I am a large carnivore biologist and conservation technologist. Previously, I completed an MBiol at the University of Durham and a PhD in Environmental Intelligence at the University of Exeter. My association with WildCRU began in 2022 when I became an external PhD student. My thesis was titled ‘Towards Multimodal Monitoring in Large African Carnivores’ where I focused on the integration of passive acoustic monitoring alongside camera traps to improve our understanding on large carnivore vocalisation behaviour. 

Now, as a postdoctoral research associate within WildCRU, I will be working in an interdisciplinary team that continues my previous work of innovating software and hardware and using multimodal survey designs, to research whether large carnivore monitoring can be made more cost and time efficient.

This work will combine computer science, fieldwork in KAZA (Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area), and capacity building to help guide conservation management and improve technological knowledge in this region.

My research has often been the focus of international media outlets. I particularly enjoy disseminating science for the general public and regularly provide guidance as to how best to frame scientific results for media engagement.  

The Technological Innovation for Large Carnivore Monitoring program is kindly supported by the Notsew Orm Sands Foundation.