Katheryn Leggat
PhD Student
Email: kl994@bath.ac.uk
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Katheryn holds a BSc in Conservation & Countryside Management and an MSc in Wildlife Biology & Conservation. She also has 15 years’ of professional and voluntary experience as an ecologist, working primarily in the UK where she delivered the role of Associate Director and regional team leader for a global engineering and environmental consultancy. Alongside this, she sat on the board of trustees for Kent Bat Group for over eight years, where she coordinated volunteers and led local research efforts for the charity.​
With a particular passion for African wildlife, Katheryn has taken numerous trips to explore the continent, supporting conservation and research projects along the way. In 2021 she relocated to Zambia to work as the Knowledge Manager for Kasanka Trust, overseeing all planning, research, monitoring, evaluation and reporting tasks in Kasanka National Park and Kafinda Game Management Area.
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Katheryn is now excited to be pursuing a PhD at the University of Bath, working in close collaboration with Carnivore Research Malawi. Her research focuses on the behavioural plasticity of hyaenas, with a particular focus on how they adapt to the urban environment and how this may drive human-wildlife conflicts.