PhD Candidate- Self Proposed in partnership with FundAmazonia

Project title; The Amazon as a Dynamic Social-Ecological System – Quantifying the links between climate, indigenous people, and biodiversity in the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, Peru.

I am researching the impacts of climate change on the biodiversity and indigenous Cocama people of the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve in the Peruvian Amazon. I aim to quantify these impacts by implementing both ecological and social science methods in order to provide a deeper understanding of tropical ecosystems and climate change.

• MSc: Conservation Biology
  University of Kent, 2015–2016
• BA: Psychology
  University of Rhode Island , 2009–2013

2025

• PublishedEcology of River Dolphins and Fish at Confluence Aggregations in the Peruvian Amazon
  Bodmer, R., Henderson, P., Spence, C., Garraty, T. A. O., Chota, K., Uraco, P., Antunez, M., Fang, T., Butcher, J., Bicknell, J. E., Pizuri, O. & Mayor, P., 2 Oct 2025, In: Fishes. 10, 495.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• PublishedEcosystem service flows across the rural-urban spectrum
  Lewis, S., Devenish, K., Dolan, R., Garraty, T. A. O., Okosun, O. S., Scowen, M., Welivita, I. & Willcock, S., 1 Jul 2022, Exploring the Multiple Values of Nature - Connecting Ecosystems and People across Landscapes. Springer Nature, 8 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review