Christopher J. O'Bryan

Experience

• 2024–present
  Assistant Professor, Maastricht University
• 2023–2024
  Associate Lecturer, The University of Queensland
• 2019–2023
  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
• 2016–2019
  Doctoral Researcher, The University of Queensland
• 2016–2018
  Research Assistant, The Nature Conservancy of Australia
• 2014–2016
  Wildlife Biologist, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
• 2011–2014
  MS Researcher, Clemson University
• 2011–2011
  Field Research Technician, University of Florida
• 2007–2011
  Undergraduate Researcher, Austin Peay State University

Education

• 2020 
  The University of Queensland, PhD in Environmental Science
• 2014 
  Clemson University, Master of Science in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
• 2011 
  Austin Peay State University, Bachelor of Science in Biology

Publications

• 2024
  Academic publishing requires linguistically inclusive policies, Proceedings of the Royal Society B
• 2024
  Virtual reality for nature experiences, Nature Human Behaviour
• 2023
  Unravelling how collaboration impacts success of invasive species management, People and Nature
• 2023
  Setting conservation priorities in multi-actor systems, BioScience
• 2023
  How success is evaluated in collaborative invasive species management: A systematic review, Journal of Environmental Management
• 2023
  The unequal burden of human-wildlife conflict, Communications Biology
• 2022
  Body-size and aerial basking dynamics of the Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera) in a human-modified landscape in Tennessee, USA, Journal of North American Herpetology
• 2022
  Conservation implications and opportunities of mining activities for terrestrial mammal habitat, Conservation Science and Practice
• 2022
  Human impacts on the world’s raptors, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• 2021
  How to halve the carbon and biodiversity impacts of biofuel-driven land-use change in Brazil, Biological Conservation 260, 109214
• 2021
  Unrecognized threat to global soil carbon by a widespread invasive species, Global Change Biology
• 2020
  Intense human pressure is widespread across terrestrial vertebrate ranges, Global Ecology and Conservation 21, e00882
• 2020
  The importance of Indigenous Peoples’ lands for the conservation of terrestrial mammals, Conservation Biology 35 (3), 1002-1008
• 2020
  Conservation epidemiology of predators and scavengers to reduce zoonotic risk, The Lancet Planetary Health 4 (8), e304-e305
• 2020
  Evidence for increasing human‐wildlife conflict despite a financial compensation scheme on the edge of a Ugandan National Park, Conservation Science and Practice, e309
• 2019
  The ayahuasca tourism boom: An undervalued demand driver for jaguar body parts?, Conservation Science and Practice 1 (12), e126
• 2019
  The mesoscavenger release hypothesis and implications for ecosystem and human well‐being, Ecology Letters 22, 1340-1348
• 2019
  Hotspots of human impact on threatened terrestrial vertebrates, PLoS biology 17 (3), e3000158
• 2018
  Reach and messages of the world's largest ivory burn, Conservation Biology 32 (4), 765-773
• 2018
  The contribution of predators and scavengers to human well-being, Nature Ecology & Evolution 2, 229-236
• 2018
  Leopards provide public health benefits in Mumbai, India, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 16 (3), 176-182
• 2017
  Documentation of unusual movement behaviour of the indigo snake Drymarchon couperi (Holbrook, 1842) (Squamata: Colubridae), an upland species, in a pastureland matrix of the USA, Herpetology Notes 10, 317-318
• 2016
  Community occupancy of herpetofauna in roadside ditches in a managed pine landscape, Forest Ecology and Management 361, 346-357
• 2016
  Novel habitat use supports population maintenance in a reconfigured landscape, Ecosphere 7 (3)
• 2014
  Anuran assemblages associated with roadside ditches in a managed pine landscape, Forest ecology and management 334, 217-231
• 2012
  Further presence of Ranavirus infection in amphibian populations of Tennessee, USA, Herpetological Review 43 (2), 293-295

Professional Memberships

• Society for Conservation Biology

Research Areas

• Conservation And Biodiversity (050202)
• Invasive Species Ecology (050103)
• Decision Theory (220302)
• Landscape Ecology (050104)