About
Prior to entering my PhD program, I worked as a wildlife biologist for an NGO, gaining six years of experience in forest ecology and conservation, species distribution modeling, and camera trapping. For my PhD research, I am interested in studying the ecology and biogeography of small apes (family Hylobatidae). Specifically, I aim to investigate the effects of human-driven forest fragmentation on small ape populations and genetic diversity in Sumatra, Indonesia. Small apes are arboreal and primarily move by brachiation (branch-to-branch swinging), so they rely heavily on continuous forest canopy. Forest canopy gaps may become barriers to their movement, hindering gene flow among populations in fragmented habitats.
Research interest: primate evolutionary biology; primate ecology & conservation; ecological niche modelling
