Sutirtha Lahiri

Sutirtha Lahiri

Research Intern

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  • About me

    Graduate scholar in conservation and Planetary Health | Science communication | Conservation Policy | Ecology and Evolution | Natural History |

  • Education

    • Faculty Higher Secondary School, Guwahati

      2010 - 2014
    • Hansraj College

      2014 - 2017
      Bachelor of Science (BSc) Zoology/Animal Biology

      Activities and Societies: Joint Secretary of Pixels, the Photography Society of HansRaj College

    • University of Minnesota

      2021 -
      Doctor of Philosophy - PhD NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
    • Wildlife Institute of India

      2017 - 2019
      Master's degree Wildlife Biology
    • Hansraj College

      2014 - 2017
      BSc Zoology/Animal Biology
  • Experience

    • Nature Conservation Foundation

      Jun 2015 - Jul 2015
      Research Intern
    • Princeton University

      Jan 2018 - Feb 2018
      Research Intern

      Mapping patrolling routes for forest guards|Mist-netting birds|Education programme with local students|

    • Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune

      Sept 2019 - Jan 2022
      Researcher
    • University of Minnesota

      Aug 2021 - now
      Research Fellow
    • Institute on the Environment University of Minnesota

      Aug 2022 - Jul 2023
      Graduate leader

      Designed and co-led a year long graduate cohort on Planetary Health. Responsibilities in this role include- 1. recruiting graduate cohort members from a pool of applicants from diverse disciplines and programs2. building a syllabus from scratch centred around planetary health (systems thinking,climate justice, movement building, one health, interconnected with nature)3. Leading cohort discussions, field trips, assigning group projects4. Leading efforts for final team project on diversifying syllabi to include planetary health in curriculum.5. Final presentation of year long work at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. Show less

    • Bell Museum

      Aug 2023 - now
      Curatorial Assistant
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Social / Behavioral or Humanist Research Investigators and Key Personnel.

      CITI Program
      Jan 2022
      View certificate certificate
    • Bioinformatics analysis for conservation genomics

      Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation