Mark Jordan Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biology

Ames 113
One Brennan Circle
Poultney, VT 05764-1199
Email Address: jordanm@greenmtn.edu
802-287-8394

I joined the faculty of Green Mountain College in fall 2008 after graduating from UC Berkeley in spring 2007 with a Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management. I was drawn to GMC by its strong commitment to the environment and the emphasis on using the outdoors as a classroom. My teaching interests include ecology, conservation biology, population genetics, and wildlife management. My current research addresses questions of monitoring threatened and endangered species of carnivores, particularly in developing and using noninvasive methods such as camera trapping and genetic tagging with hair snares.

Education
2007 Ph.D. Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley
1997 BS Biology, Minor: Chemistry, University of Puget Sound

Teaching Experience
2007-present:
Assistant Professor of Biology, Green Mountain College
Courses taught include: Ecology, environmental science, conservation biology (graduate & undergraduate level), introductory biology

2000-2007:
Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley
Courses taught include: General Biology, Biology Field Section, American Wildlife

Selected Presentations
2007- Mesocarnivore Genetics Workshop, Arcata, CA.
2006- Fisher and Marten in California Symposium, Sacramento, CA. Poster.
2006- Wildlife and Conservation Biology Seminar, UC Berkeley.
2005- Wildlife and Conservation Biology Seminar, UC Berkeley.
2003- Auberry-Intermountain Rotary Club, Prather, CA.
2003- Wildlife and Conservation Biology Seminar, UC Berkeley.
2002- Wildlife and Conservation Biology Seminar, UC Berkeley.

Honors & Awards

• Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor for 2006-2007 school year, UC Berkeley (2008)
• 2nd place, Student Paper Competition, Western Section of the Wildlife Society Annual Conference (2007)
• 1st place, Student Paper Competition, Western Section of the Wildlife Society Annual Conference (2006)
• ESPM
• Schwabacher Memorial Fellowship, UC Berkeley (2006)