Team

Meet the interdisciplinary team of researchers working to combat wildlife trafficking

Juliana Freire

Juliana Freire

Principal Investigator

New York University

Juliana is a Tandon Institute Professor, Professor of Computer Science and Data Science at New York University, and co-director of the NYU Visualization, Imaging and Data Analysis (VIDA) Center.

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Jennifer Jacquet

Jennifer Jacquet

Co-Principal Investigator

University of Miami

Jennifer Jacquet is a Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science at the University of Miami, and affiliated faculty with the Abess …

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Gohar Petrossian

Gohar Petrossian

Co-Principal Investigator

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Dr. Gohar Petrossian is Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, Director of the International Crime and Justice Master’s Program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and …

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Sunandan Chakraborty

Sunandan Chakraborty

Co-Principal Investigator

Indiana University

Sunandan Chakraborty focuses on data science for social good. Building computational models that leverage vast data sets, he applies them to a broad spectrum of problems in social and environmental …

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Juliana Barbosa

Juliana Barbosa

Research Scientist

New York University

Juliana is a Research Scientist at New York University - Visualization Imaging and Data Analysis Center.

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Kinshuk Sharma

Kinshuk Sharma

PhD Candidate

Indiana University Indianapolis

Kinshuk Sharma is a PhD candidate in Data Science at Indiana University Indianapolis. His research develops multimodal AI frameworks that combine computer vision and natural language processing to …

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Spencer Roberts

Spencer Roberts

PhD Candidate

University of Miami

Spencer is a PhD Candidate at the University of Miami.

Joshua Lang

Joshua Lang

Doctoral Student

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Joshua A. Lang is a doctoral student in the Criminal Justice program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and CUNY Graduate Center. His research interests include wildlife crime, juvenile …

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Eduarda Ramos

Eduarda Ramos

PhD Student

New York University

Eduarda is a Computer Science PhD student at New York University - Visualization Imaging and Data Analysis Center.

Ulhas Gondhali

Ulhas Gondhali

PhD Candidate

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Ulhas Gondhali is a Ph.D. candidate at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. His research examines the intersections of illegal wildlife trade, illegal, unreported, and …

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Julia von Ferber

Julia von Ferber

Assistant Professor

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Julia von Ferber, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Security, Fire and Emergency Management (SFEM) at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY. Her research focuses on applying …

Contributing Institutions

New York University Indiana University University of Miami John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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This project is funded by the National Science Foundation