Krista received a BA in World History (University of Calgary) and a BSc Honours in Biology (Dalhousie University). She then spent five years in South Africa working on a MSc (Nelson Mandela University) and PhD (Rhodes University) in avian ecology, where she focused on an endemic threatened bird, the Cape Rockjumper. Currently, she is a postdoctoral researcher using a new high-tech tracking system (ATLAS) to study how habitat-use alters the behaviour and reproduction of desert birds, amid a matrix of human-altered habitats in the Negev. What she loves most is spreading love of biodiversity and conservation awareness to all audiences.

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