Oliver C. Stringham
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Adelaide, Australia
he/his/him
2014 – 2019 | PhD in Ecology and Evolution, Rutgers University. |
2010 – 2014 | BS in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources BS in Environmental Science Certificate in Environmental Geomatics (GIS) Rutgers University |
Underline denotes my co-supervised graduate students
16. | Stringham O.C., Moncayo, S., Toomes, A., Ross, J.V., Mitchell, L., Cassey, P. (in prep) Quantifying the illegal trade of alien pets occurring in Australia through the Internet. |
15. | Stringham, O.C. & Lockwood, J.L. (in prep) Testing the assumption of spatial and temporal independence of introduced populations. |
14. | Stringham, O.C. & Mohanty, N.P. (in prep) Spatial patterns in the global trade of pet amphibians. |
13. | Pienaar E.F., Keller R., Welbourne, D., Tlusty, M. Strecker, A., Episcopio-Sturgeon, D., Stringham, O.C., Toomes, A., Lockwood, J.L. (in prep) A Conceptual Framework of how Human Preferences and Behavior Drive the Release of Exotic Vertebrate Pet Species. |
12. | Heinrich, H., Toomes, A., Shepherd, C.R., Stringham, O.C., Swan, M., Cassey, P. (submitted) Strengthening protection of endemic wildlife threatened by the international pet trade: the case of the Australian shingleback lizard. |
11. | Stringham O.C., Moncayo, S., Toomes, A., Ross, J.V., Mitchell, L., Cassey, P. (submitted) Text classification to streamline online wildlife trade analyses. Preprint: PDF |
10. | Stringham O.C., García-Díaz, P., Toomes, A., Ross, J.V., Mitchell, L., Cassey, P. (submitted) Reptile smuggling is predicted by trends in the legal exotic pet trade. Preprint: PDF |
9. | Sinclair, J., Stringham, O.C., Udell, B., Mandrak, N., Leung, B., Romagosa, C.M., Lockwood J.L. (accepted) The international vertebrate pet trade network: data synthesis and a case study of US imports of pet amphibians, birds, fishes, mammals and reptiles. BioScience. |
8. | Stringham, O.C. & Lockwood, J.L. (accepted) Reducing propagule pressure to lower the establishment risk of potential invasive species: using a sensitivity analysis to develop context-specific policy goals. Ecological Applications. 10.1002/eap.2314. PDF |
7. | Stringham O.C., Toomes, A., Kanishka, A., Heinrich, S., Ross, J.V., Mitchell, L., Cassey, P. (2020) A guide to using the internet to study the wildlife trade. Conservation Biology. 10.1111/cobi.13675. PDF |
6. | Toomes, A., Stringham, O.C., Ross, J.V., Mitchell, L., Cassey, P. (2020) Australia’s wish list of exotic pets: biosecurity and conservation implications of desired exotic pet species. NeoBiota. 10.3897/neobiota.60.51431. PDF |
5. | Lockwood, J.L., Welbourne, D., Romagosa, C., Cassey, P., Mandrak, N., Strecker, A., Leung, B., Stringham, O.C., Udell, B., Episcopio-Sturgeon, D., Tlusty, M., Sinclair, J., Springborn, M., Pienaar, E., Rhyne, A. (2019) When Pets Become Pests: The Role of the Exotic Pet Trade in Producing Invasive Vertebrate Animals. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. PDF |
4. | Stringham, O.C. & Lockwood, J.L. (2018) Pet problems: Biological and economic factors that influence the release of alien reptiles and amphibians by pet owners. Journal of Applied Ecology 55, 2632–2640. PDF |
3. | Maslo, B., Stringham, O. C., Bevan, A. J., Brumbaugh, A. Sanders, C. Hall, M. & Fefferman, N. H. (2017) High annual survival in infected wildlife populations may veil a persistent extinction risk from disease. Ecosphere. 10.1002/ecs2.2001 PDF |
2. | Robinson, O. J., Lockwood, J. L., Stringham, O. C., & Fefferman, N. H. (2015). A novel tool for making policy recommendations based on PVA: helping theory become practice. Conservation Letters, 8(3), 190-198. PDF |
1. | Stringham, O. C., & Robinson, O. J. (2015). A modeling methodology to evaluate the efficacy of predator exclosures versus predator control. Animal Conservation, 18(5), 451-460. PDF |
