Dr. Jan Janečka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Duquesne University, Chair of the Duquesne Institutional Biosafety Committee, and a Research Associate of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Currently, Dr. Janečka’s lab focuses on conservation genetics and genomics of snow leopards and their adaptation to high altitude, landscape genetics of black bears, macroevolutionary processes and adaptation in mammals, and using camera traps to examine the effects of habitat factors on diversity of mammals. His laboratory has also provided wildlife forensic DNA matching and genetic analysis of deer, bears, cheetahs, lions, ocelots, pangolins, and other species to numerous government agencies, zoos, and NGOs. He has conducted field expeditions and trained students, researchers, and conservationists in the US as well other countries including Mongolia, China, Nepal, India, and Bhutan. Dr. Janecka teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Genetics, Environmental Sampling, and Bioinformatics at Duquesne.