Louisa Mamalis
T&S Lecturer

I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Leeds where I studied Environmental Science and began to developed broad interest in the worlds systems. I developed a particular interest in conservation biology which culminated in a project assessing the abundance and diversity of bird species in mangrove forests in relation to human activity in Tanzania. Following this I completed an International Masters in Applied Ecology at the Universities of Poitiers (France), Coimbra (Portugal) and Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil). My dissertation explored the impact of soya and cattle ranching on the distribution of the greater rhea using citizen science data. 

I then moved to the University of York to complete a PhD in the biology department with Colin Beale, Kate Arnold and external partners at the Wildlife Conservation Society in Cambodia. My project focused on the conservation of the giant ibis, a Critically Endangered bird present in Cambodia, using big data sets to explore threats and conservation solutions including satellite and camera trap images, as well as habitat and bioacoustic data. 

I have recently taken up this new role as an Associate Lecturer in Ecology within the biology department at the University of York.