Jen is a photographer and ecologist with a passion for telling stories at the junction of global environmental change and human culture. Jen is a National Geographic Explorer, Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellow in Gorongosa National Park Mozambique and a Fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers. Jen is represented by Nature Picture Library. She holds a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University, which she completed with the help of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Before that, Jen earned a BSc in Conservation and Resource Studies with an emphasis in Communicating Conservation in a Developing World from the College of Natural Resources at the University of California, Berkeley. Jen has traveled around three continents, including ten years traveling and working on wildlife and conservation projects in Africa. Jen’s photos have been published in National Geographic Online, BBC Wildlife Magazine, bioGraphic Magazine, Ranger Rick, Biosphere, and others. She has also been honored in various photo competitions including Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Nature's Best. Jen is a recipient of the UC Berkeley Mark Bingham Award for Excellence in Achievement by Young Alumni and the American Society of Mammalogists Murie Family Conservation Award.