Zach Hess is an undergraduate Fisheries and Wildlife major specializing in Conservation Biology at UNL. He is also working towards attending Veterinarian School. In spring 2020, he joined the Applied Wildlife Ecology and Spatial Movement (AWESM) Lab. His undergraduate research is aimed at improving our understanding of ring-necked pheasant mating behavior and group structure in intensive agricultural landscapes. This information will be critical to land managers and biologists interested in improving pheasant populations in highly fragmented agricultural landscapes. His research interests are focused in the fields of Wildlife Veterinarian Medicine and Ecological Physiology.