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National Wildlife Research Center NWRC)

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Mark Tobin
Assistant Director

As an Assistant Director of the National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC), Dr. Tobin is responsible for providing leadership in the development, implementation, and evaluation of strategic goals, objectives, program initiatives, and policies of the Center.  He supervises research project leaders in the areas of agricultural and natural resources protection, wildlife contraception, protection of invasive species, and aviation safety.  Dr. Tobin is responsible for the collection and analysis of internal and external information to monitor program effectiveness and to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish the Center’s mission and clearly define the federal role in wildlife damage management.  The NWRC, located in Fort Collins, CO, employs more than 160 scientists and staff.

Expertise Keywords
 Wildlife ecology, human-wildlife conflicts, crop protection

Taxonomic Groups of Interest
Vertebrates

Education

  • Ph.D., University of California-Davis, Wildlife Ecology, "Conditioned aversions in three species of fruit-eating birds."
  • M. S., University of California-Davis, Wildlife Ecology
  • A. B., University of California-Berkeley, Zoology

Previous Positions

  • Project Leader, WS-NWRC Hawaii Field Station
  • Project Leader, WS-NWRC Mississippi Field Station
  • Research Associate (Postdoc), University of California-Davis
  • Research Associate (Postdoc), Cornell University

International Experience

  • Liberia, West Africa
  • Guam
  • New Zealand
  • Australia
  • Philippines
  • Bangladesh

Certifications

  • Certified Wildlife Biologist, The Wildlife Society

Contact Information

  • Address:  USDA/APHIS/WS/NWRC 4101 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado 80521
  • Telephone: 970-266-6036
  • Fax: 970-266-6040
  • E-mail: Mark.E.Tobin@aphis.usda.gov

     

Last Modified: July 26, 2012