Congratulations to Mahi Puri for winning the prestigious Best Talk award at the Student Conference on Conservation Science – New York hosted by the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History.  The meeting was held virtually from 5-8 October, 2021.  Her talk was entitled “An integrated approach to prioritize carnivore conservation in shared landscapes” and was part of her dissertation research at the University of Florida.  Mahi completed her dissertation in August 2021 and is on her way to the University of Georgia for a Human Dimensions of Conservation post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Elizabeth Pienaar.  This Student Conference was also attended by Christian Rivera, a PhD candidate in Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and Tropical Conservation and Development Program.  To learn more about the conference click here.