Wulan Pusparini

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Wulan Pusparini | DPhil Student

I began my conservation effort with project on Sumatran Rhinoceros for my Bachelor degree theses at the University of Indonesia, major in Biology, 2006.

In between working for Sumatra’s iconic large mammals’ conservation, I got my Master Degree at University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Environmental Conservation with funding from the Fulbright Scholarship in 2014.

My Thesis was on the Island-wide scale occupancy modelling analysis of Sumatran Rhinoceros. Since then, with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), I am working on setting up conservation strategies for Sumatra and Sulawesi terrestrial species. I was also leading the Science Unit with the overarching goal of ensuring robust conservation science is a central part of WCS work.

Another interest of mine is in capacity building, specifically addressing the gender gap in conservation science. I do many training on statistics and ecology data analysis within WCS and the broader conservation community, as well as conducting training for University students and founding the R-Ladies Bogor chapter.