics, Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica (INFS), Italy
Institutional Affiliation: Italian Wildlife Institute -INFS- (Laboratory Director: P. Genovesi)
Address: Via Cà
Fornacetta 9, 40064 Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy
Research
Interests: phylogeography
of European brown bear populations; conservation & non-invasive genetics
of Italian brown bear populations
C.V.
Email: Ettore Randi (Head) met0217@iperbole.bo.it; Nadia Mucci (Technician) nadia.mucci@infs.it;
Email: Marta De Barba (Ph.D.
candidate- see profile below)
mdebarba@uidaho.edu;
Francesca Davoli (Research Fellow)
gialloltremare@tiscali.it
Phone: 0039 051 6512252
Fax: 0039 05 796628
Academic Page
Websites:
Laboratory for Wildlife & Environmental Health, The Ohio State University, USA
Jordan Schaul, M.S. (D.V.M./ Ph.D. candidate)
Thesis:
Institutional Affiliation: The Ohio State University (Advisor: T. Morishita)
(The LWEH & ADIL are moving to Western University's new College of Veterinary Medicine, Pomona, California -Summer 2006!)
Address:
Employment:
Research Interests: captive carnivore health and husbandry; avian and mammalian disease ecology;
C.V.
Email: jcschaul@aim.com
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Academic Page
Websites:
www.bearconservationmedicine
Metapopulation Research Group, University of Helsinki, Finland
Jonna Katajisto (Ph.D. student)
Thesis:
Institutional Affiliation:
University of Helsinki, (Laboratory Director:
I. Hanski)
Address:
Employment:
Research Interests: spatial
population dynamics of brown bears
C.V.
Email:
jonna.katajisto@helsinki.fi
Phone: +358 9
191 57738
Fax: +358 9 191 57694
Academic Page
Websites:
Scandinavian
Brown Bear Research Project
Finnish Game and Fisheries Research
Institute
National Centre for Biosystematics, University of Oslo, Norway
Eve Zeyl (Ph.D. student)
Thesis:
Institutional
Affiliation: University of Oslo
(Advisors:
O. Wiig; &
J. Aars)
Address:
Employment:
Research Interests:
C.V.
Email: e.m.l.zeyl@nhm.uio.no
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C. Servheen Laboratory, University of Montana, USA
Siew Te Wong (Ph.D. candidate)
Thesis:
Institutional Affiliation: University of Montana (Advisor: C. Servheen)
Address:
Employment:
Research Interests: sun bear ecology and conservation; tropical rainforest ecosystem and conservation
Email:
wongsiew@hotmail.com
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M.
Sunquist Laboratory,
University of Florida, USA
Kim Annis (M.S. candidate)
Thesis:
Institutional Affiliation: University of Florida (Advisor: M. Sunquist )
Address:
Employment:
Research Interests: black bear population biology
C.V.
Email: kimannis@ufl.edu
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M. Wipfli & E. Follman Laboratory, University of Alaska- Fairbanks, USA
E. Follman Laboratory, University of Alaska- Fairbanks, USA
Josh Peirce (M.S. student)
Thesis:
Institutional Affiliation: University of Alaska- Fairbanks (Advisors: M. Wipfli; & E. Follman)
Address:
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Research Interests:
C.V.
Email: ftjmp1@uaf.edu
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Websites:
McNeil River Brown Bear & Salmon Project
INDIVIDUAL PROFILES:
Post-Doctoral Researchers
Zedrosser Research, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
Andreas Zedrosser, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Research Fellow)
Institutional Affiliation: Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Institute for Ecology)
Address:
Employment:
Research Interests:
C.V.
Email: andreas.zedrosser@umb.no
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Scandinavian Brown Bear Research Project
INDIVIDUAL
PROFILES:
Graduate Students:
De Barba Research,
University of Idaho- Moscow, USA
Marta De Barba (Ph.D. candidate)
Thesis: monitoring the brown bear in the Italian Alps using non-invasive genetic sampling
Institutional Affiliation: University of Idaho; Italian Wildlife Institute (INFS)
Address:
Employment:
Research Interests: conservation genetics; population dynamics
C.V.
Email: mdebarba@uidaho.edu
Phone: 001-208-885-9440 (USA); +39-051-6512257 (Italy)
Fax: 001-208-885-9080 (USA); +39-051-796628 (Italy)
Academic Page
Websites:
Enciso Research,
San Marcos University, Peru
Marco Enciso (D.V.M./ M.Sc. student)
Thesis:
Institutional Affiliation: San Marcos University (Advisor: )
Address:
Employment:
Research Interests: Andean bear reproduction and conservation; assisted reproductive technologies in wildlife
C.V.
