Dr. Chad J. Bishop is Director of the Wildlife Biology Program and Professor in the Department of Ecosystem and Conservation Sciences at University of Montana (2015 – present). As Director, Chad is responsible for a wide array of functions tied to running the wildlife biology program, with an emphasis on faculty and student support and program outreach and development. He also teaches courses in the wildlife curricula and leads multiple research projects focused primarily on ungulate ecology. Prior to University of Montana, Chad spent nearly 16 years working for Colorado Parks and Wildlife as assistant director, research leader, and wildlife researcher. He received a B.S. degree from Montana State University in Biology with a Fish and Wildlife emphasis (1995), M.S. from University of Idaho in Wildlife Resources (1998), and Ph.D. from Colorado State University in Wildlife Biology (2007).