Hernandez White Ibis Project Team
The Ibis Research Team
Our research on the American White Ibis is made possible by a dedicated team of professional researchers, graduate students, research technicians, and volunteers. Without any of them our work would not be possible!
Sonia is an Associate Professor who has been in a joint position at the Warnell School of
Forestry & Natural Resources and the College of Veterinary Medicine-- at the Southeastern Cooperative
Wildlife Disease Study since 2008. She holds a DVM from LSU and PhD in Ecology from UGA. She is
a Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine. She teaches various courses to
undergraduate, graduate and veterinary students, including Wildlife Disease Investigation for graduate
students and a study abroad Conservation Medicine & Biology course in Costa Rica. Her lab is
dedicated to investigating wildlife diseases, and specifically how human activities affect the ecology,
health/diseases of wildlife. She is widely published in the field of wildlife diseases. In 2013 she received
Warnell’s Outstanding Teaching Award and in 2017 she was awarded the University-wide Richard B.
Russell Award for Excellence in Teaching. She is the proud mom of Paxton, and twins, Ashton and
Maya.
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Learn more about her research and lab here.