Richard J. Douglass professor/dept. head rdouglass@mtech.edu (406) 496-4450

My interests are in vertebrate ecology.  I have worked with salmon migrations, arctic wildlife and conducted ecological monitoring projects in Canada, Alaska and Colorado.  I am currently working on emerging and infectious diseases (hantavirus) ecology in Montana, Argentina and Panama.

Education and Training

1968                   B.S., Zoology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

1970                   M.S., Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

2001                   Ph.D., Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

Appointments

1983-present     Montana Tech, Assist. Prof., Assoc. Prof.,  Professor, Biological Sciences

1983-present     Montana State Univ., Adjunct Assist. Prof., Assoc. Prof., Professor, Biology

1984-present     University of Montana, Adjunct Professor, Biology

2000 (Spring)    C.E.A.N., Junin de los Andes, Argentina, Visiting Ecologist

1990                    University of Turin, Visit. Prof. of Biology, Faculty of Veter. Medicine

1986                    Montana Tech, Acting Research Director 

1979-1982         LGL Ecological Research Associates, Fairbanks, AK and Grand  Junction CO, Vertebrate Ecologist

1979                   University of Alaska, Acting Assistant Professor

1973-1979         Renewable Resources Consulting Services, Edmonton, Alberta and Fairbanks, AK, Vertebrate Ecologist

Honors

1993                    Mershon Award for Science, Montana Academy of Science

1996                    Couer D'Alene Professor of the Year

1999                    Bush Professor of the Year

1999                    Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, C.A.S.E., Professor of the Year

2003                    Life Time Research Award, Montana Tech

Professional Membership and Activities

Director of Montana longitudinal hanta virus research for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Director of NIH funded INBRE program.  Including PI and CoPl on peridomestic hantavirus studies

Technical Advisor for longitudinal hanta virus studies for CEAN in Neuquen Province Argentina

Non-paid consultant for predator-prey studies, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Director of MT Tech's participation in the NIH supported Montana Network for Biomedical Research Opportunities (BRIN and INBRE)

Chairman, Editorial Board, Intermountain Journal of Sciences

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