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Charleston, South Carolina, United States

• Represent National Geographic and provide guests with an enriching and educational experience

• Instruct and assist on-board expedition guests in photography techniques

New Jersey, United States

I'm a freelance photojournalist interested in the intersection between nature and human culture.

Florida, United States

• Adapt scientific data into easy-to-understand communications products for stakeholders, decision-makers, and the public

• Designed a communications strategy and collaborated with other team members to execute it• Generated and managed communications content to advocate for Global Conservation’s work• Wrote two books: “Saving the New Wild” and an anti-poaching handbook

Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

• Led surveys on the mammals of Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique using camera trapping, tracking, live-trapping and mist-netting techniques

Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Mpala Research Centre, Laikipia, Kenya

• Managed field activities for long-term study on hippo ecology, including supervision of Kenyan assistants• Designed and implemented various methodologies, including experimental exclosure construction, isotopic analysis, vegetation surveys, camera trapping, insect and fish surveys, river flow and water chemistry analysis• Devised and conducted side studies on hippo dunging behavior and glade ecology, intended for publication• Gave presentations to local schools and communities to raise understanding of the importance of river systems• Maintained equipment and coordinated project logistics

Upington Area, South Africa

• Collected and sorted behavioral data on semi-wild groups of meerkats using handheld computers and GIS• Assisted an Oxford Scientific/National Geographic film crew in producing a 3-D natural history documentary via equipment management, behavioral interpretation on meerkats, and logging scientific content of footage• Supervised groups of 3-6 Earthwatch volunteers of various nationalities as they conducted fieldwork• Managed all data on the life history of each of 16 meerkat groups as the project’s Life Historian, compiled monthly life history reports, and communicated the results to project staff and donors• Analyzed the meerkat project database, the world’s largest animal behavior database, for independent analysis project “Competitive Growth in Subordinate Female Meerkats”

Drakensberg, South Africa

• Pioneered study on behavior of previously unstudied troop of mountain chacma baboons in• Drakensberg Mountains, discovering behavioral peculiarities in individuals with limb anomalies• Collaborated in production of report for provincial wildlife department, emphasizing uniqueness of this baboon population and providing management recommendations • Photographed baboons with limb anomalies to document locomotor and behavioral irregularities

• Organized, entered and analyzed raw data for dissertation project "Wildlife conservation and human-wildlife relationships around protected areas in Ghana, West Africa" for PhD candidate

• Examined 80-year-old journals and compared descriptions to maps and aerial photos to identify locations• Developed efficient and organized digital method for locating and mapping potential survey sites

Berkeley, California, United States

• Designed and implemented semester-long research project entitled "Habitat Selection in California Birds: A case study of a native oak grove and an adjacent non-native eucalyptus grove" for natural history course• Conducted point-counts and behavioral observations to ascertain species diversity, density and habitat use

Springfield, Vermont, United States

• Learned to handle small mammals while leading and conducting species surveys using Sherman live-traps• Collaborated with other interns in executing bat mist-net and bird point-count surveys

Center For Wildlife Management Studies, Manyara, Tanzania

• Gained experience in techniques of wildlife management and conservation: quantitative methods; animal and plant identification; population, diversity, and habitat surveys; behavioral observations of birds and mammals• Conducted field research on behavior and ecology of olive baboons, including foraging /ranging behavior and intraspecific/human-baboon interactions; this culminated in a publishable paper and presentation• Examined socio-cultural/political influences in resource management via community surveys• Developed potential solutions to conservation problems in Tarangire-Lake Manyara ecosystem

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Ecology And Evolutionary Biology

Master’S Degree, Ecology And Evolutionary Biology

Bachelor Of Science, Conservation And Resource Studies

Activities and Societies: Society for Conservation Biology, Roots and Shoots, The Triple Helix Emphasis on Communicating Conservation.

Environmental Studies: Biology