Science Consultant & National Geographic Explorer

Expertise in wildlife trade, government policy, wildlife disease & applied conservation action.

Currently accepting clients who would like support with these topics.

My Background

 

I’m a conservation scientist inspired to help people better understand the interconnected relationships between people, the environment and wildlife. I earned my PhD studying the spread of wildlife diseases through international wildlife trade, worked as a science diplomat to influence global conservation policies, and am part of a team working to protect endangered species from extinction.

 

PhD, James Cook University

Global biosecurity, wildlife disease & conservation

2011 – 2017

Senior CITES Specialist, US Fish & Wildlife Service

2010 – 2011 and 2017 - 2019

 

Wildlife Inspector, US Fish & Wildlife Service

2004 – 2010

Freelance Science Consultant

2019 – Present

 

For the past 15 years, while working for the US Fish & Wildlife Service in wildlife trade regulation, my personal research focus has been the global amphibian extinction crisis. Beginning is the late 1900’s, a global disease event started causing species around the world to become extinct, and it continues today. One particularly deadly pair of pathogens, called amphibian chytrid fungus and ranavirus, are at the center of this phenomenon.

 
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Amphibian chytrid fungus has already spread to over 60 countries around the world and dozens of species have now vanished forever. This is why I’m working with the Honduras Amphibian Rescue & Conservation Center to help protect endangered species from extinction.

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