I am a population biologist, working in the Department of Conservation Biology at the Chicago Zoological Society (also known as the Brookfield Zoo ). I serve as Chairman of the Conservation Breeding Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. I also am on the faculty of the Committee on Evolutionary Biology of the University of Chicago.

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I created this page to make software programs more readily available to potential users.

To retrieve the VORTEX program files and documentation, visit www.vortex9.org/vortex.html

To retrieve the OUTBREAK program files, visit www.vortex9.org/outbreak.html

To retrieve the PM2000 program files and documentation, visit www.vortex9.org/pm2000.html

To retrieve the GENES program files and documentation, visit www.vortex9.org/genes.html

To retrieve MateRx software for assisting with prescribing matings in a pedigreed population, visit www.vortex9.org/materx.html

To retrieve the PARTINBR program files and documentation, visit www.vortex9.org/partinbr.html

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My publications (dealing with conservation genetics, population viability analysis, and a wide variety of other topics in biology) are listed at www.vortex9.org/lacypubs.html

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Research Interests:

Effects of inbreeding and hybridization
Management of captive populations
Population Viability Analysis

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To return to my home page, go to www.vortex9.org/home.html

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Changes last made on: 1 September 2003