Wyoming People

Anna Chalfoun Assistant Unit Leader Email: achalfou@uwyo.edu Tel: (307) 766 - 6966

Anna holds a BA degree in Biology from Smith College, an MS in Wildlife Biology and Conservation Biology from the University of Missouri, and a PhD in Wildlife Biology from the University of Montana, mentored by Dr. Tom Martin. After a brief post-doctoral period with Dr. Craig Benkman at the University of Wyoming in 2007, Anna joined the faculty at the University of Wyoming as a Research Scientist in 2008. She was hired as the Assistant Unit Leader for Wildlife at the Wyoming Unit in 2011. Anna’s work has focused on understanding the mechanisms underlying animal habitat selection at multiple spatial scales, the contexts under which habitat choices are adaptive, life history strategies including parental care behaviors, and the influence of anthropogenic habitat change on non-game wildlife.

Matthew Kauffman Unit Leader Email: mkauffm1@uwyo.edu Website: http://www.wyocoopunit.org/ Tel: (307) 766 - 6404

Matt grew up in rural southern Oregon, the son of a horse logger and an elementary schoolteacher. He has an undergraduate degree in Biology from the University of Oregon and a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Matt has worked on topics that include the management and recovery of peregrine falcons, habitat quality and fidelity of North Pacific whale species, the effects of range management on carnivores in southern Africa, the dynamics of elk populations, and interactions among wolves, elk and aspen.

Annika Walters Assistant Unit Leader Email: awalter8@uwyo.edu Tel: (307) 766 - 5473

Dr. Annika Walters joined the Wyoming unit in 2011. Prior to that Annika was a post-doctoral researcher at the Northwest Fisheries Science Center and at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Amanda (Mandi) Larson Office Administrator Email: mbarry@uwyo.edu Tel: (307) 766 - 2601

Alison Shaver Office Assistant Sr. Email: alebeda@uwyo.edu

Anika Mahoney Email: anikamahoney@gmail.com

Anika Mahoney is a MS candidate based in the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Department of Zoology and Physiology.

Jason Carlisle Email: jason.d.carlisle@gmail.com

Jason Carlisle is a Ph.D candidate based in the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Department of Zoology and Physiology.

Alyson Courtemanch Email: acourtem@uwyo.edu Website: http://www.wyocoopunit.org/index.php/test/alyson-courtemanch/ Tel: (307) 766 - 6415

Alyson Courtemanch is currently an M.S. student in the Wyoming Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Wyoming.

Matthew Hethcoat Email: mhethcoa@uwyo.edu

Matthew Hethcoat is a MS candidate based in the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Department of Zoology and Physiology.

Joslin Heyward Email: jheyward@uwyo.edu

Joslin Heyward is a MS candidate based in the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Department of Zoology and Physiology.

Kaylan Hubbard Email: khubbar4@uwyo.edu

Kaylan Hubbard is a MS candidate based in the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Department of Zoology and Physiology.

Jennifer Jones Email: jjones60@uwyo.edu Website: http://www.wyocoopunit.org/index.php/test/jenny-jones/ Tel: (307) 766 - 6415

Jenny Jones is a MS candidate based in the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Department of Zoology and Physiology.

Doug Keinath Email: DKeinath@uwyo.edu Website: http://www.wyocoopunit.org/index.php/test/doug-keinath/ Tel: (307) 766 - 3013

Doug Keinath is a Ph.D candidate in the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Department of Zoology and Physiology.

Arthur Middleton Email: amiddle2@uwyo.edu Website: http://www.wyocoopunit.org/index.php/test/arthur-middleton/ Tel: (307) 766 - 6415

Arthur Middleton is a Ph.D. candidate in the Program in Ecology at the University of Wyoming, based in the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit within the Department of Zoology and Physiology.

Kevin Monteith Email: kmonteit@uwyo.edu Website: http://www.wyocoopunit.org/index.php/test/kevin-monteith/ Tel: (307) 766 - 6415

Kevin is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate with the Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Wyoming.

Thomas Morrison Email: tmorri19@uwyo.edu Website: http://www.wyocoopunit.org/index.php/test/tom-morrison/ Tel: (307) 766 - 9104

Tom is a postdoctoral researcher in the Wyoming Coop Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.

Janess Vartanian Email: jvartani@uwyo.edu Website: http://www.wyocoopunit.org/index.php/test/janess-vartanian/ Tel: (307) 766 - 6415

Janess Vartanian is a MS candidate based in the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Department of Zoology and Physiology.

Teal Wyckoff Email: wyckoff@uwyo.edu Website: http://www.wyocoopunit.org/index.php/test/teal-wyckoff/

Teal Wyckoff is an M.S. student in the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit and Department of Zoology and Physiology at the University of Wyoming.

Leah Yandow Email: lyandow@uwyo.edu

Leah Yandow is a MS candidate based in the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Department of Zoology and Physiology.