Heather Brace
M.S.: 2003
Thesis: Inter-specific interaction between red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and gray foxes (urocyon cinereoargenteus) and preference for urban or undeveloped areas in Maryland
Current Position: Hippo Keeper, Woodland Park Zoo,  601 N. 59th St., Seattle, WA  98103.  
Address: www.zoo.org
Email: hbrace78@yahoo.com

David Cobb
M.S.: 1985; Ph.D. (NC State)
Thesis: Computer simulation modeling of Raccoon, Red Fox, and Gray Fox populations in Kentucky
Was: Wild Turkey Program Coordinator, then Non-Game Coordinator, then Assistant Bureau Chief for Biodiversity Conservation with Florida Game and Inland Fisheries
Current Position: Chief, Wildlife Management Division
Address: North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27604-1188
(Ph. 919-733-7291)
E-mail: cobbdt@mail.wildlife.state.nc.us
 

Mary Gamberg
M.S.: 1989
Thesis: Sources of variability in diet reconstruction from ermine scat analysis
Was: Biologist with the Canadian Wildlife Service
Current Position: Biologist, Gamberg Consulting
Address: Gamberg Consulting, Site 20, Comp 460, Whitehorse, YT Y1A 4Z6 Canada (Ph: 867-668-7023)
E-mail: gamberg@watson.net 

L. Scott Harp
M.S.: 2003 
Thesis:  Evaluation of wildlife response to Kentucky's pirvate lands technical guidance program
Current Position:  Private Lands Wildlife Biologist, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
Address: 492 St. Rt. 69 N., Hartford, KY  42347
(Ph. 270-298-3340 ext. 3)
Email: ScottHarp@hotmail.com

Michael Hill
M.S.: 1992, Ph.D. Univ. of Western Ontario 1997
Thesis: Movements and habitat use by wintering Greater Snow Geese on the Delmarva Peninsula
Was:  Waterfowl Biologist, Arkansas Game & Fish Commission
Current Position: Research Biologist, Ducks Unlimited Canada
Address: Saskatoon
E-mail: m_hill@ducks.ca

Emily (Horton) Dunbar
M.S.  2005
Thesis:  Status and  habitat use of wild hogs in Kentucky
Current Position:  Wildlife Research Biologist, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 35365 800th Ave., Madelia, MN 560602
E-mail: emjo77@hotmail.com

Eric Invanovich
M.S.: 2000
Thesis: The transferability of a predictive geographic information system model of Allegheny woodrat habitat in Kentucky (co-advised research with Dr. Stephen Sumithran)
Was: Coordinator of a multi-year, state-wide, water-resources GIS project at the University of Michigan.
Current:  GIS specialist, private engineering firm, Lexington, KY

Jason Klabon
M.S.: 1997
Thesis: Contextual analysis of the vocalizations of Giant Canada Geese
Current Position: Biologist, Bio-Life Associates
Address: 2312 Jersey St., Stevens Point, WI 54481 (Ph: 715-344-0318)
E-mail: jklabon@coredcs.com
 

Keith Krantz
M.S.: 1985
Thesis: The use of artificial den structures by raccoons and other wildlife in central Kentucky
Was: Wildlife Biologist with Florida Game and Fish
Current Position: Wildlife Area Manager, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources & Adjunct Professor at Marshall Univ. (Teaching a course on Environmental Interpretation)
Address: #8 Louie Court, Barboursville, WV 25504 (Ph. 304-736-4616)
 

Rebecca Littleton
M.S.: 1989
Thesis: Habitat use and behavior of ducks wintering at Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge
Current Position: Wildlife District Biologist, Kentucky
Address: London, KY (Ph. 606-878-9595)
 

Donna Painter
M.S.: 1991
Thesis: Home range characteristics of Bobcats in the Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky
Was: Lab Manager, Univ. Ky. Med. Ctr.
Current Position: Staff/Student
Address: Auburn School of Veterinary Medicine, Scott-Ritchey Research Center, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL 36849
(Ph: 334-844-5951)
E-mail: paintdj@mail.auburn.edu
 

Jeffrey Patterson
M.S.: 1986
Thesis: Density estimation of selected Raccoon populations in Kentucky
Current Position:  What are you doing Jeff?
Address: 273 Van Cortlandt Ave. E, Bronx, NY 10467 (Ph. 718-652-4156)
 

Linda Penry
M.S.: 1988
Thesis: Home range sizes and movement patterns of Bobcats in Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky
Was: Staff Biologist, USDA, APHIS, Animal Damage Control, Washington, DC
Current Position: Biologist
Address: APHIS-WS, National Wildlife Research Center, Great Plains Field Station, 2110 Miriam Circle, Bismarck, North Dakota 58501
(Ph. 701-250-4405)
 

Matt Pieron
M.S.: 2003
Thesis: Winter distribution patterns of Ontario-breeding mallards and black ducks
Was:  Ducks Unlimited, North American Waterfowl Management Plan private lands biologist
Current Position: Ph.D. candidate, Louisiana State University.  
Address: 1772 55th Ave. SE, Woodworth, ND 58496
(Ph. 701-752-4218; work)
Email:  MPDuckMan@aol.com or mpieron@ducks.org

Rebecca Stults
M.S.: 2003
Thesis: Applicability and testing of the habitat suitability index model for the swamp rabbit along Mayfield Creek, Ballard and Carlisle Counties, Kentucky
Current Position: Instructor, Paducah Community College, Paducah, KY
Address: 215 W. 8th St. Apt. B , Metropolis, IL 62960
(ph. 270-210-1302)
Email: bstults1@yahoo.com

Mark Vrtiska
M.S.: 1991, Ph.D. (Mississippi State), 1996
Thesis: Nest productivity, brood survival, and habitat use of Wood Ducks at the Sloughs Wildlife Management Area, Kentucky
Was:   Regional Biologist, Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Current Position:  Nebraska Waterfowl Program Specialist
Address: Lincoln, NE
E-mail:
 

Julianne (Whitaker) Hoagland
M.S.: 1988
Thesis: Home range characteristics of the Bobcat in the Cumberland Plateau region of eastern Kentucky
Was:  Furbearer Biologist, Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife Conservation
Current Position: Special Programs Biologist, Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife Conservation
Address: Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife Conservation, 1801 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73152
E-mail: jhoagland@oklaosf.state.ok.us
 

Jacqueline (White) Balassa
M.S.: 1989
Thesis: Breeding biology of Giant Canada Geese on strip-mined lands in western Kentucky
Was: Biologist, Ky. Division of Water, Frankfort
Current Position: Homemaker
Address: 420 Alfa Drive, Frankfort, KY 40601 (Ph. 502-875-1876)
E-mail: balassa@nrepc.nr.state.ky.us (Jeno's e-mail address)