My Fulbright experience sits at the nexus of animal biology and storytelling. I will study how species evolutionarily adapt to shifting ecological dynamics, while investigating how research is most effectively communicated. Together, these insights could guide conservation efforts and inspire storytelling strategies.
Brendan Cohen is a wildlife biologist and science communicator from Melbourne. He has worked across diverse ecosystems, surveying platypus in Victoria’s rainforests and tagging alligators in the Florida Everglades to filming live safaris in the African bush. Brendan is driven to use the power of storytelling to help bridge the gap between field research and public knowledge.
As a Fulbright Scholar, Brendan will pursue a Master of Science in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Rice University, focusing on how species evolutionarily respond and structurally adapt to extreme and rapidly changing environments.