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Post Graduate Researcher

Nottingham Trent University, UK

consogitau@gmail.com

consolata.gitau2022@my.ntu.ac.uk

Skills

Project management

90%

GIS

80%

Scientific Research

85%

Acoustics

70%

Leadership

75%

Community engagement

80%

Conservation

80%

Languages

English

Swahili

Kikuyu



Work Experience

Flyways and Vulture Program Intern, BirdLife International
Sept 2020 - Oct 2021

• Conducted a policy and legislative review on policies relating to wildlife (vulture) conservation and biodiversity
• Completed a literature review on the illegal killing of birds (IKB) in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Presented key results in a webinar with international participants and an audience from the conservation field
• Published web articles and participated in writing daily newspaper articles on IKB

Lab Technician, International Livestock Research Institute- Mazingira Center
Oct 2019 - April 2020

• Led field sampling, extraction, and filtration of soil, manure, and plant samples from agronomic pasture trial for photometric nutrient analysis
• Summarized all lab data and provided feedback to the supervising lab technician.


Tutorial Fellow, University of Nairobi
Sep - Dec 2018

•Planned lessons to build skills
• Lectured units on Wildlife Biology and Natural Resources and Man

Community Service

Volunteer at the planning of African Bioacoustic Congress, South Africa
2024
Volunteer at the planning of the EarthRanger User Conference, Kenya
2022
Volunteered to translate a toolkit with the title 'Pearls of wisdom for budding conservationists' by Conservation Optimism to Kiswahili
2022
Volunteer at Kijabe Environment Volunteers (KENVO)
2020-2023

Publications

Web article: Tackling illegal killing, taking, and trade of birds in Sub-Saharan Africa
Jan 2020
Web article: Unravelling the Scope of Illegal Killing, Taking, and Trade of Birds (IKB) in Sub-Sahara Africa
Dec 2021
Activity budget of Nubian giraffes in Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya; Journal publication in progress-
Literature review on illegal killing, taking, and use of birds in Sub-Saharan Africa; Journal publication in progress