Atuo's Ecology and Conservation Biology lab
Fidel Atuo (PhD): Fidel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. He earned his B.Sc. in Zoology from the University of Calabar, M.Sc. in Conservation Biology from the University of Jos, and a Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University. He was a Postdoc in the Lab of Dr. Zach Peery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses broadly on conservation of globally rare and declining species, human-wildlife interaction, and predator-prey interactions (see research tab).
Lucky Atabo: Lucky’s research aims to understand the role that novel anthropogenic disturbances play in shaping the distribution and population growth of apex predators. Combining new surveys with historical data, Lucky is investigating spatiotemporal patterns of occupancy and reproduction as a consequence of expanding oil and gas activities. Before joining our lab as a graduate student in 2023, Lucky was a field technician on our Fire Impacts on Wildlife project in Yankari Game Reserve from January 2022 to June 2023 and received the 2023 IdeaWild's small equipment grant for biodiversity research to support his research. Lucky earned his BS in Biology from the Federal University Lokoja, Nigeria, in 2021 and completed an undergraduate thesis titled “Assessment of faunal diversity in Federal University Lokoja Botanical Garden.” He has contributed data to the Nigerian Bird Atlas Team (NIBAP), BDI Citizen Science, and iNaturalist.
Lab Alumni
Nguvan Agaigbe: Nguvan completed her MS thesis "Distribution and space use of an upland game bird (Stone Partridge) in a Sudan Savanna landscape" in 2023. She is currently a PhD student in the laboratory of Dr. Barney Luttbeg at Oklahoma State University.
Aline Da Rocha Takanashi: Aline completed her MS studies in 2022 and is currently working as a Production Assistant with BioKyowa Inc. She investigated the impacts of oil and gas extraction on Mississippi Kite habitat use in a mixed-grass prairies for her Capstone project.
Jennifer (Jennie) Paul.
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Undergraduate student research
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Joshua (Josh) Koenig
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Nick Freeman
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Jarod Mercer
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Riley Ryburn