Rate My Professor Luke Dollar

Dollar's research centers on carnivore ecology and conservation, focusing on Madagascar's largest carnivore, the fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox), big cats, human-wildlife conflict, habitat analysis via satellite, and sustainable community programs. His efforts have produced extensive data on carnivore biology and behavior while establishing scholastic and business opportunities benefiting thousands of subsistence farmers and their children in Africa, including the construction or restoration of over 30 schools in Madagascar. Key publications include "Thin corridors limit wildlife: Variance of tropical carnivore distribution and habitat use in a critical rainforest corridor" (2024), "Spatial dynamics and activity patterns of the fosa Cryptoprocta ferox in Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar: carnivores navigating a human-influenced landscape" (2020), "Effects of habitat alteration and disturbance by humans and exotic species on fosa Cryptoprocta ferox occupancy in Madagascar's deciduous forests" (2019), "Retaliatory killing and human perceptions of Madagascar’s largest carnivore and livestock predator, the fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox)" (2019), and "Primates and Other Prey in the Seasonally Variable Diet of Cryptoprocta ferox in the Dry Deciduous Forest of Western Madagascar" (2007). Dollar has presented a TED Talk, been profiled in Discover magazine as "The Deadliest Carnivore," and serves on Catawba's Faculty Tenure and Promotion Committee and Institutional Operations Committee.