Conservation Science

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Robert Long

2003 Fellow
Dr. Robert Long is a Senior Conservation Scientist at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. He was hired in 2013 to coordinate carnivore research and conservation projects associated with the Zoo’s Living Northwest Program. Prior to joining the zoo...
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Rob Moir

1996 Fellow
Rob Moir, PhD, directs the Ocean River Institute. “Ocean river” is a term used by Homer and Rachel Carson to describe the connectedness of the natural world. It symbolizes the folly in attempting to separate ocean, river and watershed...
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Ariane de Bremond

2000 Fellow
Ariane de Bremond is Executive Director of the Global Land Programme (www.glp.earth), and Research Associate Professor in Geographical Sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park. Motivated by her time as a development practitioner...
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Melissa Laser

2004 Fellow
Melissa was an ecologist working for the Department of Marine Resources on diadromous fish restoration. She served as the Conservation Planner for the Bureau of Sea Run Fisheries and Habitat. In this role she was responsible for leading...
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Vickie Bakker

1997 Fellow
Vickie’s work is geared toward adapting the academic tools of quantitative conservation ecology to the real world problems of conservation practitioners in the management of endangered species. In an approach she refers to as Population...
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Leslie Ferguson

2001 Fellow
Leslie is currently a Masters degree student at UC Davis in applied ecology where she is pursuing her passion for aquatic ecology, and stream restoration and conservation. Her thesis research involves studying the effectiveness of stream...
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Tierra Smiley

2009 Fellow
Tierra completed her final year of the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine program at Tufts University with an emphasis on zoo and wildlife medicine. While she plans to spend her career treating all species, she has a special interest in the...
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Linda Esposito

1998 Fellow
Linda is a northern California botanist with special interest and expertise in California coastal prairie. Her professional focus is on protection, restoration, and stewardship of significant natural lands in community-based settings. After...
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Jun Bando

2002 Fellow
Ecologist and nonprofit leader with experience in public policy, foreign affairs, and higher education.
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Kathryn Theiss

2009 Fellow
Kathryn completed her dissertation research on orchid conservation in Madagascar in the spring of 2012 and promptly moved to Oregon to start a post-doctoral position at Willamette University. Her post-doctoral research examined how to...