Michael Ward

Stuart L. and Nancy J. Levenick Chair in Sustainability

Phone: 217 244-4089
Email: mpward@illinois.edu

Dr. Mike Ward is originally from Jacksonville, IL and received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2004. He is currently the Stuart L. and Nancy J. Levenick Chair in Sustainability in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, in the College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois and an Ornithologist at the Illinois Natural History Survey. Dr. Ward conducts research on avian ecology and conservation throughout the Midwest as well as in Texas, Florida, Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, and Cuba. Dr. Ward studies the ecology and behavior of birds in natural and modified ecosystems in order to inform conservation and management.