
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
Population ecology, life-history evolution, endangered species, turtles, snakes
View Richard's CVEducation
- 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
Ongoing and Recent CESU Projects
- Impacts of climate change on Gopher Tortoise populations
- Impacts of climate change on wetlands amphibians and reptiles