Dr. Brittany Mosher joins the University of Vermont’s Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources as an Assistant Professor in the Wildlife and Fisheries Biology Program in October 2019. 

“We are delighted to have Dr. Mosher join the Rubenstein School faculty,” said Dean Nancy Mathews. “She adds great depth to our Wildlife and Fisheries Biology Program and Conservation Biology Concentration in Environmental Sciences with her extensive experience in herpetology, quantitative ecology, and wildlife diseases. Dr. Mosher has also actively engaged in academic programs to enhance inclusivity, diversity, and equity and will provide exceptional leadership within the School.”

Dr. Mosher’s research focuses on developing and applying quantitative methods across a range of taxa and conservation questions. She collaborates extensively with state, federal, and non-government conservation partners to generate knowledge that can be applied to conservation challenges. Her research interests span disease ecology, species distribution modeling, parameter estimation, natural resource decision-making, and identifying optimal study designs.

She has taught undergraduate-level wildlife courses at Colorado State University, co-instructed Program R workshops as part of The Wildlife Society annual meetings, and assisted with Program MARK workshops across the country. In the Rubenstein School, she will instruct wildlife courses, which may include Principles of Wildlife Management, Conservation Biology, Field Herpetology, Wetlands Wildlife, and Quantitative Ecology.

“I'm excited to join the Rubenstein School's close-knit community of excellent researchers and scholars,” said Dr. Mosher. “I'm especially looking forward to establishing interdisciplinary connections at UVM as I develop an applied wildlife research program and explore the beautiful state of Vermont.”

Dr. Mosher was most recently a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management at Pennsylvania State University and the U.S. Geological Survey’s Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. There, she developed new statistical methods to assess impacts of disease on amphibians and designed sampling protocols for amphibians and pathogens. She also completed postdoctoral research at Conservation Science Partners in Colorado and analyzed field camera data to address biological questions and management interventions related to wild pigs.

She completed her BS in Natural Resources at Cornell University, MS in Fish and Wildlife Management at Montana State University, and PhD in Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology at Colorado State University. Her dissertation research focused on understanding the disease dynamics of boreal toads and chytrid fungus in the southern Rocky Mountains, with the goal of informing conservation efforts.