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Mourad Gabriel
Ph.D. student, Comparative Pathology, University of California Davis

School of Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology

M.S. Wildlife Biology, Humboldt State University,

School of Natural Resources, Department of Wildlife

Minor in Biometry

B.S. Wildlife Biology, Humboldt State University
Minor in Business, California State University of Fresno


Before co-founding MGW Biological Surveys, Mourad Gabriel conducted many kinds of biological investigations throughout northern California. He worked for California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) creating the primary nest site database for peregrine falcons in Humboldt, Del Norte and western Trinity counties on both public and private lands using GIS. He also helped establish the CDFG North Coast Region protocol for determining peregrine falcon nest site status.  He also worked for the California Cooperative Fishery Research Unit on many research projects including coho and chinook salmon spawner surveys, coho salmon mark-recapture experiments and population estimates through e-fishing and seining, and drift analysis. Mourad conducted Marbled Murrelet and Spotted Owl surveys in the King Range National Conservation Area for the Bureau of Land Management. He also conducted white-footed vole surveys and habitat analysis for CDFG.

Mourad spent several months volunteering for various projects such as harbor seal pup surveys and exotic plant removal on USFWS Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, assisting in snowy plover nest searches for the Arcata USFWS office, and assisting in data collection for a large-scale study of Roosevelt elk in Sinkyone Wilderness State Park, in Mendocino County, CA. Mourad worked as an assistant museum curator mounting and preparing mammal and bird specimens for natural habitat displays and student instruction at Humboldt State University and also worked as a professional taxidermist in Fresno, CA.

Mourad is an active member of the Wildlife Disease Association, Wildlife Society national, western and north coast chapters, American Society of Mammalogists, Society for Vector Ecology, and Society for Conservation Biology. He was past president of the Wildlife Disease Club at Humboldt State University and was recently nominated as an candidate for the 2007 Wildlife Society Wildlife Disease working group. He is also a trained Basic Supervisor for the Oiled Wildlife Care Network.

Mourad is currently pursuing a Ph.D at the University of California Davis where he is researching the population health and conservation of Pacific fishers in California focusing on their potential population limiting pathogenic exposures. Mourad's certifications include, California Department of Fish and Game Wildlife Handling and Restraint, CPR and First Aid, Defensive Driving, ATV Safety Institute training, and OSPR Hazard Communications. Mourad's hobbies include backpacking, bodyboarding, taxidermy and angling.