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The Megacarcass working group gains a Fulbright Scholar
Ryan Helcoski, pictured here preparing bone samples for a laboratory analysis, has been a member of the team since 2022. He has recently...
Aug 26, 2024


In the news - Ajubatas Foundation
Check out the article about us on the Ajubatas Foundation website!
Jul 20, 2023


Courtney Reed joins the team at UCSB!
Courtney joins the team as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research focuses on scaling...
Jul 20, 2023


First field excursion a success!
The PI team headed to Kruger National Park in June, 2022 to visit with local collaborators and search for prospective elephant carcass...
Jul 26, 2022


Ryan Helcoski joins the team as a PhD student at USU
Ryan is a former Smithsonian dendrochronologist and highly effective zoology teacher from the Western School of Technology and...
Jul 26, 2022


Awarded NSF funding to study the ecological legacy effects of megacarcasses in African savannahs
Our team was awarded funding from the National Science Foundations Division of Environmental Biology in the 2021 cycle for our...
Sep 7, 2021


2 Fully Funded Positions for PhD Graduate Research Assistantships (Application Period CLOSED)
We have two, fully funded PhD positions, one at Utah State University and one at Marquette University. Come join us in the field in South...
Sep 7, 2021

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