{"id":889,"date":"2022-10-27T22:13:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T22:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/epps\/?page_id=889"},"modified":"2026-02-09T22:17:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T22:17:22","slug":"jane-van-gunst-ph-d-student","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/epps\/jane-van-gunst-ph-d-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane Van Gunst, Ph.D. candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2518\/files\/2022\/10\/Van-Gunst-Pic-1-1-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2518\/files\/2022\/10\/Van-Gunst-Pic-1-1-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-892\" width=\"462\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2518\/files\/2022\/10\/Van-Gunst-Pic-1-1-rotated.jpg 615w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2518\/files\/2022\/10\/Van-Gunst-Pic-1-1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jane received her undergraduate degrees in biology and French literature and language from<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>University of Virginia. While working at a foundation promoting wildlife conservation in the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intermountain West, Jane became involved in applied ecology and restoration ecology projects in Great<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Basin sagebrush and woodland systems. She returned to the University of Reno, Nevada to complete her<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MS degree in landscape and forest ecology in the Great Basin Landscape Ecology Lab. After working as a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>nongame biologist for a state wildlife agency, she started a Ph.D. program in September 2022, working<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>with Dr. Rebecca Terry\u2019s lab in the Department of Integrative Biology and Dr. Clint Epps\u2019 lab in the<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences at Oregon State University. Her current<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>research focuses on advancing biodiversity conservation in arid systems, particularly in the Great Basin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jane received her undergraduate degrees in biology and French literature and language from University of Virginia. While working at a foundation promoting wildlife conservation in the Intermountain West, Jane became involved in applied ecology and restoration ecology projects in Great Basin sagebrush and woodland systems. She returned to the University of Reno, Nevada to complete&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/epps\/jane-van-gunst-ph-d-student\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8251,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-889","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/epps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/epps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/epps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/epps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/epps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=889"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/epps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1027,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/epps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/889\/revisions\/1027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/epps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}