Dr. Steven C. Amstrup
Polar Bears International, Senior Scientist
Dr. Amstrup joined PBI's staff after leading polar bear research for the US federal government for 30 years. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, and an associate professor at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks.
Dr. Andrew Derocher
Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Dr. Derocher's extensive field research has focused on polar bears in both Canada and Norway.
Dr. Thomas S. Smith
Brigham Young University, Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, Associate Professor and Wildlife Biologist
Dr. Smith’s work on North American bear conservation and conflict management has now extended to polar bears’ den emergence ecology and response to human activities on the
North Slope of Alaska.
Dr. Ian Stirling
University of Alberta, Adjunct Professor
Dr. Ian Stirling has studied polar bears throughout the Canadian Arctic for over 37 years. His book, Polar Bears: The Natural History of a Threatened Species, is considered the definitive work on the biology of the polar bear.
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