Elizabeth A. Bradley

Ext. Assistant Professor, Ext. Wildlife Damage Specialist
Forestry and Wildlife Resources Program Team, Forestry and Environmental Conservation Department

Office: 2031 Barre Hall
Phone: 864-723-7359

Email: eabrdly@clemson.edu

Educational Background

Ph.D. Earth System Science
Auburn University 2023

B.S. Biology
University of Alabama at Birmingham 2019

Courses Taught

WFB 4440 - Wildlife Damage Management

Profile

Elizabeth A. Bradley is an assistant professor and Extension Wildlife Damage Specialist at Clemson University, where she serves as the Director of the Extension Wildlife Damage Management Program. The Clemson Extension Wildlife Damage Management Program is a new program established to work alongside state and federal partners to address statewide wildlife conflicts and help farmers reduce crop damage by deer, wild hogs, and other wildlife.

Prior to this role, Elizabeth worked as a member of the NASA team on a collaborative Malaria control project between NASA and the Gates Foundation. She obtained her PhD in Earth Systems Science at Auburn University, where she studied the impacts of invasive wild pigs on water quality, wetland ecosystems, and pathogen transmission. As a disturbance ecologist, her research background and current focus are on the cascading effects of disturbances on ecosystem processes, particularly as it influences agricultural production, ecosystem function, and disease ecology.

Publications

Bradley, E.A., Lockaby, B.G., Madere, S. et al. Large-scale assessment of the impacts of invasive wild pigs on water quality in freshwater streams. Scientific Reports 15, 19055 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-03477-8

Bradley, E. A., Lockaby, B.G., Madere, S., Bolds, S., Kalin, L., Ditchkoff, S. S.,& Brown, V. R. (2025). Stream pathogenic bacteria levels rebound post-population control of wild pigs. Journal of Environmental Quality, 54, 359–368.https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.70004

Bradley, E.A., Lockaby, B.G., Steury, T., Madere, S. Influence of Physiographic Region on Pathogen Concentrations Between Stream Types. Water 2024, 16, 3218. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16223218

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