Since 2023, we have been most fortunate to collaborate with Dr. Mary Burak on conservation research in African savannas. Mary joined the lab as a Fulbright Scholar based in Kenya, with continuing support provided by a Voss Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society. Together these prestigious awards provided three years of support Mary to connect Brown University with its research on African savannas.

Mary collaborates with a number of major NGOs, including Save the Elephants, The National Museums of Kenya, and Mpala Research Centre to address critical data needs for the conservation of large carnivores and herbivores across Kenya. 

Mary is based in Nairobi. She completed a PhD in Os Schmitz's lab at Yale University in 2023.