Lisanne Petracca
Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University
Dr. Petracca is the Principal Investigator of the Spatial and Population Ecology of Carnivores (SPEC) Lab and Assistant Professor of Carnivore Ecology at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute, Texas A&M University Kingsville. Dr. Petracca's research focuses broadly on quantitative approaches to gain a better understanding of carnivore populations. A large part of her Professorship is devoted to recovery of the federally endangered ocelot, a neotropical small felid that is the center of a multi-partner reintroduction effort. She is also Principal Investigator of the Texas Lion Project, which focuses on mountain lion population status and movement ecology in the US-Mexico borderlands region. Prior to entering academia, she spent nearly a decade as a Conservation Scientist and Geospatial Analyst at Panthera.
