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CURRICULUM VITAE THOMAS S. SMITH Ph.D. January 2016 Mailing Addresses: Office: Residential: 5050 LSB 2445 Canyon Road Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences Springville, UT 84663 Brigham Young University Ph: 801 836-9623 Provo, UT 84602 Ph: 801 422-2151 E-mail: tom_smith@ EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL WORK HISTORY Education History: Purdue University, Indiana; ecology major; 1974-1975. GPA 3.68 Brigham Young University, Utah; zoology major; 1978-1982; B.S. awarded 1982. GPA 3.65 University of Alaska – Fairbanks; wildlife management major; 1984-1986; M.S. awarded 1987. Thesis title: “Patterns of Activity and Snow-Related Behavior of Wintering Reindeer Rangifer tarandus on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska”. GPA 3.98 Brigham Young University, Utah; wildlife ecology major; 1986-1992; Ph.D. awarded 1992. Dissertation title: “The bighorn sheep of Bear Mountain: ecological investigations and management recommendations”. GPA 3.66 Professional Work History: Research Wildlife Biologist/Associate Professor – Brigham Young University August 2006 to Present Brigham Young University 451 WIDB Provo, UT 84602 As a research wildlife biologist at BYU, I am focused on bear, bighorn and bobcat research. I have been studying polar bear Ursus maritimus denning ecology on the North Slope of Alaska for the past 15 years. Other work focuses on bear-human conflict in Alaska black, brown and polar and Utah black bear . A new project in India is focused on sloth bear-human conflict and seeks to find ways to minimize interactions between the two species. Bobcat research in northwestern Utah investigates bobcat-habitat relationships, individual movements, home ranges, and population dynamicsI currently teach non-majors biology, wildlife management techniques, a safety course as well as graduate courses in carnivore ecology, animal behavior, and research problems. Research Wildlife Ecologist – US Geological Survey USGS October 1993 to 2006 US Department of the Interior