Services OfferedGreta's BioMourad's BioEmployees Mourad Gabriel M.S. candidate in Wildlife Biology, Humboldt State University B.S. in 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. Mourad has conducted research on the parasites and distribution of large rodents in Arcata, CA. 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 Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge, assisting in snowy plover nest searches, mist-netting passerines for disease research, and assisting in data collection for a large-scale study of Roosevelt elk in Sinkyone Wilderness State Park, 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, Humboldt State University Mammals Discussion Group, the Wildlife Society, and is the president of the Humboldt State University Wildlife Disease Club. He is also a trained Basic Supervisor for the Oiled Wildlife Care Network. Mourad is currently working in the Humboldt State University Wildlife Disease Laboratory and obtaining his M.S. in Wildlife on the prevalence and distribution of a new, emerging tick-borne disease in small, mammalian carnivores in Northwest California. He obtained his B.S. in Wildlife from Humboldt State University in 2000. Mourad's certifications include CPR and First Aid, Defensive Driving, ATV Safety Institute training, and OSPR Hazard Communications. Mourad's hobbies include backpacking, bodyboarding, taxidermy and angling. HomeAbout UsProjectsJobsContact Us		Frog Telemetry NOAA Letter of Recommendation Download Adobe Acrobat here.