Email: marco.enciso@gmail.com; marco.enciso@hotmail.com
Phone: +51197060016
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Garcia-Rangel
Research,
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Shaenandhoa Garcia-Rangel (Ph.D. candidate)
Thesis: establishing distribution, habitat and landscape-use for the Andean bear population in the Venezuelan Andes
Institutional Affiliation: University of Cambridge (Wildlife Research Group) (Advisor: )
Address:
Employment:
Research Interests:
bear ecology and population dynamics, conservation biology, GIS,
landscape ecology
C.V.
Email: sg343@cam.ac.uk
Phone: +44-1223-333753 (UK); +58-2129456316/9458211 (Venezuela)
Fax: Fax: +44-1223-333786 (UK); +58-2129456316/9458211 (Venezuela)
Academic Page
Websites:
Imaru Lameda Research,
Universidad
Centroccidental "Lisandro
Alvarado" (UCLA), Venezuela
Imaru Lameda (M.Sc.
student)
Thesis:
Institutional Affiliation: University Yacambú Barquisimeto, State Lara, Venezuela
Address:
Employment:
Research Interests: ecology of Andean bears in Venzuela
C.V.
Email: osita_frontina@yahoo.com.mx, marabuimaru@hotmail.com
Phone: + 58 02534912085 ; + 58 0416 2531935 (cell)
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Websites:
Karamanlidis Research, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Alexandros Karamanlidis, M.Sc.
(Ph.D. candidate)
Thesis: behaviour & genetic status of a brown bear population in the
Pindos mountains (Northern Greece)
Institutional Affiliation: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Dept.
of Genetics, Development & Molecular Biology)
Address: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki,
Greece
Employment: Research Biologist, MOM/Hellenic
Society for the Study & Protection of the Monk Seal (Athens)
Research interests: conservation
of endangered species; brown bear behaviour
C.V.
Email:
alkar@bio.auth.gr;
a.karamanlidis@mom.gr
Phone: 0031 6976362844
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Mazur Research, University of California- Davis, USA
Rachel Mazur (Ph.D. candidate)
Thesis:
Institutional Affiliation: University of California- Davis
Address:
Employment: Wildlife Biologist, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park
Research Interests: human-black bear conflict
C.V.
Email: rlmazur@ucdavis.edu
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Ngoprasert Research, King
Mongkut’s University of Technology, Thailand
Dusit Ngoprasert, M.Sc.
(Ph.D. student)
Thesis:
Institutional Affiliation: King Mongkut's University of Technology, Thailand
Address:
Employment:
Research Interests: ecology and population biology of Asiatic black bears and sun bears
C.V.
Email: ndusit@gmail.com
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Rigg Research, Slovak Wildlife Society, Slovak Republic
Robin Rigg, M.Sc. (Prospective Ph.D. student)
Thesis:
Institutional Affiliation:
Address:
Employment: Zoologist and Project Manager, Slovak Wildife Society
Research Interests: carnivore conservation (ursids/canids)
C.V.
Email: info@slovakwildlife.org; r.rigg@abdn.ac.uk
Phone: +421-(0)44-5293752
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Rosen Research, Bard Center for Environmental Policy, USA
Tanya Rosen, J.D.,
LL.M, (M.Sc. student)
Thesis: The Distinct Population Segment Policy: Implications for the
Yellowstone Grizzly Bears
Institutional Affiliation: Bard Center for Environmental Policy, Bard
College,
Address:
Employment:
Research Interests:
carnivore conservation; carnivore-human conflict management
C.V.
Email:
tr963@bard.edu;
tr2146@columbia.edu
Phone: 212-838-9095
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Websites:
www.bard.edu/cep/
Troya Research, Graduate Institute of Development Studies, Switzerland
Veronica Troya (M.S. student)
Thesis: conservation and poverty reduction
Institutional Affiliation: Graduate Institute of Development Studies, Geneva
Address:
Employment: Social Policy Unit, The World Conservation Union (IUCN/ UICN), Gland
Research Interests: threatened species and livelihoods; bear conservation
C.V.
Email: verotroya@hotmail.com; veronica.troya@iucn.org
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Undergraduate Students
INDIVIDUAL PROFILES:
Agency Biologists
Others
Student Roster (2005)