Kansas Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Faculty and Staff

 

Dr. Philip Gipson is the Unit Leader and Associate Professor in the Division of Biology.  He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas in 1971. He has been at the Kansas Unit since 1993.  His research interests are predator ecology, human and wildlife interactions, and environmental risk analysis.  

Phil's web page:  www.ksu.edu/biology/bio/faculty/gipson/gipson.html

Email Phil: gipson@ksu.edu

 

Dr. Jack Cully, Jr. is the Assistant Leader-Wildlife and Associate Professor in the Division of Biology.  He received his Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico in 1984.  He has been at the Kansas Unit since 1994.  His research interest are population and community ecology of birds and mammals, threatened and endangered species, and ecology of vertebrate disease systems.

Jack's web page:  www.ksu.edu/biology/bio/faculty/cully/cully.html

Email Jack: bcully@ksu.edu

 

Dr. Craig Paukert is the Assistant Leader-Fisheries and Assistant Professor in the Division of Biology.  He received his Ph.D. from South Dakota State University in 2001.  Craig has been at the Kansas Unit since 2003.  His research interest are applied fisheries science, population ecology, fisheries management, geographic information systems, and applied statistics.

Craig's web page:  www.k-state.edu/fisheries

Email Craig:  cpaukert@ksu.edu

  Dr. Don Althoff is a Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Biology and Certified Wildlife Biologist.  He received his Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University in 1983.  He has been associated with the Unit since 2000.  His research interests include wildlife-habitat relationships, evaluating techniques for monitoring long-term land condition trend, and conservation of upland wildlife.

Don's web page: http://www.k-state.edu/kscfwru/DA2005-WebpageInfo.htm

Email Don: dalthoff@ksu.edu

 

Dr. Joanna Whittier is a Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Biology.  She received her Ph.D. in 2001 from Oklahoma State University.  She has been with the Kansas Unit since 2003.  Her primary research interest include endangered species management, conservation genetics, and GIS.

Joanna's web page: http://www,k-state.edu/kscfwru/whittier/whittier.htm

Email Joanna: whittier@ksu.edu

Kevin Blecha is a Research Assistant in the Division of Biology. He recieved his B.S. in Biology in 2006, and has worked for the Coop unit since 2005. Duties include coordination of field/lab work on a variety of projects. His primary research interest include occupancy of terrestrial wildlife populations, evaluation of research techniques, and grassland ecosystem dynamics.  

Email: kevinb@ksu.edu




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