Laurie Marker is the founder and executive director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) in Otjiwarongo, Namibia, which is dedicated to saving the cheetah in the wild through research-based, integrated programs that include securing the future of the human communities that live alongside the cheetah. She specializes in conservation science, cheetah biology and ecology, human-wildlife conflict, and livestock and wildlife management. Dr. Marker has mentored many student researchers at CCF; for Elisabeth’s project, she provided research oversight, project design, and training for the data analysis process. Elisabeth’s work under Dr. Marker’s mentorship was part of a long-term CCF study looking at spacial movements of cheetahs in north-central Namibia.
