Edie Abrahams

Edie (she/her) is an early-career conservationist, having recently graduated from the University of Oxford with a master’s in biology. Her master’s research focused on the spatiotemporal dynamics of free-ranging cats in an island ecosystem. Her wider interests include invasive species, island ecology and exploring the intersection between social and conservation science. She has also been involved in science communication, volunteering for university publications and blogs within her lab group.

Rowan Kuminski

Rowan (they/them) is a PhD student studying seabird population dynamics at University of Aberdeen, and is particularly interested in combining ecological sciences with social sciences to take an interdisciplinary approach to seabird conservation. They previously studied crow cognition for their MSc, and now also work on several projects examining the experiences of LGBTQIA+ people in ornithology, as well as dismantling language barriers in ecology. 

Marwa Kavelaars

Marwa (she/her) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, working at the intersection of movement and behavioural ecology. After years studying seabird ecology, she has recently expanded her work to include human foraging, applying methods from animal ecology to study human decision-making in the real world. Marwa is passionate about science communication, mentoring early-career scientists and building a more inclusive research community.