Bridget Conneely

Background

About Bridget Conneely

Bridget is a wildlife ecologist with a strong background in international conservation and the use of digital media and GIS to communicate about conservation. Bridget is currently a Program Officer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's BioInteractive team. In this role, she develops interactive media, such as websites, maps, and data visualizations, to teach environmental science and conservation concepts in the classroom.Bridget has utilized GIS tools to support conservation projects through her work with the Gorongosa Restoration Project, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, World Wildlife Fund, and the National Park Service. Bridget seeks out opportunities to develop her GIS skills through academic courses, professional training, conferences, and volunteering for any GIS project she can lend a hand with. Bridget became a member of the Society for Conservation GIS in 2012 and assumed the role as Web Committee Chair in 2013. Bridget also has a passion for communicating science and conservation topics to the general public through the web, social media, and visual design. Bridget has managed the development of four major website projects, two for Gorongosa National Park, one for WCS Canada, and one for SCGIS, by ensuring the projects were completed on scope, on time, and within budget. Bridget has also built interactive maps and data visualizations to communicate and educate about science and conservation topics.Bridget earned an MSc. in Zoology from the University of British Columbia in 2011 and a BSc. in Wildlife Ecology from the University of Maine in 2003. For her masters research, she performed a large-scale ecological experiment to identify drivers of resource selection by buffalo and wildebeest in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.Specialties: Conservation, Wildlife Ecology, Data Analysis, Data Visualization, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing, Website Management, Science Communication & Education