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John Whiteman, PhD
Originally from Minnesota, my work has taken me around the globe. I am now based at Old Dominion University, in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Click here for a pdf of my CV, and here for a profile video created by ODU.
Appointments
2025-current ● Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University
2022-current ● Chief Research Scientist, Polar Bears International
2020-2023 ● Conservation Fellow, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
2019-2025 ● Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University
Training
2015-2018 ● Post-Doc, Stable Isotope Biology, University of New Mexico
Advisor Seth Newsome
2015-2018 ● Post-Doc, Conservation, San Diego Zoo
Advisors Barbara Durrant and Megan Owen
2008-2014 ● PhD, Ecology, University of Wyoming
Advisors Merav Ben-David and Hank Harlow
2005-2008 ● MS, Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming
Advisor Steve Buskirk
1999-2003 ● BA, Biology, University of St. Thomas
Advisor Amy Verhoeven
Above: With an anesthetized sun bear at the Cambodian Bear Sanctuary, Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center, Cambodia.
Below: Inside the research submersible Alvin during a sample collection dive to the sea floor at a depth of 1,971 meters (1.2 miles) in the Gulf of Mexico.
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