Dr. Bryan D. Watts

Dr. Bryan D. Watts is the Mitchell A. Byrd Professor of Conservation Biology and Director of The Center for Conservation Biology at William & Mary.  The author of more than 600 publications on avian ecology and conservation, Watts has studied birds since early childhood.  He has conducted more than 1,000 research projects focused on solving conservation problems throughout the Western Hemisphere but primarily within the mid-Atlantic region of North America.  He has worked with osprey in the Chesapeake Bay for more than 30 years.  His research attempts to explore general ecological principles that have broad application.