Principle Investigators

Dr. James Forester's overall goal of his research is to develop an understanding of the spatio-temporal processes that affect the distribution and abundance of organisms. He is interested in how animals alter their habitat selection and movement paths in response to heterogeneity in resources and risk. His research covers a range of spatial and temporal scales but is focused primarily on how large, mammalian herbivores respond to changing landscapes. 

Dr. Meggan Craft is an infectious disease ecologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota. After her undergraduate degree, she lived in East Africa before beginning her PhD on disease dynamics in African Lions. She now leads a research lab aiming to understand infectious disease dynamics in animal populations, with the motivating question: How do animal contact structure and movement affect the spread of infectious disease?

Graduate Researchers

Geoff Miller is a PhD candidate in the Ecology, Evolution and Behavior department at the University of Minnesota. Geoff's research focuses on how humans affect the interactions between coyotes and foxes in urban environments, and what implications those effects have on coyote and fox behaviors and space use.

Past Team Members

Dr. Nick McCann is a Wildlife Ecologist who contributes to wildlife conservation & management by conducting applied research. By cooperating with federal, tribal, state, & local agencies, he tries to answer these seemingly simple questions: where do animals go, when do they go there, & for what purpose? His research experience is broad, including investigations of habitat selection, movement ecology, survival, physiology, & activity patterns for American marten, fisher, Canada lynx, snowshoe hare, moose, elk, coyote, & fox. Nick was the lead principal investigator who initiated the TCCFP.