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Weckworth
Regional Scientist and China Program Director
Snow Leopard Program, Panthera
bweckworth@panthera.org
Current Employment
5/2012- Regional Scientist and China Program Director for the NGO Panthera’s snow leopard project.
Present: Coordinate research and field efforts on snow leopard related projects across Central Asia. This
includes capture and radio collaring animals, ungulate surveys, conservation genetics, community
conservation projects, supervising graduate students and collaborating with multiple partners
(NGOs, Universities and Government agencies). Direct and coordinate research and conservation
programs across all China partners.
Education
Peking University, Beijing, China - Post-doctoral Fellow at Center for Nature and Society
University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada - PhD in Environmental Design
Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, USA - MS in Biological Sciences
University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA - BA in Biology with emphasis in Zoology
Book Chapters
3. Caragiulo A, Amato G, Weckworth BV (2016) The role of genetics: conservation genetics of snow leopards. In:
Snow Leopards (eds McCarthy T, Mallon D), 664 pp. Elsevier.
2. ,Robinson H & Weckworth BV (2016) Landscape ecology: linking landscape metrics to ecological processes. In:
Snow Leopards (eds McCarthy T, Mallon D), 664 pp. Elsevier.
1. Liu Y, Weckworth B, Li J, Xiao L, Zhao X (2016) China: The Tibetan Plateau, Sanjiangyuan Region. In: Snow
Leopards (eds McCarthy T, Mallon D), 664 pp. Elsevier.
Contributed Media
Weckworth, BV (2009) Interviews published in over 70 International News Websites, Newspapers and Radio in North
America and Europe. Topic: Publication of paper: McDevitt et al. Survival in the Rockies of an endangered
hybrid swarm from diverged caribou (Rangifer tarandus) lineages. Molecular Ecology 18:665-679.
• Canadian Press, Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun, Toronto Sun, The Star, Winnipeg Free Press, The Chronicle
Herald, West Island Chronicle, among other newspapers in Canada
• Local Calgary TV
• CBC Radio and Radio-Canada International in Latin America
• Discovery Channel News
Weckworth, BV (2011) Radio interview with CBC North discussing caribou genetic work across western North
America: http://www.cbc.ca/thetrailbreaker/episodes/2011/08/26/caribou-ancestry/
Weckworth, BV (2015) hour long radio interview with Raven Radio in Sitka, AK for nature series:
http://www.sitkanature.org/wordpress/2015/03/29/raven-radio-show-76-byron-weckworth/
Weckworth, BV (2016) Multiple interviews published across a variety of online blogs and news websites pertaining
to our study: Li J et al. Climate refugia of snow leopards in high Asia. Biological Conservation, 203, 188-196
7/2012- Post-doctoral associate at Peking University, Beijing, China with Dr. Lu Zhi in the School of Life
6/2014: Sciences. Research focus on snow leopard population dynamics and carnivore community ecology
on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai Province, China.
7/2007- PhD research on phylogenetics, population and landscape genetic, and predator-prey dynamics of
6/2012: wolves and caribou in the Canadian Rockies. Field activities include caribou habitat sampling,
wolf, caribou and moose captures and collaring, kill site searches, telemetry flights, coordination
of aerial captures, and organizing field activities with other students and technicians.
1/2004- Research Technician in Kim Scribner’s lab at Michigan State University; led molecular lab
8/2005: component to assess population dynamics of white-tail deer in relation to chronic wasting disease.
8/2001- Masters Thesis research on the population dynamics and phylogeography of wolves (Canis
12/2003: lupus) in the Pacific Northwest.
5/2001- Field research technician for the Rocky Mountain Research Station. Assessment of impacts of
8/2001: cattle grazing on stream habitat for endangered fish.
6/2000- Wildlife technician for the University of Tennessee capturing and studying the ecology of black
11/2000: bears (Ursus americanus) in eastern North Carolina.
4/1999- Research assistant for research on the mechanical output in bird flight, effects of body size on
5/2000: foraging strategies in birds, and Brewer’s/Timberline sparrow distribution and song complexity
Graduate Advising
• Imogene Cancellare, University of Delaware (Committee member, PhD ongoing)
• Safia Janjua, Wright State University (Committee member, PhD ongoing)
Teaching Experience
• Teaching Assistant (TA) at ISU, Fall 2001, undergraduate biology majors lab in zoology
• TA at UCR, Fall 2005 and Winter 2007, upper-level undergraduate course in genetics
• TA at UCR, Winter 2006, undergraduate non-majors lab in organismal biology and evolution
• TA at UCR, Spring and Fall 2006, undergraduate majors lab in ecology and evolution
• TA at UCR, Spring 2007, upper-level undergraduate majors lab in terrestrial vertebrate ecology
Professional Affiliations
• United States Geological Survey, Molecular Genetics Lab in Anchorage (since 2002)
• Society for Conservation Biology (since 2000)
• American Society of Mammalogists (since 2005)
• Alberta Sustainable Resource and Development Fish and Wildlife Management (2007-2012)
• Parks Canada (since 2007)
• Bow Valley Naturalists (2009-2012)
• Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (2009-2012)
• Shan Shui (since 2012)
• Snow Leopard Trust (since 2012)
• Beijing Forestry University – Wildlife Institute (since 2015)
• Wildlife Conservation Society-China (since 2015)
Professional Service
• Reviewer for Biological Conservation, Conservation Genetics, Evolutionary Applications, Journal of
Applied Ecology, Journal of Biogeography, Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, Journal of Heredity,
Journal of Mammalogy, Journal of Wildlife Management, Molecular Ecology, Oryx, Ursus
• Student representative on search/hiring committee for Conservation Ecologist faculty position (UCR 2007)
• Student representative on hiring committee for Athena Chair faculty position (UC 2008)
• Student representative on PhD admissions committee (UC 2009)