Anastasia Krainyk, Ph.D.
Biography
I am a research ecologist with a focus on structured decision making and spatially explicit decision support tools for environmental management and conservation. My current project focuses on the development of a decision support tool for identifying landscapes most important to achieving waterfowl population, habitat, and social goals of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan at regional scales.
Education:
- Ph.D. Wildlife Management, 2016 Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX
Dissertation: Prioritizing Habitat Conservation for the Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula) Along the Western Gulf of Mexico Coast
- M.A Conservation Biology, 2011 Columbia University, New York, NY
Thesis: Application of Bio-Boundary Research to the Captive Management of African Wild Dogs (Lycoan pictus)
- B.S. Conservation Biology, 2009 SUNY-Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY
Professional Experience:
- POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ECOLOGIST, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, February 2017 - current
- ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF RESEARCH, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX, June 2016 - Janauary 2017
- PH.D. GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX, August 2012 - May 2016
- GIS SPECIALIST AND ANALYST, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX, January 2014 - July 2015
- M.A. GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology Department, Columbia University, New York, NY, August 2009 - May 2011
- FIELD RESEARCH TECHNICIAN, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, Brookville, IN, May 2008 - August 2008
- CONSERVATION BOILOGY RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Pinetop, AZ, May 2007 - August 2007
- LIMNOLOGY LABORATORY ASSISTANT, Limnology Department, SUNY-ESF, Syracuse, NY, September 2005 - May 2008