Welcome to Ruth, our new Masters student

We are happy to welcome Ruth Arnold to our team this new “school” year. Ruth holds an Masters in Biology from the University of Oxford (UK) and is this year’s Oxford-Canada Rhodes Scholar. Her master’s research combined evidence-gap analyses and expert elicitations to study the supply chains of at-risk species in the illegal wildlife trade. Ruth has hands-on experience in coral reef restoration with Blue Corner Marine Conservation and contributed to developing research protocols for model coral species at Cambridge University. Passionate about teaching science, she has worked with NGOs on various conservation challenges worldwide, particularly in Peru and Ecuador. Ruth is especially interested in community-based conservation strategies for preserving marine ecosystems. At Project Seahorse she will be focusing on seahorse biology and ecology.