I am a postdoctoral researcher associated with the Centre for Ecology and Conservation (University of Exeter). My research focuses on understanding human-wildlife interactions within complex socio-ecological systems, from both wildlife and human perspectives. During the past eight years I have worked in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. I am co-director of the Cantanhez Chimpanzee Project, a multi-institutional network of researchers and conservation practitioners working on chimpanzee ecology, health and conservation in Guinea-Bissau. I was recently Research Fellow for the Darwin Initiative Project 026-18, co-managing a project focussed on biomonitoring and One Health in Cantanhez National Park, an anthropogenic, agro-forest coastal landscape in southern Guinea-Bissau. I have published 13 articles in scientific journals and 3 book chapters, and contributed to IUCN Red List assessments and species conservation action plans. In collaboration with the Institute for Biodiversity and Protected Areas (IBAP), Dr Kimberley Hockings (University of Exeter) and local communities, I have recently developed a mammal conservation action plan (2023-2033) for Cantanhez National Park, Guinea-Bissau. This action plan outlines eight conservation strategies, including habitat protection and restoration, One Health, management of human-wildlife and conservation conflicts, with strong emphasis on improving multi-stakeholder collaboration and promote national and local expertise.