Jared Beaver, Ph.D.
Education: Ph.D., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University; 2017 M.S., Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, University of Tennessee; 2011 B.S., Biology, Wake Forest University; 2008 Professional Experience: Assistant Professor and Extension Wildlife Specialist, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, MSU; 2020-present Leopold Fellow and Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biology, Wake Forest University; 2018-2020 Distance Education Coordinator and Research Assistant, Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, Texas A&M University; 2014-2017 County Extension Agent and Water and Natural Resources Program Coordinator, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service – Bexar County; 2013-2014. Graduate Research Assistant (Ph.D.), Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University; 2011-2017. Research Assistant, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University – Kingsville; 2011 Grad Research Assistant (M.S.), Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries; University of Tennessee; 2009-2011 |
Taylor Bayne (M.S.)
Project Title: Testing New Technology For Wildlife-Livestock Conflict Mitigation: An Evaluation of AI Enabled Camera Traps Education: B.A., Psychology, Ave Maria University, 2017 Professional Experience: Graduate Research Assistant (M.S.), Department of Animal and Range Sciences, MSU; 2021-present Ranch Technician, Snowcrest Ranch, Turner Enterprises, Inc., Montana; 2020 Seasonal Bison Worker, Snowcrest Ranch, Turner Enterprises, Inc., Montana; 2018 &2019 |
Trapper Haynam (Ph.D.)
Project Title: Space use, Movements, and Demography of Greater Sage-grouse in Northcentral Montana Education: B.A., Biology (Ecology and Organismal Biology), University of Montana; 2010. B.S., Geology (Environmental), University of Montana; 2010. M.S., Systems Ecology, University of Montana; 2017. |
Elizabeth Leipold (Ph.D.)
Project Title: Estimating the Occurrence, Distribution, and Abundance of Dusky Grouse. Education: B.S., Biology, Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland; 2011. M.S., Fisheries and Wildlife Ecology, New Mexico State University; 2018. |
Hunter Stier (M.S.)
Project Title: Utility and validation of ESD soil sampling within sage-grouse habitats in Northcentral Montana Education: B.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 2013 |
Ray Beaver
Ray has chosen MSU to pursue a degree that will allow him to both get involved in research and engage in a field which will create to be outdoors. In Ray's spare time he enjoys hunting and fishing. Education: B.S, natural Resources and Rangeland Ecology (in progress) Professional Experience: Intern at Carolina Waterfowl Rescue 2021 |
Olivia Gervacio Jakabosky
Olivia, as lab manager, assists the lab in outreach, presentation, and social engagement. She is currently evaluating the effects of anthropogenic structures, such as roads and trails, on Western Montana grouse abundance. In addition, she is working on a interdisciplinary ecological-sociological study regarding the effects of electric cables on the behaviour of black-and-gold howler monkeys in Pilar, Paraguay. Education: B.S., Conservation Biology & Ecology with Sociology & Global Studies minor (in progress) Professional Experience: Primatology Intern, Para La Tierra, Pilar, Paraguay 2021 Lab Technician, Debinski Lab, Montana State University 2019 Lab Assistant, Cross Lab, Montana State University 2020 Click here for detailed work. |
Morgan Monroe
Morgan is currently working on an undergraduate research project that uses camera traps in a winter biodiversity study investigating the abundance of wildlife species in different livestock pastures across the Red Bluff Research Ranch. Education: B.S., Fish and Wildlife Ecology and Management (in progress) Professional Experience: Wildlife Intern, Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks 2019-2022 Trail Crew Corpsmember, Mile High Youth Corps, Colorado Springs, CO 2021 Wildlife Caretaker, Bear Country U.S.A, Rapid City, SD 2019 |