Dr. Laurel E.K. Serieys
Africa & USA
Wildlife Biologist
Laurel is a conservation biologist with a special interest in promoting the conservation of small wild cats through research and education. Her work spans three continents including North America, Africa, and Asia. Although her work has largely focused on wild cats, she has an interest in questions focused on wildlife spatial ecology, genetics, and ecotoxicology and immunology. For her PhD research through University of California, Los Angeles, she examined how common anticoagulant rat poisons and urbanization impact bobcat immune function. For her postdoctoral research, she founded and coordinated the Urban Caracal Project in Cape Town, South Africa. She also simultaneously managed a 2-year bobcat project in Santa Cruz, California, USA. Her data and expertise has played a pivotal role in increased regulation surrounding consumer access to toxic rat poisons in the State of California. She has mentored students in the United States, South Africa, and Sri Lanka and welcomes new opportunities to mentor individuals with like-interests anywhere in the world. For more information about Laurel's work, see her websites fwob.org and urbancaracal.org.