Ph.D. Conservation Biology and Genetics, University of Louisville, 2016
B.S. Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation, Summa Cum Laude, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 2010 

Southwestern Adventist University Faculty of the Year Award, 2018-2019
University of Louisville Faculty Favorite Award, 2011, 2012, 2013
William Clay Conservation Award, University of Louisville, 2012

Texas Chapter of The Wildlife Society
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles 
Southwestern Association of Naturalists
Texas Academy of Science
Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists

• Snyder K, McLain M, Wood J, Chadwick A. 2020. Over 13,000 elements from a single bonebed help elucidate disarticulation and transport of an Edmontosaurus thanatocoenosis. PLOS One
• Wood JP, Dowell SA, Campbell TS, Page RB. 2018. Introduction history and population genetics of the Argentine black-and-white tegu (Salvator merianae) in Florida. Genetica; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10709-018-0040-0
• Wood JP, Patton TM, Page RB. 2017. Movement and overwinter survival of released captive-raised alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) in southeastern Oklahoma, USA. Herpetological Review; 48(2): 293–299
• Wood JP, Dowell SA, Campbell TS, Page RB. 2016. Insights into the introduction history and population genetic dynamics of the Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) in Florida. Journal of Heredity; 107(4): 349-362.
• Dowell SA, Wood JP, Campbell TS, Kolokotronis SO, Hekkala ER. 2016. Combining genetic and distributional approaches to sourcing introduced species: a case study on the Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) in Florida. Royal Science Open Society; 3: 150619
• Wood JP, Campbell TS, Page RB. 2016. Characterization of 17 novel microsatellite loci in the Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) via 454 pyrosequencing. Amphibia-Reptilia; 37:121-125
• Wood JP, Campbell TS, Page RB. 2015. Characterization of 14 novel microsatellite loci in the Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae) via 454 pyrosequencing. Amphibia-Reptilia; 36: 444-449
• Patton TM, JP Wood. 2010. A herpetofaunal survey of the Boehler Seeps Preserve, with reports of new county records and recommendations for conservation efforts. Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Scienc;e 89:67