HE Lecturer/Course Manager Conservation Biology

Sarah holds a BSc (Hons) in Zoology from the University of Exeter and an MSc with Distinction in Zoo Conservation Biology from the University of Plymouth. She is currently a PhD candidate at Nottingham Trent University where she is researching African desert-adapted carnivores. Her broad research interests include the Hyaenidae family (specifically brown and spotted hyaenas), carnivore conservation, behavioural ecology and camera trapping.

Sarah previously worked as a Principal Researcher in Greater Kruger, South Africa, where she led successful conservation research projects and worked with NGOs, reserve management and anti-poaching operations. She has also spent time researching spotted hyaenas in Zimbabwe, and spent nearly a year in the Skeleton Coast, Namibia collecting data for her PhD on species including lions, elephants, cheetah and brown hyaena.

Sarah is a member of the British Ecological Society, the Mammal Society, and the Southern African Wildlife Management Association.

In her spare time, she is also a qualified dog trainer and co-owns a successful dog training business with her partner and two dogs Oberon and Ophelia.