Rate My Professor Robert Montgomery

Professor Montgomery’s research centers on spatial assessments of human-animal-habitat interactions in ecological systems worldwide, with particular emphasis on predator-prey dynamics involving large carnivores and ungulate prey. His work examines the effects of intrinsic, environmental, and anthropogenic factors on animal decision-making and their implications for population dynamics and conservation policy. Key publications include the edited volume Apex Predators in the Anthropocene: How Humans Shape Large Carnivore Populations (Oxford University Press, 2025), “Poaching is not one big thing” (Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2020), “Integrating social justice into higher education conservation science” (BioScience, 2022), and “Predicting the consequences of subsistence poaching on the population persistence of a non-target species of conservation concern” (Biological Conservation, 2023). An award-winning educator, he has taught courses in ecology, wildlife conservation, zoology, and outdoor leadership. He has received over two dozen competitive grants, including the European Research Council Consolidator award via UKRI Frontier Research Grant for 2024-2029 on research in Uganda, and recognition as a National Geographic Society Explorer in 2019. Professor Montgomery serves as Associate Editor for Conservation Biology, Biological Conservation, and Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, and maintains partnerships across NGO, industry, and government sectors to advance conservation practice.