Dr. Meghan Martin has been working in the field of behavioral ecology and wildlife conservation for 15 years. Her background includes working as a primate keeper at Oregon Health and Science University’s Oregon Primate Center, a postdoctoral position with the San Diego Wildlife Alliance (San Diego Zoo) on conservation breeding in giant pandas, researching mate choice in conservation breeding programs with the American Zoo Association, and serving as faculty for Animal Behavior at Washington State University. Her time in China lead to her doctoral degree and the founding of PDXWildlife, a non-profit that works with conservation breeding programs worldwide to optimize breeding success in managed care settings. Her area of expertise focuses on the ecology and behavior of giant pandas, African painted dogs, and American river otters. Her research has explored how species adapt to managed care environments and utilizing the knowledge of a species’ natural ecology (e.g. social and mating systems) to improve reproductive success. Her research has been featured in Nature, Reuters, The Washington Post, Discover Magazine, ILFScience, and National Geographic. She received her Ph.D. and M.S. in Biology from Portland State University, and a B.A. in Biology from Reed College.