Summary
Erika Barthelmess is a conservation biologist and vertebrate ecologist with over two decades of academic experience, currently a Professor of Biology at St. Lawrence University where she coordinates the Conservation Biology major. She studies mammalian ecology with a distinctive focus on North American porcupines and integrates field research, classroom teaching, and student-led projects like NatureUpNorth. Erika teaches a broad suite of courses from General Biology to Behavioral Ecology and regularly leads interdisciplinary study-abroad work on pastoralism and wildlife conservation in Kenya. Known for hands-on undergraduate mentorship, she also helps build local scientific communities as co-leader of the North Country R Users Group, bridging ecological research and open-data analysis.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology at University of Kansas
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Biology/Biological Sciences, General, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Biology/Biological Sciences, General at Earlham College