I use camera traps and satellite mapping to uncover how our wild neighbours live, move and survive.

DISCIPLINARY FOCUS

Core Competencies

Systematic fieldwork protocols, spatial modeling pipelines, and technical monitoring tools applied across wildlife conservation grids.

Selected Spatial Work

Spatial analysis examining large mammal movement, forestry cutblocks and compound risk corridors in Western Canada

BRITISH COLUMBIA Tweedsmuir Grizzly Density
Photo: National Park Service (NPS), public domain

Tweedsmuir Grizzly Density & Road Proximity

Evaluating grizzly population stability across 12 GBPUs against provincial road density thresholds and movement buffer overlaps.

11 of 13 sightings compressed into 9% road buffer zone
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ALBERTA Wildfire Hazard & Compound Grizzly Risk
Photo: Parks Canada / H. Fengler, via Reuters. Source: GMA News

Wildfire Hazard & Compound Grizzly Risk

Spatial analysis evaluating how 1,230 fire incidents compress carnivore movement into road transport corridors.

1,230 fire incidents analyzed across provincial units
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BRITISH COLUMBIA Habitat Security & Strategic Road Deactivation
Photo: Thomas D. Mangelsen

Habitat Security & Strategic Road Deactivation

Multi-criteria evaluation prioritizing inactive forestry corridors on slopes over 15 degrees to restore secure feeding patches.

558.8 km prioritized on slopes exceeding 15°
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Background & Approach

Integrating backcountry field monitoring with applied GIS analysis.

Fieldwork and Spatial Data

I am an early-career wildlife conservationist focusing on large mammal ecology, linear disturbance mitigation, and practical spatial data cleaning across Western Canada.

My work combines physically deploying and servicing remote camera arrays with spatial modeling in ArcGIS Pro and QGIS, converting provincial forest tenure and wildfire databases into actionable management plans.

MSc Animal Behaviour
A.R.U Cambridge
BSc Wildlife Conservation
Liverpool John Moores University
Fieldwork Experience
Rewilding Apennines (30+ camera traps) & SGNP Mumbai
The portfolio reflects a working scientist's record: documented steps from camera trap grids to spatial data cleaning to management decisions.
FIELDWORK // ITALY

Central Apennines Bear Smart Corridors

Deployed and maintained 30+ remote camera traps with Rewilding Apennines to monitor Marsican brown bear movement across fragmented mountain passes.

FIELDWORK // INDIA

Sanjay Gandhi National Park Leopard Surveys

Assisted with camera-trap monitoring and survey grids in Mumbai, observing large cat spatial adaptation to high-density urban edges.

SPATIAL RESEARCH // CANADA

Western Canadian Carnivore Models

Modeled road deactivation, early-seral forestry clearings, and compound wildfire risks across British Columbia and Alberta datasets.