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Matthias Leu

Professor and Chair

Office: Integrated Science Center 3267
Phone: 757-221-7497
Email: mleu@wm.edu
Read more: https://sites.google.com/view/leulab/home

Areas of Specialization

I am a conservation biologist with a broad interest in how human actions influence ecological processes and biodiversity.  My research focuses on large-scale approaches that model the human footprint, the cumulative effects of human actions across large-scales, and how humans affect species distributions. In addition, I am also interested in how climate variability and change affect species distribution and demography.  In all my research I strive to provide tools, in the form of spatially-explicit models, which can be implemented in conservation actions.

Teaching

  • Conservation Biology
  • Human-Wildlife Conflicts in the Anthropocene
  • GIS for Biologists
  • Marine Ecology and Conservation 
  • Experimental Design

Background

Year of arrival: 2009, Professor College of William and Mary

Previous Positions:

  • Conservation Biology in the Biology Department at William & Mary, 2009
  • Ecologist with the USGS, 2003-2009
  • Post Doctoral in Dr. Steve Knick's lab with NRC, 2002-2003
  • Post Doctoral in Dr. Marzluff's lab investigating the effects of campgrounds on the distribution on songbird nest predators, 2001-2002

Education:

  • University of Washington, B.S.  Zoology, 1992
  • University of Washington, M.S. Wildlife Management and Conservation, 1995
  • University of Washington, Ph.D. Wildlife Management and Conservation, 2000