Kyle McCarthy

Kyle McCarthy is a Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Undergraduate Program Coordinator at the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology within the College of Agriculture & Natural Resources at the University of Delaware. His research focuses on advanced resource selection modeling, snow leopard ecology, and human-wildlife interactions in tropical regions.

• Education: Ph.D. in Wildlife Conservation (University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2010)
• Specializations: Rare species monitoring, population modeling, and conservation genetics
• Professional Affiliations: Society for Conservation Biology, The Snow Leopard Network

Recent research trends in McCarthy's publications include:

• Non-invasive genetic sampling for species detection
• Human impact on tropical mammal biodiversity
• Multi-species occupancy modeling
• Conservation landscapes and climate change adaptation
• Behavioral responses to environmental stressors

He has mentored students across Central Asia and Southeast Asia, focusing on wild felid conservation, forest fragmentation, and population dynamics. Key methodologies include camera-trap data analysis, DNA sampling from parasitic leeches, and spatial ecology modeling.