My pronouns are she/her
My DPhil research, partially funded by the Department of Biology, focuses on an integrated study of human dimensions and ecological examination of Asiatic black bears in various conflict hotspots in Japan, supervised by Dr. Darragh Hare and Dr. Emu-Felicitas Ostermann-Miyashita (TUAT). We aim to fill crucial knowledge gaps for the federal and prefectural governments to develop effective conflict mitigation strategies, and explore regional differences throughout Japan.
This directly builds on my MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management (2025) dissertation research, in which we explored the human dimensions of human-bear conflict in Akita City, Japan against the backdrop of shifting legislation on lethal control as well as a dramatic increase in human-bear interactions.
Prior to the DPhil, I graduated magna cum laude from Harvard in 2024 with a BA in Integrative Biology with a secondary (minor) in Classics, and a language citation in Mandarin Chinese. My senior thesis explored the evolutionary and ecological factors in the functional morphology of bat vertebral columns, and I worked as a RA in the Davies Lab on a human-lion conflict project. I also completed a MSt in Classical Archaeology in 2026, and hope to eventually work in heritage conservation.
