{"id":641,"date":"2016-10-17T23:21:58","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T23:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/?page_id=641"},"modified":"2026-09-17T19:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T19:16:07","slug":"scientific-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/scientific-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Editor-in-Chief<a href=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/10\/Snowmobile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-622 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2015\/10\/Snowmobile.jpg\" alt=\"snowmobile\" width=\"247\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong>Journal of Wildlife Management 2013-2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editorial Board<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Journal of Wildlife Management 2015-2016<\/li>\n<li>Wildlife Monographs 2015-2014<\/li>\n<li>PlosOne 2012-2014<\/li>\n<li>Journal of Wildlife Management 2010-2012<\/li>\n<li>Wildlife Research 2009-2010<\/li>\n<li>Wildlife Professional 2008-2010<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Positions in Professional Organizations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Incoming President,\u00a0TWS Executive Board,\u00a0 <em>The Wildlife Society 2025<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Vice President, TWS Executive Board,\u00a0 <em>The Wildlife Society 2024-2025<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Member, Positions Statement Committee, <em>The Wildlife Society 2022-2024<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Chair, Publications Committee, <em>The Wildlife Society 2022-2024<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Chair, Positions Statement Committee, <em>The Wildlife Society 2020-2021<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Member, Publications Committee, <em>The Wildlife Society 2019-2021<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Canadian Section Representative, <em>The Wildlife Society <\/em>2018-2024<\/li>\n<li>Board member, Canadian Section of Wildlife Society 2018-2022<\/li>\n<li>Board Member,<em>CCAC Guidelines Review, Canadian Council on Animal Care <\/em>2018<\/li>\n<li>Board Member,<em>Management Plan for Rocky Mountain Elk, BC Government <\/em>2018<\/li>\n<li>Co-Chair,<em>Conservation Grants Subcommittee Boone &amp; Crockett Club\u00a0<\/em>2012-2018<\/li>\n<li>Awards Chair,<em>Canadian Section, The Wildlife Society <\/em>2015-2018<\/li>\n<li>President-elect President, Past President,<em>Canadian Section, The Wildlife Society\u00a0<\/em>2013-2015<\/li>\n<li>Fellow,<em>The Wildlife Society <\/em>2012<\/li>\n<li>Chair,<em> Aldo Leopold Award Committee The Wildlife Society\u00a0<\/em>2012<\/li>\n<li>Co-organizer,1st Student Conclave,<em>Canadian Section, The Wildlife Society\u00a0<\/em>2011<\/li>\n<li>Chair,<em> Jim McDonough Awards\u00a0The Wildlife Society\u00a0<\/em>2011<\/li>\n<li>Past President, <em>Alberta Chapter, The Wildlife Society\u00a0<\/em>2010-2011<\/li>\n<li>Executive board member<em>Canadian Section, The Wildlife Society\u00a0<\/em>2009-2010<\/li>\n<li>President, <em>Alberta Chapter of The Wildlife Society\u00a0<\/em>2008-2009<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conference\/Meeting Organization<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conference planning committee \u2013 Symposia review, The Wildlife Society, Edmonton Alberta,<br \/>\nOct 5-8, 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abstract review and open paper program, B.C.-Canadian Section of The Wildlife Society Joint<br \/>\nmeeting, Victoria, Mar 3-8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moderator, Conservation &amp; Ecology of Mammals, The Wildlife Society, Reno, NV, Oct 2<\/li>\n<li>Program Co-Chair, Joint meeting of the Alberta Chapter and the Canadian Section of The Wildlife<br \/>\nSociety, Canmore, AB Mar 25-27<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Co-organizer \u2013 The Canadian Section of The Wildlife Society (CSTWS) Symposium \u2013 National<br \/>\nConservation Summit, Kananaskis, AB &#8211; Nov 26-28<\/li>\n<li>Predator Control Special Session AB Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Lac La Biche, AB, 19 Mar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Symposium Organizer, Joint meeting: Canadian Section \u2013 Canadian Section of The Wildlife<br \/>\nSociety &amp; Canadian Ecology &amp; Evolution Society, St John\u2019s, NF &#8211; Jul 7-10<\/li>\n<li>Wildlife Society 22nd Conference, Ecology &amp; Habitat Relationships, Winnipeg MB, 20 Oct<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Western States &amp; Provinces Deer and Elk Workshop, CWD Special Session, Canmore,<br \/>\nAB, 14 May<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Co-Chair, Joint Meeting of the Canadian Section of the Wildlife Society and the Alberta Chapter<br \/>\nof The Wildlife Society, Canmore, AB \u2013 Mar 8-10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Co-Chair, Special Symposium on sustainable use and hunting, ICCB-Society for Conservation<br \/>\nBiology Annual Meeting, Edmonton, AB &#8211; 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