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Welcome to Midwest Biological. I provide consulting services to assist universities, government agencies, non-government organizations, and the private sector in developing research sampling and modeling designs, analyzing data with modern statistical models, and publishing results in client reports or peer-reviewed journals. Most of my published research is focused on the estimating the influence of land management, habitat, and environmental variables on wildlife population parameters (survival, fecundity, occupancy, abundance, population growth, etc.) and habitat selection. Email me if you are interested in contracting me to collaborate on a project. My contract rates vary widely depending on the nature of the work, and I often provide discounted or pro bono service if the research is really interesting, funding is limited, and presents the opportunity to co-author a peer-reviewed publication. Thank you for visiting Midwest Biological.

My background

2013-current, Statistics Consultant, Midwest Biological Services, Cottage Grove, Wisconsin.

2015-2017, Wildlife Biologist/Statistician, Stantec Consulting, Cottage Grove, Wisconsin.

2011-2013, Research Biologist and Founding Director of the American Kestrel Partnership, The Peregrine Fund.

2010, Postdoctoral Visiting Research Fellow, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Occupancy and abundance models for at-risk grassland bird species in relation to land management and habitat in prairie Canada.

2009, Ph.D., Applied Ecology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Demographic models for Sturnella meadowlarks and other grassland passerines in the Nebraska Sandhills.

2005, M.Sc., Wildlife Science, Texas Tech University. Diet and demographic models for nesting Ferruginous Hawks and Swainson's Hawks in the short-grass prairie of Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.

2001, B.Sc., Biology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.