Administrative Director

School of the Environment
Faculty

School of the Environment and School of Biological Sciences, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences and College of Sciences
Area of Interest:
Nutrition, energetics, and ecology of grizzly bears and polar bears.

Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, College of Veterinary Medicine
Area of Interest:
Physiology, genetics, and ecology of bear hibernation

School of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Area of Interest:
Physiology, genetics, and evolution of bears
Staff

Animal Care and Facilities Manager
Campus Veterinary Support Staff

Director & Attending Veterinarian
Office of the Campus Veterinarian

Assistant Director – Campus Veterinary Services
Office of the Campus Veterinarian

Veterinary Specialist II
Office of the Campus Veterinarian
Current Graduate Students

Project:
- Energetics of grizzly bears

Research Scientists

School of the Environment, College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences, Washington State University
Nutrition, Energetics and Ecology of Polar Bears
Graduate Student Alumni

Animal Care Facilities Manager

Project:
- Seasonal changes in energy metabolism of adipocytes in grizzly bears

Projects:
- Genetic relatedness of brown bears in Katmai National Park
- Genetics of insulin resistance in hibernating grizzly bears

Bear Biologist, Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Prior Projects:
- Ecology of coastal brown bears in Katmai National Park
- Effects of increasing visitor use on the behavior of coastal brown bears

Prior Projects:
- Genetics of seasonal changes in grizzly bears
- Genetics of insulin resistance in the liver of hibernating grizzly bears

Prior Projects:
- Genetics of muscle atrophy resistance in hibernating brown bears
- Evolution of hibernation

Research Associate, Allen Institute for Cell Science, Seattle, WA
Prior Projects:
- Development of a protocol for the isolation and cultivation of brown bear adipocytes
- Changes in seasonal regulation of insulin sensitivity, food intake and adipose biology in brown bears

Field Technician, Ecological Associates Inc.
Prior Projects:
- Development of a protocol for the isolation and cultivation of brown bear adipocytes
- Changes in seasonal regulation of insulin sensitivity, food intake and adipose biology in brown bears

University of Saskatchewan Ph.D. program
Studying drivers behind polar bear movement
Prior Project:
Examining grizzly bear heart function and the systemic effects of a high saturated fat diet

Grizzly Bear Biologist, US Fish & Wildlife Service
Faculty Affiliate, W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation, University of Montana

Team Leader – Physiology & Nutrition
Grizzly Bear Biologist, US Fish & Wildlife Service

Research Wildlife Biologist, Alaska Science Center, USGS
Nutritional, physiological and population ecology of large mammals with particular focus on polar bears, black bears, grizzly bears, and Pacific walrus and anthropogenic effects on large mammals.

Polar Bear Biologist, Department of Environment, Government of Nunavut, Iqaluit, Canada

Regional Chief of Natural Resources, Anchorage, AK, National Park Service

Nutritionist, Mazuri Exotic Animal Nutrition

Director of Recruitment, Outreach, & Admissions
Hutton Honors College, University of Indiana


Wildlife Physiologist/Research Biologist, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Quality Control and Site Safety Manager, Verdesian Life Sciences
President, Bunch Grass Farm, Deary Idaho

Christy Welch, M.S.
Professor, Big Bend Community College
Biology and Botany