Lauren Zager

Miami University , Class of 2017
From Bloomington, Ill.

Received my Bachelors from Western Illinois University in Biological Sciences with an emphasis in Zoology, with minors in Psychology and Animal Science. I am now pursuing my Masters with the hope of furthering conservation efforts of endangered species.

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Education

Miami University
Western Illinois University

Lauren in the News

Lauren Zager Awarded Degree from Miami University

Lauren Zager of Crest Hill was among more than 1,000 students from Miami University who received degrees during fall commencement exercises Friday, December 15, 2017, in Millett Hall Zager graduat...

May, 03 2018 - Verified by Miami University

Conservation leader Lauren Zager finishing master's studies

Bloomington, Ill., resident Lauren Zager has been applying the tools of science, education and conservation to become a leader in the conservation community. In mid-December 2017, Zager is expected...

December, 04 2017 - Verified by Miami University

Elk Grove Village, Ill., resident Lauren Zager to study in India

Elk Grove Village, Ill., resident Lauren Zager, a current master's student in the Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) from Miami University's Project Dragonfly, will travel to India in July 2017. Zager ...

June, 20 2017 - Verified by Miami University

Lauren Zager accepted into master's degree program through Miami University's Project Dragonfly

Bloomington, Ill. (61704) resident Lauren Zager was recently accepted into the Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) and will be taking classes toward a Master of Arts (MA) degree in Biology from Miami Un...

May, 11 2015 - Verified by Miami University

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Lauren Zager was recognized for earning an academic award

Order of Omega is a leadership honor society for members of Fraternity & Sorority organizations. Order of Omega recognizes juniors and seniors who have exemplified high standards in the areas of scholarship, leadership, involvement within their respective organization and within the Fraternity/Sorority, campus, and local community. Members are selected from the top 3% of students at each institution. To date, over 500 chapters have been chartered throughout North America, each sharing the common goal of recognizing the many outstanding student leaders at their institution.

Spring 2014 - Spring 2015 - Added by Lauren

Lauren Zager was recognized for being a member of who's who

President of the Year Award. Awarded to a Greek Life president who has made a profound impact on their chapter.

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Work Experience

Science Instructor at High Touch High Tech - Science Made FUN!

February 2017 - Present

Computer Lab Assistant at University Technology

Supervise student computer labs, assisting students with any questions or problems, and maintaining the upkeep of the lab.

January 2012 - May 2015

Projects + Publications

The History of the Sumatran Tiger

Tigers were first recognized as a species by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, since then nine subspecies have been identified (IUCN, 2014). Of these nine subspecies three have already been declared extinct, Panthera tigris bali (Bali tiger), Panthera tigris sondaica (Javan tiger), Panthera tigris virgata (Caspian tiger) (IUCN, 2014). Many other tiger subspecies face the same outcome if nothing is done to help. One of the subspecies most at risk is Panthera tigris sumatrae (Sumatran tiger). In 1929, the Sumatran tiger was named as one of the nine subspecies (Pocock, 1929). There were a couple of different theories on the evolution of the Sumatran tiger. First, it was thought that the Sumatran tiger was a cross between a mainland tiger and a Javan tiger, which are now extinct (Kitchener, 1999). Kitchener’s (1999) research also showed that that the Sumatran tiger may have evolved because a mainland tiger migrated to the island of Sumatra during low sea levels during the last ice age. Mazak and Groves (2006) theorized that the isolation on the island caused the Sumatran tiger to develop all of its unique traits.

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