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Mayukh Chatterjee
Dr. Mayukh ChatterjeeAdjunct Faculty

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Dr. Mayukh has been passionate about wild animals since a young age and has navigated various career paths to make wildlife conservation his main profession. With his doctoral research focusing on primate behavioral ecology, he became aware of the many issues plaguing Indian wildlife during his fieldwork. This experience drove him to dedicate himself to wildlife conservation. For the past 15 years, Dr. Mayukh has worked on various wildlife conservation issues and habitats. In his previous role in India, he developed and implemented long-term field projects addressing human-wildlife conflicts, particularly involving tigers and elephants. These projects emphasized community participation and integration as key strategies to create sustainable solutions that benefit both humans and wildlife.

  • B Sc Anthropology
  • MSc Anthropology
  • PhD Primate Behavioural Ecology
  • For over 13 years, Dr. Mayukh has been dedicated to wildlife conservation, particularly addressing human-wildlife conflicts involving large mammals like tigers and elephants. He has developed and implemented long-term field projects in India, emphasizing community participation to create sustainable solutions. In 2022, he joined Chester Zoo as the Regional Field Programme Manager for Mainland Asia, where he oversees projects on mitigating human-tiger and human-elephant conflicts and develops new conservation initiatives across the continent.

Chatterjee, M., Chatterjee, N., Chandel, P., Bhattacharya, T., & Kaul, R., 2022. Predicting negative human-tiger (Panthera tigris) interactions in mosaic landscapes around Dudhwa and Pilibhit tiger reserves in India. Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2022. IF: 1.9 https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2022.999195

Kaul, R., Chatterjee, M., Bhattacharya, T., Bodhankar, S., Ahmad, R., Sofi, M. N., & Charoo, S. A., 2018. Conservation prospects of the Kashmir Red Deer (Cervus hanglu hanglu) beyond Dachigam National Park, in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Current Science, 2018. IF: 1.1 doi: 10.18520/cs/v114/i10/2123-2130

Guarnieri, M., Kumaishi, G., Brock, C., et al., & Roehrdanz, P. R., 2024. Effects of climate, land use, and human population change on human–elephant conflict risk in Africa and Asia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(6), e2312569121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2312569121