Seth Magle

Seth Magle serves as the Director of the Urban Wildlife Institute at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, Illinois, specializing in research aimed at enhancing human-wildlife coexistence in urban environments. In addition to this role, Seth holds the position of Executive Director at the Urban Wildlife Information Network, focusing on establishing a global network of cities to study urban wildlife distributions and ecosystems. Prior experience includes serving as an urban wildlife ecologist at Lincoln Park Zoo and a postdoctoral research and teaching fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where Seth conducted significant research on white-tailed deer ecology and taught several courses. Educational credentials include a Ph.D. in Ecology from Colorado State University, an MS in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a BA in Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology from the University of Colorado Boulder.