Jacqueline Frair
Associate Professor

Ana Calderon Quinonez
acaldero@syr.edu

• Degree Sought: MS
• Graduate Advisor(s): Gibbs and Frair
• Area of Study: Conservation Biology

Allison Devlin
aldevlin@syr.edu

• Degree Sought: PHD
• Graduate Advisor(s): Frair
• Area of Study: Ecology
• Undergraduate Institute: Cornell University (Animal Sciences)
• Previous Graduate Study: Columbia U Sch General Studies (Cons Bio )

Graduate Research Topic
Working thesis title: "Population Persistence of Jaguar (Panthera onca) in the Brazilian Pantanal" - Conduct demographic and genetic data collection on jaguar residing in two working cattle ranches and two protected areas in the world's largest inland wetland, the Pantanal (MT, MS, Brazil). Collaborations include: SUNY ESF; Panthera; and ICMBio (Chico Mendez Institute of the Conservation of Biodiversity). Specifically within ICMBio, close collaboration with CENAP (National Center for the Conservation of Natural Predators).

Sara Hansen
sjhansen@syr.edu

• Degree Sought: MS
• Graduate Advisor(s): Frair
• Area of Study: Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management

Personal Statement
Prior to starting work on my MS at SUNY ESF, I was a biologist for the NPS on the island fox project for 2 years and logged 5 years as a seasonal biologist for several universities and NGO's prior to that. My recent experience has mainly been with management and research involving mammalian predators though I am more generally interested in population dynamics and spatial ecology of vertebrates and have worked with birds, large ungulates, small mammals, and reptiles in the past. I am also interested in human-wildlife conflict issues and improving education and communication between the scientific community and the general public.

Graduate Research Topic
Thesis title: “Estimation of eastern coyote abundance through distance sampling and vocalization surveys”

Favorite Quote
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” -Judy Garland

Robin Holevinski
raholevi@syr.edu

• Degree Sought: PHD
• Graduate Advisor(s): Frair
• Area of Study: Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management
• Previous Graduate Study: Cornell University (Natural Resources )

Graduate Research Topic
Dissertation title: “Foraging ecology of coyotes in NY State”

Christa LeGrande
cllegran@syr.edu

• Degree Sought: MPS
• Graduate Advisor(s): Frair
• Area of Study: Conservation Biology

Andrew MacDuff
ajmacduf@syr.edu

• Degree Sought: MS
• Graduate Advisor(s): Frair
• Area of Study: Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management

Graduate Research Topic
Thesis title: “A non-harvest based assessment of river otter populations in NY State”

Silvia Saldivar Bellassai
sssaldiv@syr.edu

• Degree Sought: MS
• Graduate Advisor(s): Frair
• Area of Study: Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management
• Undergraduate Institute: Universidad Nacional de Asunci (Biology)

Personal Statement
I am interested in population ecology, management and conservation of mammalian species. I have studied harvested populations of large mammals in Paraguay and I would like to continue by using different quantitative methods including spatial data and occupancy analysis.

Graduate Research Topic
Peccaries persistance in the Paraguayan Dry Chaco