College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

Major Advisor:

Gary Roloff

Background:

Jack earned a B.S. in Biology as well as Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from the University of Nevada Reno in 2013. Since his undergrad, he has worked on several wildlife research projects analyzing the spatial ecology and population dynamics of ungulate species across the United States from the jungles of Micronesia to the suburban landscape of New York City. Jack began his career studying rangeland health and working with desert bighorn sheep in the Great Basin Desert. He also worked as a Research Support Specialist for the Michigan Predator-Prey Project and as a Conservation Detection Dog Handler in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula where he gained valuable knowledge of how white-tailed deer populations and fecundity responded relative to habitat, predation and human activity. Jack’s research interests include cervid and disease ecology, large mammal conservation, and human/wildlife interactions. He looks forward to developing modern quantitative approaches such as the use of thermal imagery and unoccupied arial vehicles (UAVs), to address conservation challenges across increasingly integrated natural and anthropogenic landscape. In his spare time Jack enjoys multiday raft trips, mountaineering, hunting, and cooking.