Experience

Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Conservation

  • Jul 2019 - Present



College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Jun 2014 - Present



Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

• Behavioral Researcher

  • Mar 2014 - Present



Bioko Biodiversity Protection Program

• Research Associate

  • Sep 2008 - Present



Drexel University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor of Record

  • Jan 2012 - Jan 2014

  During the intensive field course, Field Research in Tropical Ecology (ENVS 344), I instruct a diverse group of students on the process of performing high quality ecological research though hands-on experience. American students from the Drexel Study Abroad Program are partnered with Equatoguinean students from the National University of Equatorial Guinea to develop, plan, perform, and report research projects at the Moka Wildlife Center, in southern Bioko Island. Projects have focused on a variety of ecological and wildlife topics, including the impacts of agricultural practices, hunting activities, and development on a wide variety of taxa, including local vegetation, invertebrates, birds, amphibians, and mammals. During the course, I teach students how to apply the scientific method to develop and answer pertinent research questions, using an array of traditional and novel techniques. Ultimately, my goal as instructor is for students to not only become better scientists, but for them to also contribute to our understanding of the ecology, behavior, and conservation on Bioko Island.

• Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2008 - 2013

  I have taught in the field, laboratory, and recitation for several courses, including Evolution, Form, Function, and Evolution of Vertebrates, Marine Field Methods, and General Ecology. I also helped to develop a special topics seminar on Primatology in 2009, and constructed the recitations for the Evolution course in 2010.



The Wetlands Institute

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2006 - Oct 2007