Robert Lonsinger

Title

Adjunct Faculty / Associate Graduate Faculty

Office Building

Edgar S. McFadden Biostress Lab

Office

138

Mailing Address

McFadden Biostress Laboratory 138
Natural Resource Management-Box 2140B
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Education

• Ph.D. in natural resources | University of Idaho | 2015
• M.S. in wildlife science | New Mexico State University | 2010
• B.S. in biology | Gannon University | 2002

Academic Interests

• Wildlife ecology
• Mammalogy
• Conservation genetics
• Carnivore ecology

Academic Responsibilities

Courses:

• Principles of Wildlife Management (WL 411/L)
• Introduction to Wildlife and Fisheries Management (WL 220)

Committees and Professional Memberships

• The Wildlife Society
• American Society of Mammalogists
• Ecological Society of America

Work Experience

• Assistant professor, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, College of Natural Resources (2016-2018)
• Postdoctoral research scientist, New Mexico State University/USGS Cooperative Research Unit (2016)
• Regional wildlife biologist, Idaho Department of Fish and Game (2010-2012)

Areas of Research

I am an applied ecologist. My professional interests include conservation genetics, landscape ecology, community ecology and the roles of predation and competition in driving space use by species. Although my research tends to utilize carnivore species as model organisms, the approaches I commonly employ (e.g., conservation genetic analyses, capture-recapture modeling, occupancy modeling) are amendable to many taxa and systems. My research aims to advance our understanding of ecological processes, while confronting applied problems with ecological hypotheses and to elucidate processes driving complex population dynamics and inform wildlife management. To this end, I use a combination of intensive field-based research, laboratory-based methods and ecological modeling. I strive to be collaborative; only though diversity in thoughts can we expect to tackle some of the most pressing and emerging management needs.