Dr Kieran O'Malley
Role: Research Manager
Project: African Bat Conservation
Location: Lilongwe, Malawi
Email: kieran@africanbatconservation.org
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Kieran is a conservation ecologist with an interest in behavioural and spatial ecology, as well as applying research to provide practical conservation solutions. He completed his MSc project with African Bat Conservation the a BCRL project back in 2019 when he assessed the roosting requirements of Mauritian tomb bats in Lilongwe (O'Malley et al. 2020). Since then he went on to complete his PhD at the University of Sussex, where he developed novel approaches to monitor barbastelle bat colonies within woodlands, as well as their flight behaviour over roads.
Kieran joined ABC and BCRL in October 2024 at an exciting time when we have a range of ongoing projects assessing the impacts of urbanisation on bats, including lighting, disease and development of powerlines.
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Follow Kieran's research profile at researchgate.
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