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Wildlife Ecology and Conservation department

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation department

University of Florida graduates in the Southern Cone

Jose Alberto Gobbi (Ph.D.) – Natural Resource Economist, Regional Coordinator for the Sustainable Ecosystem Management Project for Chaco and Formosa, National Institute of Agricultural and Ranching Technology (INTA), Chaco, Argentina.

Ivan Diaz (Ph.D.) - Director, School of Resource Conservation, Faculty of Forest Science and Natural Resources, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.

Martin Funes (M.S.) – Program Director, Patagonian and Southern Andean Steppe Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Argentina.

Mariano Gonzales Roglich (M.S., UF; Ph.D., Duke University) – Director of Ecosystem Analysis, Moore Center for Science, Conservation International

Jaimie Jiménez (MS, UF; Ph.D., Utah State University) – Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno, Chile.

Jose Luis Hierro (MS, UF; Ph.D., University of Montana) – Assistant Professor of Conservation Biology, National University of La Pampa, and CONICET researcher, Argentina.

Andres Novaro (Ph.D.) – Conservation Zoologist and Co-director, Patagonian and Southern Andean Steppe Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, and CONICET researcher, Argentina. One project of this WCS program -  “green” cashmere

Alejandro Pietrek (M.S., UF) - Currently Ph.D. student at Duke University conducting thesis research on the dynamics and impacts of introduced beavers in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.

Mariano Rodriguez Cabal (M.S., UF) – Currently Ph.D. student at University of Tennessee conducting thesis research on impacts of introduced species in the Andean forest of Patagonia.

Susan Walker (Ph.D.) – Co-director, Patagonian and Southern Andean Steppe Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Argentina (US citizen, permanent resident of Argentina). One project of this WCS program -  “green” cashmere

Diego Villarreal (M.S.) – Associate Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management, National University of La Pampa, Argentina.