Anam Ahsan

About me

I am a wildlife ecologist and GIS specialist with expertise in spatial ecology, animal movement analysis, and advanced geospatial modeling. With experience across India and the United States, I worked extensively on tiger conservation, biodiversity assessments, ,habitat suitability, fire modeling, landscape connectivity, avian ecology assessment, and drone-based wildlife monitoring. I served as a Research Biologist in multiple tiger reserves and contributed to conservation NGOs and academic research. My work integrates remote sensing, GIS, programming, agent-based modeling, and field ecology to develop science-based solutions for wildlife management and human–nature coexistence.

Education	Awards
2010 – 2013 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Life Sciences Meerut College, Meerut, India
2013 – 2015 Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Biodiversity Studies and Management Sciences Department of Wildlife Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India Honors: University Gold Medalist Dissertation: Biomass Estimation of Jhajhra Forest Range, Dehradun using Artificial Neural Networks
*2015 – 2017* Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Forestry and Ecology, Department of Forestry and Ecology, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Dehradun, India Dissertation -Modeling Tiger Dispersal in the Central Indian Landscape Using a Prey-Predator Game Theory Approach Coupled with Network Analysis and Remote Sensing-GIS
2019 – 2025 Master of Science (M.S.) in Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA. Dissertation: Understanding Large Carnivore Occupancy in Human-Dominated Landscapes, Indravati Tiger Reserve, Chhattisgarh, India Honors: Tigers United Fellowship
2025 – Present Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) & Graduate Teaching Assistant Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, USA. Research Topic: Understanding Wildlife Detection Using Drone Surveys, Artificial Intelligence, and Agent-Based Modeling.