Fellow at The Safina Center, University of the Free State
I am a conservation scientist with a doctorate in Biological Anthropology from the University of Cambridge. I aspire to bridge the science-policy-society interface. As a wildlife scientist, I am interested in how wild animals adapt behaviorally to human-modified landscapes. As a practitioner I focus on ways of improving human-wildlife coexistence, informing policy decisions with evidence, and raising inclusivity and diversity in conservation.
Previously, I was a 2016-2017 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow, a Junior Research Fellow in Evolutionary Anthropology at Durham University, and a postdoc and lecturer in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University. I have consulted for a range of NGOs including the Wildlife Conservation Society, WildAid, the Environmental Investigation Agency, and the Tanzania Forest Conservation Group.
I advise the Southern Tanzania Elephant Program and am a Research Associate in Zoology and Entomology at the University of the Free State, Qwaqwa campus, South Africa. I am also a 2018 fellow of The Safina Center, and working on a citizen science project on the phenology of winter coat molt in the mountain goat in relation to climate change.
Diversifying approaches to conserving nature
Jan 08, 2020 11:56 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Conservationists dont always agree about the best ways to reinforce the protection of nature. Debates about it can become confrontational. But at the heart of the issue is how to include more people in conservation...
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