Underline denotes my co-supervised graduate students
4. | Hill, K., Cassey P. Stringham, O.C., Toomes, A. (2020). Response to the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment on their ‘Import risk review for psittacine birds from all countries’. PDF |
3. | Cassey, P., Wittmann, T., Toomes, A., Stringham, O.C. (2020). Illegal Wildlife Trade: A Threat To Environmental Biosecurity, Biodiversity, Human Health and Wellbeing. Center for Invasive Species Solutions & University of Adelaide, Australia. PDF |
2. | Boicourt, K., Pirani R., Johnson, M., Svendsen, E., Campbell, L. (2016) Connecting with Our Waterways: Public Access and Its Stewardship in the New York – New Jersey Harbor Estuary. New York – New Jersey Harbor & Estuary Program, Hudson River Foundation. New York, NY. [Stringham, O.C. as GIS Specialist]. PDF |
1. | Van Abs, D.J., Stringham, O.C., Gao, Y., Evans, T. (2014). Effects of Land Development on Water Resources of the Pinelands Region. Prepared for New Jersey Future. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. New Brunswick, NJ. PDF |
2018 | Ornithology & Lab. Instructor (1 semester), Rutgers University |
2018 | Plant Ecology, Guest Lecturer, Rutgers University |
2017 – 2018 | Ornithology. Guest Lecturer (2 lectures), Rutgers University |
2017 | Seminar in Invasion Ecology. Guest Lecturer, Rutgers University |
2014 | Evolution, Disease, and Medicine. Guest Lecturer, Rutgers University |
2018 | Plant Ecology, Teaching Assistant (1 semester), Rutgers University |
2017 – 2018 | Ornithology. Teaching Assistant (2 semesters), Rutgers University |
2016 | Concepts in Biology Lab. Teaching Assistant (1 semester), Rutgers University |
2015 – 2017 | General Biology. Teaching Assistant (6 semesters), Rutgers University |
Conference presentations
2020 | “Biosecurity and the illegal pet trade: using U.S. demand to anticipate future incursions in Australia” Stringham OC, Toomes A, Mitchell L, Ross J, Cassey P. Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference (AVPC). Melbourne, Australia. Postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic. |
2020 | “Monitoring internet sales of wildlife to detect illegal trade” Stringham OC, Toomes A, Mitchell L, Ross J, Cassey P. Australasian Environmental Law Enforcement and Regulators neTwork (AELERT) and the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE) Conference, Adelaide, Australia. |
2018 | “Incorporating propagule pressure into invasion risk assessment” Stringham OC & Lockwood JL. North American Congress for Conservation Biology. Toronto, Canada. |
2017 | “Predicting long-term dynamics of Indiana bat populations infected with white-nose syndrome” Maslo B, Stringham OC, Bevan A,Brumbaugh A, Sanders C, Hall M, Fefferman N. Ecological Society of America. Portland, OR, USA. |
2017 | “Pet problems: Factors that influence releases of exotic pet reptiles and amphibians” Stringham OC & Lockwood JL. Ecological Society of America. Portland, OR, USA. |
Invited talks
2020 | “The wildlife trade in relation to ecotourism”. Stringham OC & Cassey P. Perspectives in science-based ecotourism: mini conference. The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia. |
2020 | “Invasion Science and Wildlife Ecology Introduction” Stringham OC, Cassey P, Toomes A, Maher JA. Australian Institute for Machine Learning. Adelaide, Australia. |
2019 | “The wildlife trade as a driver of biodiversity loss and source of invasive species”. Stringham OC & Cassey P. Perspectives in science-based ecotourism: mini conference. The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia. |
2019 | “Understanding the processes leading up to establishment of non-native species”. Stringham OC. Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS) Seminar. The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia. |
2018 | “Preventing biological invasions by understanding the processes leading to establishment”. Stringham OC. PhD Defense Seminar for Rutgers Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. |
