Conservation & Science Staff Bios

Talia Gazlay

  Conservation & Science Coordinator
Lincoln Park Zoo

Education

  • B.S. – Biology, Eckerd College

Areas of Expertise

  • Population biology
  • Data management
  • Animal care and husbandry

About Talia:

In 2009, Talia graduated from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida with a Bachelor of Science in biology, also minoring in psychology and chemistry. After a stint with the John G. Shedd Aquarium, Talia began her career at Lincoln Park Zoo in 2010 as ChimpDATA project coordinator in the Alexander Center for Applied Population Biology.

In this role, she coordinated the grant-funded ChimpDATA project, in which she worked with North American great ape sanctuaries to modernize their record-keeping processes using PopLink and modeled their populations to help them plan for the future. In this role, she became proficient working with complicated population-management software, mastered the organizational challenges of pulling together partners across the country and impressed the whole project team with her interpersonal and organizational skills.

With these abilities, Talia began a new role in 2012 as the Conservation & Science coordinator, where she works closely with the Vice President of Conservation & Science as well as the rest of the department to organize and communicate all the great conservation work done at the zoo and around the world. In this role, she is also responsible for the operational needs of the department and assists with various projects supporting the zoo’s conservation mission.
 

From invertebrates to beluga whales to chimpanzees, Talia’s strong interests in animal care and behavioral research—combined with a solid background in data collection and management—have given her the tools to pursue her passion for protecting and caring for endangered species.

Publications

Gazlay, T.E., Faust, L.F., Ross, S.R., Earnhardt, J.E. 2012. ChimpDATA: Collaborating outside of AZA to model chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) populations in North American sanctuaries. AZA Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ, September 2012.
Faust, LJ, Bier, L, Schowe, K, and Gazlay, T 2012. PopLink 2.3 User's Manual. Lincoln Park Zoo. Chicago, IL.
Faust, LJ, Bier, L, Schowe, K, and Gazlay, T. 2011. PopLink Version 2.2 User's Manual. Lincoln Park Zoo. Chicago, IL.