Meghan Keating

PhD Candidate - Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Forestry and Environmental Conservation Department

Office: G07 Lehotsky Hall
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Email: mpkeati@clemson.edu
Personal Website: http://www.meghankeating.com

Educational Background

M.S. Natural Resource and Environmental Science
University of Nevada, Reno 2019

B.S. Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology
Colorado State University 2016

Courses Taught

FNR4700 - Carnivore Ecology Creative Inquiry (Fall 2022 - Present)
WFB4610 - Quantitative Ecology (Spring 2025)
WFB4611 - Quantitative Ecology Lab (Spring 2025)

Profile

Meghan is a PhD candidate in Dr. David Jachowski's lab studying anticoagulant rodenticide exposure in bobcats and other mesocarnivores in the southeastern U.S., with an emphasis on the Kiawah Island population. Her research will shed light on isolated bobcat populations across islands with differing levels of human development, including comparisons of survival, movement patterns, and prey selection, as as well as the effects of anticoagulant rodenticides on carnivores across multiple scales. Meghan earned her B.S. in Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology at Colorado State University, after which she spent three years as a field technician at the USGS’s Western Ecological Research Center focusing on duckling brood pond use and survival, and mesopredator interactions with nesting waterfowl. She earned her M.S. at the University of Nevada, Reno, by developing statistical models to describe the ecological drivers of animal movement. She is passionate about collaborative research, strong methodology, and carnivore conservation.

Meghan is a recipient of the Dr. Kenyon Fairey '71 Annual Doctoral Fellowship (2024), the Douglas R. Phillips Award (2024), and was named Graduate Student Employee of the Year (2025).

Research Interests

Animal movement, conservation, environmental toxicology, predator ecology, predator-prey interactions, quantitative ecology, resource selection, wildlife management

Extension and Outreach

Meghan's project is a collaboration between multiple state, municipal, and non-profit organizations. As such, Meghan is involved in outreach at several scales such as popular media features, educational tables and nature walks, public forum panels and talks, and international, national, and regional conference presentations.

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