Postdoctoral Fellows

Vanessa Duthé

Postdoctoral Fellow
My research is centered on improving rhino conservation through a better understanding of their spatial ecology and responses to key management interventions. I’m particularly interested in how practices such as dehorning, translocations, and broader...
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Nicholas Russo

Postdoctoral Fellow
My research combines remote sensing and animal observations to understand how animal-vegetation interactions contribute to ecosystem stability. I work primarily with animal tracking data, LiDAR, and satellite remote sensing to reveal the 3D structural...
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Jonas Trepel

Postdoctoral Fellow
I'm a broadly interested ecologist working somewhere at the intersection of large mammal ecology, conservation biology, global change and ecosystem functioning. Most of my research focuses on how large animals influence plant diversity and community...
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Brittany Trew

Postdoctoral Fellow
My research has primarily focused on applying ecological modeling to inform conservation strategies and mitigate biodiversity loss. During my PhD, I refined predictive ecological models for climate change by incorporating innovative microclimate modeling...
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