Personal profile

Curriculum vitae

Miquel Torrents-Ticó completed his Ph.D. in Carnivore Conservation from the University of Helsinki in 2023. During his Ph.D., he integrated Indigenous and Local Knowledge and promoted biocultural approaches to Carnivore Conservation. He also served as a guest scientist at the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge. His passion for studying human-wildlife interactions has led him to various locations worldwide, ranging from tropical rainforests to arid deserts, where he collaborated with different species. Notable sites include Costa Rica (working with olive Ridley Sea turtles), Ecuador (studying common woolly monkeys), South Africa (researching meerkats and Damaraland mole-rats), Botswana (investigating large predators), and Namibia (observing chacma baboons). His dedication to conservation has grown in response to the escalating conflicts between humans and wildlife, with a particular focus on Human-Carnivore Interactions. In his postdoctoral project at HELICS, he studies Human-Carnivore Interactions using digital data sources along with traditional surveys. Miquel Torrents-Ticó is also a member of the Hyaena Specialist Group within the IUCN Species Survival Commission and the Fulbright Finland Foundation, and a National Geographic Explorer.

Education/Academic qualification

Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences. University of Helsinki, Finland (2023)

M.Sc. in Biodiversity and Conservation. University of Barcelona, Spain (2012)

B.Sc. in Biology. University of Barcelona, Spain (2011)

External positions

ENCOSH

1 Feb 2019 → …

Hyaena Specialist Group from the IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN (the International Union for Conservation of Nature)

1 Feb 2018 → …

National Geographic Explorer, National Geographic Society

1 Feb 2018 → …

Fields of Science

  • 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology
  • Ecology
  • Conservation biology
  • Human-Wildlife Conflict
  • Large Carnivore Conservation
  • Sustainability
  • 1172 Environmental sciences
  • Local Knowledge
  • Ethnoecology

International and National Collaboration

Publications and projects within past five years.