Department of Zoology and Physiology
1000 E. University Ave
Aven Nelson, room 114
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-4207
Fax: 307-766-5625
Email: zprequest@uwyo.edu
mkauffm1@uwyo.edu • (307) 766-5415
Education:
Dr. Matthew Kauffman serves as the Leader for of the Wyoming Co-op. He received his
Ph.D. from the University of California-Santa Cruz and did post-doctoral research
and teaching at the University of Montana. Dr. Kauffman's is broadly trained as an
ecologist and has research experience in a wide variety of ecosystems. He has a strong
quantitative background with expertise in population and ecosystem modeling and analysis
of spatial data. While in Montana his research focused on predator-prey relationships
between gray wolves and elk in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Dr. Kauffman began
service at the Wyoming Unit during the summer of 2006. His current research focuses
primarily on large carnivores and ungulates in terrestrial ecosystems. He continues
research on gray wolves and elk and gray wolves in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem,
and has expanded his research to include moose and grizzly bears in that ecosystem.
Dr. Kauffman is also conducting research on the effects of natural gas development
on mule deer, elk, and pronghorn in the sagebrush biome and of habitat fragmentation
on avian communities.
Website: Visit the Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit website
Department of Zoology and Physiology
1000 E. University Ave
Aven Nelson, room 114
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-4207
Fax: 307-766-5625
Email: zprequest@uwyo.edu