Curriculum Vitae


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Education:

University of California, San Diego
September 2007-present
Ph.D. student
Section of Ecology, Behavior, & Evolution
Division of Biological Sciences

Advisor: David Woodruff

Princeton University
September 2001-May 2005
B.A. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Advisor: David Wilcove

Graduate Coursework:

Stable Isotopes in Ecology (fall 2008, Margaret Schoeninger)
Natural History of Coastal Habitats (spring 2008, Paul Dayton)
Classics in Ecology (winter 2008, Paul Dayton)
Biometry (fall 2007, Walter Jetz)

Conservation Genetics (fall 2007, David Woodruff)

Research Experience:

Wildlife Technician, San Clemente Island, California. Institute for Wildlife Studies, Feb.-July 2007
Field Assistant, Dr. Andreas Koenig, Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand. SUNY Stony Brook, June 2005-July 2006

Lab Assistant, Professor Martin Wikelski, Princeton University. September 2004-May 2005

Work Experience:

Conservation crew leader, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska. Student Conservation Association, July-August 2008
Conservation crew leader, Pictured Rocks National Park, Michigan. Student Conservation Assn., July-August 2007

Wilderness ranger, Mokelumne Wilderness, California. U.S. Forest Service, May-September 2003 & 2004

Publications:

Gibson L, Koenig A. In review. Neighboring groups and habitat edges modulate range use in Phayre's leaf monkeys (Trachypithecus phayrei). Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology.

Larney E, Whitty T, Gibson L, et al. 2007. Return of wild Phayre's leaf monkey infants to their social group in Phu Khieo Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society 55(1):193-196.    

Gibson L. 2006. The role of lethal control in managing the effects of apparent competition on endangered prey species. Wildlife Society Bulletin 34(4):1220-1224.