Jack O.

Background

About Jack O.

I graduated from Stony Brook University with a degree in Environmental Studies and plan to continue my education, applying for masters programs during the next application cycle. My goal is to pursue conservation efforts and research in biodiversity hotspots while also collaborating with the local communities who live there. I would like to study in the field of primate conservation (my personal favorite is lemurs). I have always had a passion for zoology but I truly found direction during my summer 2024 study abroad trip in Madagascar. I was given the opportunity to conduct my own research project where I studied how a sensitivity index using aquatic macro-invertebrates could be used measure the water quality in and around Ranomafana National Park. I learned how to conduct my own research, gather and enter my own data, work alongside other scientists from all different nationalities and cultures, and communicate my research during a presentation. I would like to continue in this field, with a focus in primate conservation, doing work that makes a positive impact to protect endangered species while fostering positive human animal relations."If children don't grow up knowing about nature and appreciating it, they will not understand it. And if they don't understand it, they won't protect it. And if they don't protect it, who will?” - David Attenborough