2017 | “Get your herps here! Dynamics of reptile and amphibian exotic pet trade and what that means for invasive species management” Stringham OC & Lockwood JL. Rutgers Ecology Graduate Student Association Seminar. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. |
2017 | “Exploration of the spatial and temporal dynamics of the reptile and amphibian pet trade” Stringham OC. 7th Annual Rutgers GIS Day. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. |
2016 | “Factors associated with non-native introductions of pet reptiles and amphibians” Stringham OC & Lockwood JL. Rutgers Ecology Graduate Student Association Seminar. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. |
2014 | “Determining the efficacy of predator exclosures vs. predator control: a modeling case study of the red fox and piping plover in New Jersey” Stringham OC, Robinson OJ & Lockwood JL. G.H. Cook Undergraduate Honors Thesis Presentation. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. |
2020 | Australian Research Council Discovery Grant. Drivers of the Live Pet Trade in Australian Reptiles. (Contributor). A/Prof Phillip Cassey - Chief Investigator. ($420,851) |
2018 | Teaching Assistant/Graduate Assistant Professional Development Grant. Rutgers University. ($752) |
2017 | Teaching Assistant/Graduate Assistant Professional Development Grant. Rutgers University. ($925) |
2017 | Conference Travel Award. Rutgers University. ($150) |
2014 | Environmental Science Senior of the Year, Rutgers University |
2014 | Outstanding Senior in Environmental Geomatics (GIS), Rutgers University |
2020 – | Katherine Hill, PhD Student, The University of Adelaide. Co-advisor. Topic: The trade of native Australian parrots and their out-of-range invasion risk. |
2020 – | Jade Birmingham, Honours Student, The University of Adelaide. Co-advisor. Topic: Survivorship during international plane travel of exotic pet species: implications for animal welfare. |
2019 | Abilash Sivadasan, Honours Student, The University of Adelaide. Co-advisor. Topic: Does illegal smuggling of wildlife scale to measures of population density in Australia? |
2019 – | Adam Toomes, PhD Student, The University of Adelaide. Co-advisor. Topic: The biosecurity risks of the Australian illegal pet trade. |
2017 – 2018 | Katharine Mattaliano, Undergraduate Research, Rutgers University. Topic: Domestic breeding of exotic pets: a risk for biological invasions. |
2017 – 2018 | Jacqueline Cavaliere, Undergraduate Research, Rutgers University. Topic: Legal frameworks for releases of exotic pets in the USA. |
2016 – 2017 | Jacey Corrente, Undergraduate Research, Rutgers University. Topic: The secondary market of exotic pet reptiles and amphibians: why do people relinquish their exotic pets? |
2015 | Elizabeth Newton, Undergraduate Senior Thesis, Rutgers University. Topic: Sustainable harvest model of black bears in New Jersey: maintaining the cultural carrying capacity. |
Peer reviewer | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Conservation Letters, Conservation Biology, Biological Conservation, Ecography, Biological Invasions, Animals, Journal for Nature Conservation, Management of Biological Invasions, Urban Naturalist |
2019 – | Illegal Wildlife Trade Workshop & Working Group. Environmental Biosecurity Office, Canberra, Australia. |
2017 – 2018 | National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) Participant. Project: “Linking Trade, Biology, and Pet Owner Decisions to the Risk of Vertebrate Invasions in the US” |
2017 | COMPASS: Science Communication Training |
2016 | AAAS: Communicating Science Workshop |
2015 | Research Assistant, Endangered & Nongame Species Program, New Jersey Depart. of Fish & Wildlife |
2015 | GIS Research Assistant, Harbor & Estuary Program, Hudson River Foundation |
2014 – 2015 | Research Assistant, Rutgers University, Department of Human Ecology |