Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle – The Conversation

Conservation Planning Biologist, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada and Adjunct Professor of Conservation Biology, University of Saskatchewan

Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle is the Co-Director of the Northern Boreal Mountains Program based in Whitehorse, Yukon and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. She works closely with First Nation communities, governments, and other partners throughout Yukon to collaborate on meaningful research projects and land-use planning initiatives that reflect Indigenous and environmental values. Chrystal specializes in understanding the impacts and interactions of climate and land-use change on biodiversity, and translating the implications into conservation planning. She holds a PhD from the University of Queensland’s Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions in Australia. She has worked for the Queensland State Government, Australian Government and the University of Saskatchewan on various research and environmental monitoring projects prior to moving to the Yukon in 2019.

Experience

2017–present

Mitacs Elevate Research Fellow , University of Saskatchewan
2019–present

Adjunct Professor, University of Saskatchewan
2019–present

Conservation Planning Biologist, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
2014–2016

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Saskatchewan
2013–2014

Research Projects Officer, Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation of Australia
2010–2013

Postgraduate Scholar, University of Queensland

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