Education

B.S. Fisheries and Wildlife. 2009, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

M.S. Conservation Biology. 2012. University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

M.L.S. 2023. University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law, Tuscon, AZ.

Interests and Areas of Focus

• Herpetology

• Entomology

• Road Ecology

• Endangered Species Ecology and Recovery

Select Publications

Durso, A. M., de Castañeda, R. R., Montalcini, C., Mondardini, M. R., Fernandez-Marques, J. L., Grey, F., ... & Bolon, I. (2021). Citizen science and online data: Opportunities and challenges for snake ecology and action against snakebite. Toxicon: X, 100071.

Schwabenlander, M., Buchweitz, J. P., Smith, C. E., & Wünschmann, A. (2019). Arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury concentrations in the livers of free-ranging common garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) from Minnesota, USA. Journal of wildlife diseases, 55(4), 973-976.

Lorch, J. M., Knowles, S., Lankton, J. S., Michell, K., Edwards, J. L., Kapfer, J. M., ... & Blehert, D. S. (2016). Snake fungal disease: an emerging threat to wild snakes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 371(1709), 20150457.

Hoaglund, E. P., & Smith, C. E. (2012). Lessons learned: Notes on the natural history of the Plains Hognose Snake (Heterodon nasicus) in Minnesota. Reptiles & Amphibians, 19(3), 163-169.

LeClere, J. B., Hoaglund, E. P., Scharosch, J., Smith, C. E., & Gamble, T. (2012). Two naturally occurring intergeneric hybrid snakes (Pituophis catenifer sayi× Pantherophis vulpinus; Lampropeltini, Squamata) from the Midwestern United States. Journal of Herpetology, 46(2), 257-262.

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