Associate Director of the Wildlife and Ecology Unit,
Veterinary Genetics Laboratory
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616-8744

Assistant Professor in residence,
Department of Population Health & Reproduction

EMAIL: hbernest@ucdavis.edu
PHONE: (530) 754-8245
FAX:(530) 752-3556
Web sites:
Vet Genetics Lab, Wildlife and Ecology Unit
Forensic Science Program
Graduate Group in Genetics
Wildlife Health Center
Forensic Unit of Veterinary Genetics Laboratory

Dr. Holly Ernest is a veterinarian 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, 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 molecular genetics at UC Davis.

Research: Dr. Ernest's research areas of interest focus on wildlife ecological genetics & population health, with emphasis on work that can be applied toward conservation and management. Conservation genetics, population genetics, immunogenetics, disease susceptibility genomics, disease ecology, forensic genetics (genetic science applied to wildlife law enforcement). Free-ranging species of management concern in California. Threatened and endangered species. Carnivores, raptors (birds of prey) corvids (magpies, crows, and relatives), wild pigs, sea otters, deer. Special interests in Yellow-billed Magpies, Swainson's Hawks, Mountain Lions.

Please see our web page for details and updates - http://www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/wildlife/

UC Davis affiliations: Graduate Groups in Animal Biology, Avian Sciences, Ecology, Forensic Science, and Genetics; UC Davis Center for Vectorborne Diseases, Genome Center, Wildlife Health Center, and the Forensic Unit of the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory