Christopher Mowry

I am a professor of biology who specializes in animal ecology and conservation. My biological career began as a research assistant in the Department of Pharmacology at Emory University before going on to earn a Ph.D. in ecology. This combination of molecular and ecological training allowed me to have a broad background and it has served me well as a biologist. During the first half of my career my primary area of research focused on the feeding ecology of Old World primates, which led to extensive field work in several different African countries. In 2015, I founded the Atlanta Coyote Project and shifted my focus to the biology and behavior of coyotes. The Atlanta Coyote Project now serves as the umbrella organization for my extensive research program and we are part of a larger consortium of researchers called the Urban Wildlife Information Network. We study coyotes as an integral and relatively recent component of the larger animal community in urban landscapes. Expanding technology in the form of remote sensing is revolutionizing the field of wildlife biology and we are embracing these tools at Berry College. Passive cameras, drones, audio listening devices, and radio tracking antennas are all incorporated into my research. Molecular techniques, including DNA analysis, are allowing us to identify individual animals non-invasively thereby increasing our understanding of the natural world. Students are involved in all aspects of my research.