Leigh West
USA
Science Communications Master’s Student
Leigh is passionate about pursuing conservation solutions with a focus on interdisciplinarity, local community involvement, and outreach. She graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Environmental Biology in 2016, and is in the process of applying to ecology and conservation-focused PhD programs while completing her Masters in Science Communication at Imperial College London. She has worked as a research technician on puma projects in Wyoming and California, zooplankton and seabird projects in Antarctica, marine mammal projects in New York City and Alaska, and primate projects in South Africa.