Megan Ross (M.S. PSY 99, Ph.D. PSY 01), never considered that the time she spent as a child, "always digging in the dirt, looking at the bugs, picking up the worms," would eventually lead to being the first woman president and CEO of Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo.
Fellow School of Psychology alumni have also ended up in leadership positions at some of the country's most prestigious zoos and conservation societies:
Christopher Kuhar (Ph.D. PSY 04), executive director of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Kristen Lukas (M.S. PSY 95, Ph.D. PSY 99), director of conservation and science at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Estelle Sandhaus (M.S. PSY 04, Ph.D. PSY 13), director of conservation and science at the Santa Barbara Zoo
Tara Stoinski, Ph.D. PSY 00, and CEO of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. (Fun fact: Georgia Tech President and fellow School of Psychology alum Ángel Cabrera was Stoinski's statistics teaching assistant.)
The five School of Psychology alumni are profiled in the spring 2022 edition of the Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine. Read about their time at Georgia Tech and their current roles in wildlife and conservation:
Georgia Tech researchers venture out of the lab to find clues to everything from how to better communicate with robots to curing disease. Here are some of their wildest innovations inspired by nature.
Atlanta is often called the “city in a forest” because of its lush canopy of trees, uncommon for a major city. In the heart of that forest sits Georgia Tech’s 400-acre campus. And within campus lies a variety of wildlife that has made Georgia Tech its home.
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