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Arthur Middleton is associate professor of wildlife policy and management in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley. He received a Master of Environmental Management degree from Yale University in 2007, and a PhD in ecology from the University of Wyoming in 2012. He conducted postdoctoral research as a Donnelly Fellow at Yale University. Professor Middleton’s research group studies the effects of environmental change on the behavioral, population, and community ecology of wide-ranging wildlife, with emphasis on habitat conservation and human-wildlife conflict reduction. He has led a variety of research initiatives that connect wildlife movements to large-landscape conservation, and has often collaborated with photographers, artists, filmmakers, and media organizations to communicate about science and conservation to the public. Professor Middleton currently advises the Biden Administration on its America the Beautiful conservation initiative, through an appointment as Senior Advisor for Wildlife Conservation at USDA. He will lead the establishment of the Stone Center for Large Landscape Conservation and the Beyond Yellowstone Living Lab.