Bio

Awards

2018, The Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor Award

Publications

• Management Effects on Gastrointestinal Disease in Red Wolves (Canis rufus) Under Human Care: A Retrospective Study , Animals (2024)
• Exploring the behaviors and social preferences of a large, multigenerational herd of zoo‐housed southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) , Zoo Biology (2023)
• Ungulate responses and habituation to unmanned aerial vehicles in Africa’s savanna , PLoS ONE (2023)
• Increasing browse and social complexity can improve zoo elephant welfare , Zoo Biology (2020)
• Characterizing gastrointestinal transit time in four lemur species using barium‐impregnated polyethylene spheres (BIPS) , American Journal of Primatology (2004)
• Use of total dietary fiber across four lemur species (Propithecus verreauxi coquereli, Hapalemur griseus griseus, Varecia variegata, and Eulemur fulvus): Does fiber type affect digestive efficiency? , American Journal of Primatology (2004)
• Fecal Inoculum Can Be Used to Determine the Rate and Extent of In Vitro Fermentation of Dietary Fiber Sources across Three Lemur Species That Differ in Dietary Profile: Varecia variegata, Eulemur fulvus and Hapalemur griseus , Journal of Nutrition (2002)
• Chemical Analysis of Six Commercial Adult Iguana, Iguana iguana, Diets , Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery (2001)
• Use of local North Carolina browse species to supplement the diet of a captive colony of folivorous primates (Propithecus sp.) , Zoo Biology (2001)
• Description of the gastrointestinal tract of five lemur species: Propithecus tattersalli, Propithecus verreauxi coquereli, Varecia variegata, Hapalemur griseus, and Lemur catta , American Journal of Primatology (2000)