Liam Jasperse-Sjolander
- Ph.D. Student
- ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Bio
Liam Jasperse-Sjolander is a PhD student in the Department of Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His dissertation focuses on comparing forest and savannah elephant habitat use and social structure, including the use of drones and AI models to examine elephant social behavior, foraging, and population health. Liam is a wildlife biologist who has been studying elephant social behavior for the past nine years, including at Save the Elephants, where he serves as Principal Investigator of the Elephant Collective Behavior Project in Samburu National Reserve. He has worked studing wildlife in several countries, including Gabon, Rwanda, Kenya, Canada, and the United States and is commited to advancing the study of wildlife behavior using novel technologies.
Research Interests
- Elephant Behavioral Ecology
- Social Network Analysis
- Non-Invasive Monitoring
- Drone-Based Observation
- Fission-Fusion Dynamics
- Morphometrics and Demography
Education
- M.S. in Environmental Studies, University of Colorado – Boulder, CO, USA
- B.S. in Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, McGill University – Montreal, QC, Canada
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Joanna Lambert