I am an international
student, based in the USA, working toward a MS.Biology degree at
Andrews University, Michigan. I am originally from India, but have
grown up for almost 18 years of my life in Kenya.Growing
up amidst one of the world's biodiversity "hotspots" instilled
in me a passionate love for the african wilderness, and a deep desire
to protect it, thus my interest in conservation biology. Volunteering
for a year at a local WWF (World Wildlife Fund) branch in Nakuru,
got me interested in population and community ecology. I completed
my undergraduate degree with magna cum laude at the University of
Eastern Africa, Baraton, Kenya, focusing on these areas of interests.
I recognize a need for greater interdisciplinary approaches in addressing
conservation biology issues and a need for greater quantitative
approaches in the study of ecology. I am relatively new to the field
of mathematical modeling but realize just how valuable a tool this
can be in better understanding population dynamics and community
ecology.
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