Human-wildlife interactions
Genomics
Environmental anthropology
Institute of Zoology
Zoological Society of London
London
NW 14RY
United Kingdom
Working towards human-wildlife co-existence between the Endangered coney and communities on the island of Jamaica.
Jenny is a PhD Researcher at ZSL's Institute of Zoology, University College London, and the Natural History Museum London, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council. Her work revolves around the Endangered Jamaican coney (Geocapromys brownii), the last non-volant land mammal in Jamaica. Employing ecological (radiotracking, camera traps), anthropological, and genomic approaches, she aims to generate information on the sustainability of human-coney co-existence on the island and on the viability of the remaining coney populations.
Jenny is a proponent of interdisciplinary and collaborative methods and is excited to partner with the Jamaican Conservation and Development Trust, the ZSL EDGE of Existence Programme, and Durell Wildlife Conservation Trust to deliver this important research.
Through these partnerships, Jenny also aspires to support capacity-building in Jamaica and strengthen local conservation initiatives.
2015-2017: MSc in Cognitive and Clinical Psychology at the University of Mannheim, Germany
2018-2019: MSc in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
2019-2021: Senior Scientist in Field Epidemiology at Public Health England (now UKHSA)
2021-2022: MSc in Biodioversity, Evolution, and Conservation at Middlesex University
2022-2023: PGCert in Applied Meteorology at the University of Reading
2023-present: PhD Researcher at the ZSL Institute of Zoology, University College London, and the Natural History Museum London, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council