Sarika Khanwilkar is a conservation scientist and science impact practitioner. Her multifaceted research spans topics across forest health, remote sensing, forest livelihoods, and tiger trafficking and she aims to create a community that cares about people and tigers through her media and outreach efforts.
She has published work in peer-review journals, produced content for popular media outlets, and been named a Fulbright Scholar. She obtained her B.S. in biology at Gonzaga University and is currently a PhD candidate at Columbia University while running the non-profit, Wild Tiger, which she founded in 2015. Sarika has done ecological research across the United States, Ecuador, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Peru, and India and has worked with a range of endangered species and in diverse social contexts.
Today, she has dedicated her work to conservation issues in central India and tigers. She does research on forest health and forest livelihoods using a variety of methods, including household surveys and satellite imagery analysis. In addition, she examines the global trade in tiger parts with a particular focus on the United States, with the ultimate aim of reducing the poaching of wild tigers.
Sharing scientific stories with scientists and non-scientists and inspiring action and engagement with audiences.
She has published work in peer-review journals, produced content for popular media outlets, and been named a Fulbright Scholar. She obtained her B.S. in biology at Gonzaga University and is currently a PhD candidate at Columbia University while running the non-profit, Wild Tiger, which she founded in 2015. Sarika has done ecological research across the United States, Ecuador, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Peru, and India and has worked with a range of endangered species and in diverse social contexts.
Today, she has dedicated her work to conservation issues in central India and tigers. She does research on forest health and forest livelihoods using a variety of methods, including household surveys and satellite imagery analysis. In addition, she examines the global trade in tiger parts with a particular focus on the United States, with the ultimate aim of reducing the poaching of wild tigers.
Sharing scientific stories with scientists and non-scientists and inspiring action and engagement with audiences.