Ellen McKee

Ellen McKee

London, England, United Kingdom
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I am an experienced sustainability professional and researcher with a history of working…

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Experience

  • BirdLife International Graphic

    BirdLife International

    Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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    Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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    London, England, United Kingdom

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    Bristol, England, United Kingdom

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    Bristol/London

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    Bristol

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    Sevilla Area, Spain

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    London, United Kingdom

Education

  • University of Bristol Graphic

    University of Bristol

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    Modules undertaken:
    - Geographical Systems and Remote Sensing (Using ArcGIS)
    - Statistics for use in Policy (Using SPSS)
    - Climate Change: Science and Impacts
    - Environmental Policy and Politics
    - Sustainability Risk and Resilience in the Urban Age
    - Environmental Consultancy
    - Dissertation: Dietary niches of the Griffon vulture and Cinereous vulture: Implications for vulture conservation in Mallorca. (Awarded a mark of 89%).


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    Activities and Societies: Social Secretary of Nature and Wildlife Society

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • The Sloth Institute Costa Rica Graphic

    Research Assistant

    The Sloth Institute Costa Rica

    - 4 months

    Environment

    I assisted in the conservation efforts at the Institute where I carried out daily husbandry tasks and assisted in the sloth health centre.
    In addition I conducted detailed behavioural observations on captive and wild sloths in an international research team and took photos and videos to contribute to the Institute’s media output and fundraising initiatives.


  • Researcher

    Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies

    - 5 years 5 months

    Science and Technology

    I volunteered remotely as a researcher for the ‘Animal Ecology and Demography Group’ at the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies and the Department of Conservation Biology at the Doñana Biological Station in Seville.
    I assisted in the research for and writing of academic scientific papers and academic posters.
    The research I am contribute to focuses on the integration of stakeholder perceptions into conservation decision making in Mediterranean natural parks and the feeding…

    I volunteered remotely as a researcher for the ‘Animal Ecology and Demography Group’ at the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies and the Department of Conservation Biology at the Doñana Biological Station in Seville.
    I assisted in the research for and writing of academic scientific papers and academic posters.
    The research I am contribute to focuses on the integration of stakeholder perceptions into conservation decision making in Mediterranean natural parks and the feeding ecology of vultures.
    Results from this research have recently been presented at the European Vulture Conference in 2019.

Publications

Honors & Awards

  • Outstanding Research Performance

    University of Bristol

    I received the award for 'Outstanding Research Performance' for my Masters dissertation titled 'Dietary niches of the Griffon vulture and Cinereous vulture: Implications for vulture conservation in Mallorca.' For this project I was awarded a mark of 89% - the highest dissertation mark across all UoB Geography Masters courses.

  • The Sheffield Graduate Award

    University of Sheffield

    This prestigious Award recognises and rewards those students who have demonstrated, through their extracurricular activities, that they possess the employability skills sought by recruiters. Candidates registered for the Award are required to undertake at least four different activities,
    of which participation in work experience or volunteering are compulsory.

  • Global Summer Experience Scholarship

    University of Sheffield

    I received a competitive scholarship to attend the University of Tallinn in the summer of 2015 to study creative writing in English. I was taught by the author Giles Foden and was awarded 3 ECTS from Tallinn University .

Languages

  • Spanish

    Elementary proficiency

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

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