John Marzluff

Seattle

John Marzluff is James W. Ridgeway Professor of Wildlife Science at the University of Washington. He teaches classes in avian biology and conservation and, with graduate students, researches the neuroecology of crows, demography of endangered species, human attitudes towards wolves, and the ecology of forest birds. Professor Marzluff has written five books and edited several others that reveal the interactions between birds and humans, especially in urban environments. His most recent book Welcome to Subirdia (2014 Yale) discovers that moderately settled lands host a splendid array of biological diversity and suggests ways in which people can steward these riches to benefit birds and themselves. He is currently leader of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Recovery Team for the critically endangered Mariana Crow, a former member of the Washington Biodiversity Council, and a Fellow of the American Ornithologist’s Union.