Postdoc researcher | Sustainability and the Global Environment Research Center (SAGE)
Natalie is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Durrell Institute for Conservation & Ecology (DICE), University of Kent.
Her current work focuses on wildmeat consumption in urban tropical Africa, led by Dr Dan Ingram and in collaboration with the WILDMEAT Project.
Previous work
Prior to this position, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Sound Forest Lab at the Sustainability and the Global Environment Research Center (SAGE), University of Wisconsin-Madison with Dr Zuzana Burivalova. In this role, she investigated how we can use time-series and other statistical approaches to assess how disturbances such as logging and hunting impact soundscapes in Gabon.
Her PhD research focused on how bats respond to land-use change across Borneo, using machine learning to automate bat monitoring in this region. This research was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) EnvEast Doctoral Training Partnership under the supervision of Dr Matthew Struebig and Dr Jake Bicknell, as part of the Leverhulme Tropical Defaunation Hub, Durrell Institute of Conservation & Ecology (DICE), University of Kent.
Prior to joining DICE, she undertook her Masters in Environmental Management at the University of Salford investigating the impacts of habitat fragmentation on bats in the Amazon. During her studies, she has collaborated on projects investigating the effects of land-use change in Central & South America, Asia, and Northern and Western Europe.
Memberships/societies
She is part of the editorial board for the Journal of Bat Research & Conservation, is a keen member of the Women in Conservation Canterbury Network, and is the co-chair for the British Ecological Society LGBTQ+ Network. She also works as a part-time research consultant focusing on improving equity, diversity, and inclusion in academic publishing. This work is based out of the University of Oxford working with Dr Diogo Veríssimo and funded by the Society for Conservation Biology.
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