Allison Devlin, Ph.D.

Allison Devlin, Ph.D., currently serves as Director of Panthera’s Jaguar Program.
 
Allison received her Ph.D. in Ecology from SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry (SUNY-ESF, Syracuse, NY, USA). She earned her Masters in Conservation Biology from Columbia University’s E3B Program (New York, NY, USA) and her B.Sc. in Animal Science from Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, USA). Her graduate research projects were funded through Panthera’s Kaplan Scholar Awards and in-kind support from collaborators within each jaguar range country.

Prior to and during her undergraduate years, Allison worked with WCS at the Bronx Zoo (New York, NY, USA) and assisted Dr. Bart Harmsen and Dr. Rebecca Foster during their graduate studies on jaguars in Belize. Allison spent time training with Panthera’s Teton Cougar Project (Kelly, WY, USA) before beginning her Ph.D. Her doctoral dissertation focused on jaguar movement ecology and population biology in protected areas and working landscapes (cattle ranches) in the northern Brazilian Pantanal. After serving as a post-doc at the University of Montana (Missoula, MT, USA) with Dr. Hugh Robinson and Panthera’s Jaguar Program, she was appointed by Dr. Howard Quigley as Deputy Director of the Jaguar Program.
 
Allison’s research and conservation efforts include studying the movement ecology and population biology of jaguars and their prey. She supports in-country experts to mitigate human-wildlife conflict and foster coexistence. Allison collaborates with colleagues and stakeholders throughout the Jaguar range to create and implement local, regional and range-wide strategies for jaguar conservation, including Panthera’s Jaguar Corridor Initiative and the Jaguar Roadmap for the Americas (UNDP, UNEP, UNODC, CITES, CMS, WCS, WWF, Panthera, and jaguar range States).
 
Allison’s research can be found on Researchgate.