WÂ Walter
Assistant Unit Leader at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolW Walter is an Assistant Unit Leader at the U.S. Geological Survey with nine years of post-Ph.D. experience translating spatial ecology into actionable wildlife management insights. He specializes in modeling disease dynamics and movement ecology of ungulates across North America, combining Program R, GIS, and stable isotope analyses to link nutrition, movement, and invasive species impacts at landscape scales. He has nearly five years of postdoctoral research at the National Wildlife Research Center and teaches graduate courses in spatial ecology, movement analysis, home range estimation, and disease epidemiology. Based in Bethlehem, PA, he blends rigorous quantitative methods with field-informed perspectives, often revealing subtle nutritional or isotopic signatures that explain population-level disease patterns.
9 years of coding experience
Master’s Degree, Wildlife Ecology, Master’s Degree, Wildlife Ecology at University of New HampshireBachelor’s Degree, Wildlife Biology, Bachelor’s Degree, Wildlife Biology at State University of New York College of Environmental Sciences and ForestryDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Wildlife Ecology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Wildlife Ecology at Oklahoma State UniversityGithub contributions (5)
walterASEL/Walter-Datasets
Mar 2017 - Sep 2022
Contributions:116 commits, 108 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 7 months
walterASEL/walterASEL.git.io
Jan 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:41 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 1 month
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