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Congratulations to Scott Ford for his new position as Chief Scientist at Amazoonico Wildlife Rescue Center

Congratulations to Inspire4Nature fellow  Scott Ford for his new position as Chief Scientist at Amazoonico Wildlife Rescue Center, in the Amazon Rainforest in Napo, Ecuador. His main duties include designing, coordinating, and implementing research projects to mitigate issues related to wildlife trafficking, and to promote the conservation of the Amazon Rainforest more generally.

We wish Scott all the best in this new stage of his career!

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Congratulations to Maria Lumbierres for her new Postdoc with EuropaBON

Congratulations to Inspire4Nature fellow Maria Lumbierres for her new position as a Postdoctoral Researcher with the EuropaBON project, based at the University of Amsterdam.  She will be contributing to co-design a framework for the future monitoring of biodiversity across Europe, putting to good use all the skills she developed in her PhD project at Sapienza University.

We wish Maria all the best in this new stage of her career!

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Bravo to Prabhat Raj Dahal, awarded a Doctoral degree!

Congratulations to Prabhat Raj Dahal, awared today a Doctoral degree by Sapienza Università di Roma, for his thesis project entitled Production and validation of Area of Habitat maps for terrestrial birds and mammals. Following a public presentation by videoconference, the degree was awarded with the distinction “outstanding”.

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Bravo to Carmen Soria, awarded a Doctoral Degree!

Congratulations to Inspire4Nature fellow Carmen Soria, who was awarded today a Doctoral degree by Sapienza Università di Roma, for her thesis Projected effect of global change on species’ change in extinction risk. Following a public presentation by videoconference, the degree was awarded with the distinction “outstanding cum laude“. Continue reading “Bravo to Carmen Soria, awarded a Doctoral Degree!”

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Bravo to Maria Lumbierres, awarded a Doctoral degree!

Congratulations to Inspire4Nature fellow Maria Lumbierres, who was awarded today a Doctoral degree by Sapienza Università di Roma, for her thesis Where will future Key Biodiversity Areas be identified? A modelling approach to focus efforts. Following a public presentation by videoconference, the degree was awarded with the distinction “outstanding cum laude“. Continue reading “Bravo to Maria Lumbierres, awarded a Doctoral degree!”

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Congratulations to Kathrin Holenstein, awarded a PhD!

Bravo to Inspire4Nature fellow Kathrin Holenstein, for having been awarded a PhD degree by the University of Montpellier, with her project on the Permeability of European Protected Areas to Non-Native Species. She presented and defended her PhD project publicly today.
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Bravo to Scott Ford, awarded a PhD!

Huge congratulations to Inspire4Nature fellow Scott Ford, for having been awarded a PhD degree by the University of Copenhagen (UCPH), for his project on Protected-Area Dynamics: Patterns, drivers, and environmental outcomes of changes in protected-area boundaries and designations. He presented and defended his PhD project publicly today. Continue reading “Bravo to Scott Ford, awarded a PhD!”

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Congratulation to Sean Jellesmark for his new postdoc at Syngenta

Congratulations to Inspire4Nature fellow Sean Jellesmark for his new position as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Syngenta! His project involves large scale modelling of Soil Health, putting to good use the analytical skills Sean developed in his PhD project at UCL.

We wish Sean all the best in this new stage of his career!

12.ClareLewis

Congratulations to Clare Lewis for her new position as a Senior Research Analyst at DEFRA

Congratulations to Inspire4Nature fellow Clare Lewis for her new position as a Senior Research Analyst at DEFRA, the UK Government’s Department for the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs. Clare is now providing research and analysis to support the development of DEFRA’s domestic and international marine policy, more specifically leading on social science evidence and evaluation to inform the implementation of marine protected areas.

We wish her all the best in this new stage of her career!