I am a conservation biologist with a focus and passion on human-wildlife coexistence and interactions. I have previously worked with the Australian Wildlife Conservancy where played a leading role in threatened species reintroductions in both remote and semi-urban settings. I have also worked across the human-wildlife conflict interface in consultancy roles. In all facets of this work, negotiation and management of human dimensions and stakeholders has been a key skillset I have developed.
My wildlife conservation experience is expansive, including projects in Australasia, Asia, Europe and Africa. Recently, I completed my PhD on mitigating human-carnivore conflict in Botswana, where building trust and cohesion in a rural farming community as well as with government, and local NGOs was a vital component for overall human-carnivore coexistence success. I am now a postdoc at Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research where I am leading a Cheetah Rangewide Upscaling Project that aims to use knowledge of cheetah spatial tactics to minimise human-cheetah conflict in farming communities and enable successful reintroduction programs.