Beth Biro

Tyson Natural Resources Coordinator and Staff Scientist

Beth Biro is one of Tyson’s renaissance women. There is no project she has not tackled.

“We have an amphibian and tree phenology project called the Vernal Pool Phenology Project (VPPP). And we are doing the St. Louis Wildlife Project [urban wildlife ecology] and LifePlan [biodiversity monitoring]. I was just in Forest Park this morning collecting air, soil, camera images and audio recordings and insect samples for LifePlan. Every week I send our data off to our collaborators at the University of Helsinki in Finland, where the project is based.

I am always running all over. I was hired in 2006 right out of graduate school to be research technician doing pond systems research. My time here has allowed me to work on a variety of projects in the forest and all over the Ozarks, including urban wildlife studies, bats, ticks, and even mosquito projects with Kim [Medley] and Katie [Westby]. 

My role now includes helping researchers with the logistics of their projects, managing our research infrastructure and long-term monitoring projects, reviewing future Tyson projects, and helping guide the field station to be a welcoming community for everyone. I am a generalist. I like it all.”