Dr. Holly Ernest is a veterinarian, ecologist, and geneticist and directs the Wildlife and Ecology Unit of the UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory. She obtained her D.V.M. from the Ohio State University, and then completed an internship in Medicine and Surgery before founding a veterinary hospital and working in clinical practice for 6 years. Dr. Ernest completed her PhD in Ecology with emphasis on wildlife ecological genetics at UC Davis.



