Kevin Lovasik is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received his B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Science, and a Forest Ecosystems minor from the Pennsylvania State University in 2022. Since 2023, Kevin is pursuing his M.S. in Range and Wildlife Management at Texas A&M – Kingsville as a member of the Patton Center for Deer Research. Under the direction of Dr. Michael Cherry, his research focuses on predator-prey ecology and what role cause-specific mortality plays in white-tailed deer population demography.