Emily L Weiser, Ph.D.
Emily Weiser is a Wildlife Biologist providing quantitative support to projects at the Alaska Science Center.
Previously, Emily provided statistical support to the Monarch Conservation Science Partnership to develop a continental-scale sampling strategy for monarch butterflies and the resources that sustain them, collaborated with a large network of researchers to conduct demographic analyses for shorebirds in the Arctic, worked closely with conservation managers to improve genetic and demographic viability of forest birds in New Zealand, and worked with partners on Alaska's North Slope to assess the effects of human activity on Glaucous Gulls and their prey.
Professional Experience
2019 - Present: Wildlife Biologist, Alaska Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, AK
2016 - 2019: Biologist, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, U.S. Geological Survey, La Crosse, WI
2014 - 2016: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
Education and Certifications
PhD, Zoology, University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand); 2014
MSc, Wildlife Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks; 2010
BA, Biology, Colby College (Maine, USA); 2004