Our Team

Neil Carter

PI of Conservation & Coexistence Group, Associate Professor

My research is highly interdisciplinary and utilizes field-based, quantitative, and conceptual approaches to understand complex feedbacks among people, wildlife, and…

Alice Bernard (she/her), PhD

PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow

My research interests lie in understanding the complex interactions between humans and wildlife to address conservation issues and inform decision…

Divyashree Rana, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

My research interests lie in the intersection of landscape ecology, carnivore biology, and conservation science. I am broadly interested in…

Hyun Seok Yoon, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Institute for Global Change Biology, where I work with Drs. Neil Carter, Kai…

Jason Hagani

PhD Student, Resource Ecology & Management

I am a spatial ecologist whose work focuses on the intersection between animal movements and anthropogenic activity. I employ remote…

Samantha Hamilton

PhD Student, Environment & Sustainability

I am an interdisciplinary wildlife researcher interested in the conservation of marine apex predators, namely sea otters (Enhydra lutris). I…

Anna Yue Yu (she/her)

PhD Student, Resource Ecology & Management

My goal as a conservation researcher is to take interdisciplinary, solution-based approaches to inform human-wildlife coexistence on complex, shared landscapes.…

Amy Zuckerwise

PhD Candidate, Resource Ecology & Management

I am a wildlife scientist interested in the ecology and conservation of felids within socio-ecological systems. My dissertation focuses on…

Shiyang Du

MSc Student, Ecosystem Science and Management

I am interested in wildlife conservation and human-wildlife coexistence. My proposed thesis focuses on the impacts of South American agroforestry…

Yuting Pu

MSc Student

Hi! I am Yuting Pu, a master’s student at SEAS, where I focus on geospatial data science and conservation. I…

Ramya Subramanian (she/her)

MSc Student, Geospatial Data Science & Ecosystem Science and Management

I am a geospatial data scientist interested in exploring how climate and predation risk factors influence species in accessing water.…

Chengju Wen

MSc Student, Geospatial Data Science

Chengju Wen is a master’s student at the University of Michigan studying sustainability and geospatial data science. He is interested…

Owen Widdis

MSc Student, Information and Geospatial Data Science

I'm a Master of Science in Data Analytics student at the University of Michigan School of Information with a focus…

Jincheng Yao

MSc Student, Geospatial Data Science & Ecosystem Science and Management

I am interested in using geospatial technology to study landscape and habitat shifts, and focus on how these changes influence…