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Lisette Waits

Lisette P. Waits is an American ecologist. She is a Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Resources at the University of Idaho's College of Natural Resources. In 2017, Waits was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for her "contributions to research and teaching in conservation genetics, wildlife and conservation biology, and for development of techniques for the non-invasive sampling of DNA."

Early life and education
Waits was born and raised in rural Georgia, where she was inspired to study genetics in high school. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Georgia and her PhD from the University of Utah. Waits chose to pursue a career in wildlife genetics after participating in a research project at the Yellowstone National Park. She also researched the evolutionary relationships between bears and the identification of genetic subpopulations of brown bears. ==Career==
Career
Upon completing her PhD, Waits joined the faculty at the University of Idaho. In 2017, Waits was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for her "contributions to research and teaching in conservation genetics, wildlife and conservation biology, and for development of techniques for the non-invasive sampling of DNA." She also received the Jean'ne M. Shreeve NSF EPSCoR Research Excellence Award from the Idaho National Science Foundation Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. ==References==
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