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Vicky Hunt
Email vhunt5@uic.edu
a. Professional Preparation
Cornell University
Biology
B.S., 2007
Wageningen University
Animal Breeding & Genetics
M.S., 2009
U. of Nat. Res. & Life Sci., Vienna Animal Breeding & Genetics
M.S., 2009
*University of Illinois – Chicago
Ecology and Evolution
Ph.D., in progress
*I started in the PhD program in Fall 2011. I passed my preliminary exam on October 3, 2013.
b. Appointments
2012-Current Project Coordinator, Chicago Botanic Garden
2009-2012 Coordinator of Wildlife Management, Lincoln Park Zoo
2006 Collections Assistant, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
2006 Animal Research Intern, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
c. Publications
Journal manuscripts
Hunt. V.M., Magle, S.B., Vargas, C., Brown, A.W., Lonsdorf, E.V., Sacerdote, A.B., Sorley,
E.J., Santymire, R.M. (2013). Survival, abundance, and capture rate of eastern cottontail rabbits
in an urban park. Urban Ecosystems 1-14.
Hunt. V.M., Jacobi, S.K., Gannon, J.J ., Moore, C.T., Lonsdorf, E.V. (2014). An Automated
Database and Integrated Decision Support Tool for Adaptive Management of Natural Resources.
Environmental Modelling and Software (submitted).
Magle, S. B., Hunt, V.M., Vernon, M., Crooks, K.R. 2012. Urban wildlife research: past,
present and future. Biological Conservation 155: 23-32.
Conference oral and poster presentations
Hunt, V. M., Jacobi, S.K., Lonsdorf, E.V., Moore, C.T. Development of a Web-based Decision
Support Tool for Adaptive Management of Natural Resources. INFORMS, Minneapolis, MN. 8
Oct 2013. Poster Presentation. 3rd Place Competition Winner.
Hunt, V. M., Lonsdorf, E.V., Fant, J.B., Jacobi, S.K., Hartzog, P., Larkin, D.J. PhragNet:
Crowdsourcing Phragmites Management Data. SWS. Duluth, MN. 5 Jun 2013.
Hunt, V. M., Jacobi, S.K., Lonsdorf, E.V. Using Sharepoint to quickly create inexpensive
centralized databases for wildlife and habitat managers. TWS. Waikoloa, HI. 8 Nov 2011.
Hunt, V. M., Lonsdorf, E. V., Willingham, A., Magle, S., and Vargas, C. Population estimation
of cottontail rabbits in an urban zoo. TWS. Snowbird, UT. 4 Oct 2010.
d. Synergistic Activities
Database configuration and interface design for restoration and invasive species management in
collaboration with the US Fish & Wildlife Service and USGS. Examples include:
- Wetland Restoration and Sediment Removal
- Native Prairie Adaptive Management
- Reed Canary Grass Adaptive Management - invasive species management
Database management and development: Sharepoint, MS Access, Infopath
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- Request for Proposals (RFP) database for Department of the Interior used to allocate
approximately $1M in funds
- Developed a database interface that allowed multiple users to enter data concurrently
for a wildlife survey project (Infopath)
Coordination of a large-scale data collection project spanning the United States and Canada,
investigating Phragmites management in North America.
Blogging - Wrote over 100 articles on wildlife and wetlands for Lincoln Park Zoo’s site, e.g.
http://www.lpzoo.org/blog/index.php/wake-up-call?blog=19
e. Collaborators & Other Affiliations
Collaborators
E.V. Lonsdorf, Biology Department, Franklin and Marshall College; A.B. Sacerdote, R.M.
Santymire, S.D. Thompson, Conservation and Science, Lincoln Park Zoo; J.B. Fant, S.K. Jacobi,
D.J. Larkin, Conservation, Chicago Botanic Garden; J.J. Gannon, C.T. Moore, Warnell School of
Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia; S. Blomquist, C. Dixon, J. Dullum, M.
Knutson, D. Lesmeister, S. Papon, J. Zorn, US Fish and Wildlife Service; M. Ahlering, The
Nature Conservancy; K. Kowalski, United States Geological Survey.
Graduate Advisors
PhD Advisor: Joel Brown, PhD, University of Illinois – Chicago.
MSc Advisor: Roswitha Baumung, PhD, U. of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna.