Biography

Biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, and understanding how species survive in changing landscapes is essential for effective conservation. One major threat is habitat fragmentation, which disrupts the connectivity species need to survive. I am interested in how animals move and persist in fragmented landscapes and how we can use this understanding to support their conservation. During my studies at ETH Zurich, I conducted research across multiple systems—from fish biodiversity in tropical rivers to shifting mountain treelines across Europe. My Master’s thesis at Yale examined how movement constraints influence space use predictions in endangered whooping cranes. My PhD at Cambridge will combine translocation experiments in Africa with global trait-based modeling to explore how morphology predicts dispersal and connectivity. By linking fieldwork, data synthesis, and spatial modeling, I aim to strengthen conservation planning by scaling connectivity metrics across taxa and grounding them in biological realism. Working under the supervision of Professor Robert Fletcher, I look forward to advancing ecological science and contributing to practical strategies that sustain species persistence in fragmented ecosystems.

Previous Education

Royal Institute of Technology Ecology
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Interdisciplinary Sciences