Gabriella Leighton

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I was awarded a PhD from Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town (UCT), for thesis investigating the effect of urbanisation on the foraging ecology and ecotoxicology of the caracal (a species of wild cat) on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. I completed a Post-Doctoral fellowship at Rhodes University using stable isotope analysis to explore caracal foraging ecology and potential marine subsidies. I am now a Post-Doctoral Fellow at UCT working on exposure to environmental pollutants and stress in urban wildlife. I have broad interests in ecology, but particularly in urban ecology, ecotoxicology and carnivore conservation.

Experience

  • –present
    Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Cape Town
  • 2022–2023
    Post-Doctoral Fellow, Rhodes University

Education

  • 2021 
    University of Cape Town, PhD
  • 2015 
    University of Cape Town, BSc (Hons)
  • 2014 
    University of Cape Town, BSc Biological Sciences

Honours

Mail&Gaurdian Greening the Future Award 2023; WWF Table Mountain Fund 2018; British Ecological Society Methods in Ecology and Evolution Robert May Early Career Researcher Award 2017

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