Professor Emeritus
Towson University
Biology Department
Towson, Maryland 21252
Email: rseigel@towson.edu
Phone: 410-704-3123

Visit Richard's Research Website

Research Disciplines:

• Biological Science
• Citizen Science
• Conservation
• Diseases/Pathogens
• Ecology
• Education/Awareness
• Herpetology
• Wildlife
• Wildlife Biology
• Wildlife Ecology

Research Interests:

Population ecology, life-history evolution, endangered species, turtles, snakes

View Richard's CV

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Education

• B.S. in Zoology and Physiology, Rutgers University, 1976
• M.S. in Biological Sciences, University of Central Florida, 1979
• Ph.D in Systematics and Ecology, University of Kansas, 1984
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Savannah River Ecology Lab/University of Georgia, 1984-1987
• Assistant/Associate Professor, Southeastern Louisiana University, 1987-2001
• Professor and Department Chair, Towson University, 2001-2013
• Professor, Towson University, 2013-2020

 

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Ongoing and Recent CESU Projects

• Impacts of climate change on Gopher Tortoise populations
• Impacts of climate change on wetlands amphibians and reptiles

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