Jeffrey Haight
PhD Candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant
Hello! I'm an ecologist broadly interested in studying how best to conserve and reconcile biologically-diverse ecosystems in landscapes that have experienced or are undergoing high levels of anthropogenic change, with particular focuses on urbanization and climate change. I am now working toward my PhD at Arizona State University under the supervision of Drs. Sharon Hall and Jesse Lewis. I am most interested in exploring how wildlife move around urban habitats, how that affects their interactions with people, and how we can we design our cities to effectively promote positive interactions with urban biodiversity. My previous master's research at Utah State University (Major Advisor: Edd Hammill) focused on mapping potential shifts in climate regime and landscape connectivity across Utah’s ecoregions and prioritizing regional conservation efforts in light of projected regional change. I was also a graduate research fellow in USU's Climate Adaptation Science group, a National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) program. ​