Hailey Boone
hmboone@syr.edu

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

Shannon Finnegan
spfinneg@syr.edu

• Degree Sought: PHD
• Graduate Advisor(s): Belant
• Area of Study: Ecology
• Undergraduate Institution: Liverpool John Moores Universi (Zoology)
• Previous Graduate Study: Nottingham Trent University (MRes Biodiversity Conservation )

Links
Web Link

Personal Statement
My prior research has largely been focused on jaguar ecology and conservation in Brazil. For my Masters research I studied how environmental factors and interspecific interactions affect carnivore coexistence in the Brazilian Pantanal. I have been a member of the Jaguar Conservation Fund for a number of years where I assisted with long term monitoring projects in two biomes of Brazil; additionally I worked with a tiger conflict mitigation project in India and assisted with research on a large carnivore project in South Africa. My research interests include large carnivore ecology, conflict mitigation and conservation

Graduate Research Topic
Brown bear and elk resource use in relation to timber harvest on Afognak Island, Alaska

Todd Kautz
tmkautz@syr.edu

• Degree Sought: PHD
• Graduate Advisor(s): Belant
• Area of Study: Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management
• Undergraduate Institution: Suny College Agric Tech Cobleskll

Project Website
Web Link

Graduate Research Topic
Population ecology of white-tailed deer in northern Michigan, focusing on predator-prey relationships.

Sarah Schooler
sschoole@syr.edu

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

Merijn van den Bosch
mvandenb@syr.edu

• Degree Sought: PHD
• Graduate Advisor(s): Belant
• Area of Study: Ecology

Nathaniel Wehr
nhwehr@syr.edu

• Degree Sought: PHD
• Graduate Advisor(s): Belant
• Area of Study: Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management
• Undergraduate Institution: Oberlin College (Biology)
• Previous Graduate Study: University of Hawaii at Manoa

Links
nathanielwehr.weebly.com

Graduate Research Topic
Space-use patterns of grey wolves in relation to other large mammals in Isle Royale National Park and northeastern Minnesota

Twitter
@WildNateure

Alejandra Zubiria Perez
azubiria@syr.edu

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